Informative Speech About Illlumination Entertainment

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I love minions! The Minions are cute little yellow creatures that have successfully become famous among popular cartoon characters. And “the Minions have gone on to achieve world domination” as stated by Christopher Meledandri, CEO of Illumination Entertainment. Illumination Entertainment is an animation film production company, and it makes influential films such as Despicable Me which introduced us to these lovable cartoon characters. For today’s informative speech, I, therefore, would like to share Illumination Entertainment’s background, the Despicable Me series, and the creativities of their movies with everyone.
Transition: To begin with,
Main Points:
I. Illumination Entertainment’s background begins in 2007.
A. In the process of building …show more content…

Quote - As stated in Peter Debruge’s 2015 Variety article “Yellow Means Green at U.” Meledandri founded Illumination Entertainment in 2007; NBC Universal, a division of Universal Studio, helped him founding the company. 2. Illumination’s headquarters is in Santa Monica in CA, right next to LA.
B. As Illumination Entertainment competing with other firms, it produced a lot of great animation films. 1. The films are The Secret Life of Pets, the Despicable Me franchise, and Sing. 2. Among these, the Minions are undoubtedly their official mascots.
C. Furthermore, Illumination Entertainment decided to expand their division. 1. They acquired the French Illustration company named Mac Guff based in Paris, and the company is being renamed as Illumination Mac Guff in 2011. 2. Illumination Mac Guff is one of the worldwide leading studios for animated feature films.
Transition: On top of that,
II. My favorite movie series is the Despicable Me franchise-
A. There are four films in the series, so far, released in 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
1. The movies are about Gru, an evil villain, adopted three little girls to steal the moon, and these girls change his heart.
2. Their main theme is good can overcome evil.
3. These movies also contain positive themes of loyalty, friendship, and …show more content…

Illumination Entertainment has shown the creativities through their worthwhile animated films.
A. Illumination has great marketing skills. 1. People see the Minions frequently. 2. Illumination Entertainment spent a large amount on advertising with adorable yellow creatures, the Minions. 3. Illumination marketing team has been using the social media.
To be specific, on Facebook, 5 million people are following its profile, and there are Minion emoticons that people send it to their friends or family. 4. Due to their marketing effects, the movie, Minions, grabbