...taylor street, apartment 11 ( crime location) which is located within the jurisdictional limits of the city of hollywood, wthin broward county and the state of florida the above named defendant did commit a battery upon the victim herein identified othesha singh. Qumani basshus did intentionally touch or strike othesha singh against her will. Qumani basshus had intentionally caused bodily harm to othesha singh. It should be noted that othesha singh and quamani basshus do not reside as a family, but do have a children in common. Let it be noted, the children (b/f-09-13-15 b/m 10-08-14) was on the scene when this incident occurred. On the above date and time i responded to the...
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...thrown into a dream Diane has. In this dream many of the characters and people in her actual life are integrated into her dream with new identities. The last part of the movie we are brought back to Diane’s actual reality. Only once I was brought into Diane’s reality did I realize the importance of the fantasy. I believe Diane has realized the hard, cruel reality of Hollywood and this has caused her to have a breakdown. She has lost the love of her life to this Hollywood scene and is faced with the fact that she is a failed actress. These inner conflicts and struggles have caused her despair and ultimately her demise. David Lynch is highly praised in this movie because of his ability to mesh fantasy and reality. The fantasy part digs into Diane’s deepest desires and conflicts. A lot of the things that happen in the dream part of the movie, I feel display the way she wished things had happened, mostly with her relationship with Camille. In order to understand Mulholland Drive you must be able to distinguish between Diane’s dream and her reality. The movie starts with Diane arriving to Hollywood, she is very excited and thrilled for her new opportunity. In the fantasy Diane is introduced as Betty and is described as wholesome girl who has come to Hollywood after winning a Jitterbug Contest. Throughout the movie many odd things happens with different random characters. One of the first things that happen is an old couple that Betty befriends on her plane ride to Los Angeles. They...
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...How to Become a Film and Television Actor 10 Easy Steps to Becoming an Actor Have you ever dreamed of one day becoming a famous Hollywood actor? If so, the first thing you need to realize is that this dream can become a reality if you're willing to put in the time, training, dedication, passion and patience required to make it in Hollywood. If you've always wondered how to become a film or television actor, then here are ten steps that may not get you the role of a lifetime, but they will help you to treat your acting career as a career and not simply as something you choose to do for fun. Keep in mind that if you're hoping to become a theater actor, some of these may not apply to you. However, all ten steps are good to keep in mind no matter what type of acting you decide to pursue. Step 1: Learn How to Act Seems like a given, doesn't it? But I can't tell you the number of people that come out to Hollywood thinking that all they need to do is get a job as a waiter at some popular restaurant, meet an agent, get "discovered" and then it's nothing but champagne and caviar from there. Uh...no. Acting is first and foremost a craft. The best of the Hollywood actors understand this and no matter how far they have come in their careers, they are constantly looking to improve upon their craft. They take classes, work with acting and dialogue coaches, they study life experiences, etc. They know full well that even after a lifetime of work and study, they may...
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...6 Implementation 7 Customer Archetype 7 Marketing Mix 7 Financial Analysis 7 Implementation timetable 9 Conclusion 9 References 12 Appendix 14 Appendix 1: Option Evaluation 14 Appendix 2: Customer Archetype 14 Appendix 3: Theatre Statistics and Growth Rate 15 Appendix 4: Application of Growth Rate to Total Number or Theatres 15 Appendix 5: Number of IMAX Screens added per a year and % of Total Screens 15 Appendix 6: Total Revenues and Revenues Generated by Hollywood Films 2014-2017 16 Introduction to the case and Issue Identification Main Issue As of 2013 IMAX had taken in a total of $288 in revenue. For the first time since its inception roughly 40 years ago, international revenues overtook North American revenues with total revenues for 2013 from countries outside Canada and the US of $151 million. Additionally, while international revenues rose by 10 percent over the previous year, revenues for North America dropped by 6.5 percent. Further, theatres that were once a source of revenue for IMAX have begun retrofitting their own theatres with Premium Large Format (PLF) screens. The main issue for IMAX is that the product lifecycle for large format screens has reached maturity in North America. This phase is characterized by a sales volume peak, decreasing market share, and profits starting to decrease (product life cycle stages, 2016). Subsidiary Issues In addition to the IMAXs main product entering the maturity phase of the product cycle in North...
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...methods of image projection served as the rudimentary foundations of motion picture entertainment, and they advanced rapidly throughout the 1800s. Innovators such as Thomas Edison and Eadweard Muybridge began building off of image-projecting technologies to create the roots of America’s film industry. The history of the “motion picture” as we know it begins with photographer and entrepreneur Eadweard Muybridge in California in the late 19th century. He used timed exposures of photos of racehorses to capture the different stages of a horse’s gallop and placed them on a projector to simulate motion. He traveled with his creation in hopes of advancing his invention, and he eventually met with Thomas Edison at one of his shows. During this time, Edison and Muybridge worked together while trying to discover a way to set these moving images to sound from Edison’s phonograph. Soon after their meeting, Edison set out to create an even better camera that could capture more images, and eventually created the kinetograph and the kinetoscope. By the turn of the century, it was evident that the film industry was s profitable enterprise. Many early films contained little to no story line, such as Edison’s The Kiss and The Sneeze. Later, when the ability to pan a camera was born, cinema company and top Edison competitor, Biograph incorporated these techniques into their films. Other early Biograph films were mostly documentary shorts, boxing films, or crude race-based comedy shorts. Edison...
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...referred to as the “Hollywood of the East”. Although there are qualities of the Hong Kong film industry, which do indeed resemble those of Hollywood, implying that Hong Kong’s film industry is simply a second-tier version of Hollywood’s is an injustice to the unique industry model that Hong Kong has developed since the mid 20th century. Multiple factors, namely economic, have driven Hong Kong filmmakers to adapt different methods of production and exhibition than Hollywood filmmakers, resulting a in a distinct style of cinema that maximizes profits and controls costs, and has proven itself successful. Many of the unique practices of Hong Kong cinema stem from the industry’s tendency to push films through the production process much more quickly than the typical Hollywood film, and on a much smaller budget. The pace at which Hong Kong films are made is unmatched, proven by director Tsui Hark who went from script to release in less than two moths with his film Chinese Feast. The speed at which these films are released is driven by exhibition. With most production companies throughout Hong Kong film history being vertically integrating, including Shaw Brothers and Cinema City, the goal has been to push as many films through their own theaters as quickly as possible, with rapid turnover rates. Unlike Hollywood films, which can often stay in theaters for a month or longer, Hong Kong films usually only make theatrical runs of a week or two. By limiting the amount of time a film stays in...
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...Disney World is the most popular vacation destination globally, with more than 52 million visitors each year (Wikipedia). Disney World’s entire premise is built upon the belief that if one works hard towards their aspirations, they will eventually achieve them, due to founder Walt Disney’s own adversity and diligence during his struggle to success. He once stated “I reject luck- I feel every person creates his own ‘determinism’ by discovering his best aptitudes and following them undeviatingly (CITATION).” Disney was a leader directly within his own creative team and throughout the entire world as a cultural icon. He was known for his extremely collaborative and Rostian-style leadership, referring to all of his employees as “cast members” regardless of their status. To this day, Disney World maintains Walt Disney’s leadership tactics, vision, and promotion of hard work for success. However, can Walt Disney’s success be completely attributed to his hard work, or is there more to his story? In his book “Outliers,” Malcom Gladwell argues that there are...
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...somehow we all came about with the perception of the “perfect” female. Women have always been seen, and portrayed as a sex symbol, and usually the disobedient one. Dating back to B.C and the story of Adam and Eve, Eve was the naked one who bit into the fruit that god told her was forbidden. Why couldn’t it have been Adam that caused such scandal, and was the cause for destruction, and crime in the world, and not Eve? From the believed beginning of time, to present day, women have really only progressed a small amount up the social ladder. Today, women are looked down upon, if they are slightly more over weight then what is considered “normal,” if they are “underweight”, “darker skin color”, too “pale”, “flat chested”, big boned, “thick,” or because of their ethnicities and backgrounds. So what exactly defines the “perfect female?” Is it the girls featured on “Girls Gone Wild” in Cancun, or the half naked models posing for Victoria’s Secret? Or is it the perfectly put together “Miss America” pageant queens? Or is it the Hollywood actresses with billion dollar dresses, and priceless jewelry? Or the well toned, well defined professional team cheerleaders, and dancers we watch? WE, speaking for us “average” women, who often tend to idolize, and carry pieces of all these girls within us, and envy them, for not being able to ever look like one of them…so damn perfect in every single way. These women, among many others all contribute to the foundations, of media, public relations...
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...(Block)Busting the Movie Rental Industry June 1, 2005 BEM 106 Final Paper Zhan Wang Harrison Stein Chin Yeung Siu Ruiqi Rachel Wang Introduction: Since the 1910s when Charlie Chaplin created his first silent films, movies have been a staple in American culture. For over half a century, “the big screen” was the only link between first released Hollywood films and captivated audiences nationwide. The advent of modern technology like the VHS tape and the DVD, however, has provided viewers with a convenient way of viewing movies, new and old, no longer playing in theaters. In addition, cost considerations have made DVDs and VHS tapes ideal for short-time rentals. Thus these inventions and the terms of their usage have helped to create a movie-rental market within the larger movie industry. Rentals and other theater substitutes have become essential to the movie watching experience because the theater no longer holds the monopoly it once did. While movie theaters are still widely popular, many people dislike the inconvenience of finding a local theater playing the right movie, driving there, and then standing in long lines to buy a ticket. Some do not appreciate the large crowds that often include cell phone talkers and loquacious teenagers. And some simply don’t want to shell out ten dollars to a movie that has the chance of being Ishtar. For whatever reason, there is a large demand for rentals and substitutes from audiences who want to see the movies they...
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...own, and even surpass, the heavy hitters of his day. His career seemed to be on a steady incline for almost a decade; however, did his talent and work hit a plateau? Welles was always seen as an active political figure that was not afraid to voice or project his own viewpoints in the public, but did this have a negative or lasting affect on his later career? Critics argue the best work Welles produced was before he hit thirty years old, so was this a direct result from the negative attention he attracted from media magnates, specifically William Randolph Hearst, Hollywood elite, and most importantly the United States government? Also, Welles left the country at a time when the dreaded “blacklist” was starting to funnel through Hollywood (“Orson” 17). Whether this was coincidence or intentional is debatable, but either way the ramifications may have helped account for the different direction he took with his post-Hollywood career. Did Orson’s fame draw too much attention and lead to his downfall? The Orson Welles we all know was an American writer, director, producer, and actor. He was known for his innovative productions, unique voice and personality, and was acclaimed as one of the most successful artist of the twentieth century (“Orson” 1). Welles expanded many medias, working in radio, television, film, and theatre (which is how Welles got his start). Welles made his stage debut in...
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...lived with his mother and step-father in Grand Rapids. Each summer he would visit his father in Hollywood for two weeks which he recalled "Those trips to California were the happiest, most carefree, the-world-is-a-beautiful-oyster times I'd ever experienced." In 1974, when Kiedis was 12 years old he moved to Hollywood with his father full time. Kiedis’ father was a struggling actor and a drug dealer, which had a very strong impact on Kiedis. The two would often smoke marijuana and use cocaine together, and at the age of 14 Kiedis used heroin for the first time mistaking it for cocaine, from then on it was an downhill struggle (Kiedis, 10). Kiedis attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he struggled to find friends at first, being from another school district let along another state. He soon met Michael Balzary, better known as Flea, while sitting next to him in drivers-ed class. After a brief confrontation the two became best friends and were virtually inseparable. Kiedis had a big influence on Flea, introducing him to rock music, punk rock in particular. Kiedis also met future band mate Hillel Slovak after seeing him perform with his band Anthym. After the show, Slovak invited Kiedis to his house for a snack, Kiedis described the meeting as "Within a few minutes of hanging out with Hillel, I sensed that he was absolutely different from most of the people I'd spent time with...He understood a lot about music, he was a great visual artist, and he had a sense of self...
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...McKinley High School in Chicago. Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents. During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Rejected because he was under age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons. Once Walt returned from France, he began to pursue a career in commercial art. He started a small company called Laugh-O-Grams, which eventually fell bankrupt. With his suitcase, and twenty dollars, Walt headed to Hollywood to start anew. After making a success of his "Alice Comedies," Walt became a recognized Hollywood figure. On July 13, 1925, Walt married one of his first employees, Lillian Bounds,...
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...special edition DVD that the film functions as a showcase for the protagonist. “Identifying the theme can be considered both the beginning and the end of film analysis” (Boggs and Petrie, 2008). According to Sakaguchi, Aki represents his mother (the two share the same name) and his coming to terms with her death (Pham, 2001). Second and more to the point of my essay, critical reception of the film places strong emphasis on the character, which often is treated as a metonym for the film itself. This relationship works for the most part. Both film and character are formal, national and cultural hybrids neither animation nor live action; neither videogame nor film; neither Japanese nor American. Both downplay their deviations from the dominant Hollywood paradigm in order to appeal to the widest, most “global” audience possible. Yet overall low box office and DVD sales...
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...Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” Although this quote could be applied to many different events in history, it can indisputably be compared to two of the most infamous in America’s past: The Salem Witch Trials and the “Red Scare,” or Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities Committee. These two periods of American history are remarkably similar in numerous ways. The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and the Hunt for Communists during the 1950’s-60’s shows something man, for some reason, continues to not realize about history: it repeats itself. The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. There were many factors that made Salem Colony fertile-soil in which terror and hysteria could arise and thrive. King William’s war recently took place in New France (Canada) and the people feared they would strike Salem Colony next. The people were also horrified that the Native Americans would attack at any time. There had been a recent smallpox epidemic. There was a sense of rivalry towards nearby Salem Town, a community in which there was more money. These prominent factors made life stressful for the puritans and certainly tension was high among the people. It is no surprise that when the word spread of the “diagnosis” of the first witch, Betty Parris (which was the daughter of Samuel Parris), dread and suspicion enveloped the town and spread like an illness from person to person. Once the accusations began...
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...Battered Women Fight Back! Situation Analysis: ✓ Battered Women Fight Back! is a Boston, MA 501 (c) (3) agency with a goal to increase awareness that domestic violence is a direct violation of a person’s fundamental human right, Stacy Kabat is the main force driving BWFB! ✓ There are compelling statistics demonstrating the extent and gravity of domestic violence in the US, ✓ Women and children are the principal victims of domestic violence, ✓ Domestic violence is a major contributing factor to homelessness in the US, ✓ Businesses suffer significant losses because of domestic violence, ✓ Very few cases of domestic violence are reported, ✓ Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to become “abusing” parents, ✓ Domestic violence crosses boundaries of ethnicity, educational background, income level, social class, ✓ However, domestic violence is perceived to be a “private matter for a certain population”, ✓ Academy award for best documentary given to “Defending Our Lives” gave a huge push to the issue of domestic violence making it a “national matter”, BWFB! through Stacy contributed to the making of the documentary, ✓ The murder cases of Carol Stuart and Nicole Brown Simpson have also contributed to bringing the problem of domestic violence into close public attention, ✓ Stacy Kabat wants to leverage the heightened public attention to promote BWFB! cause and expand its programs, ✓ BWFB! operates...
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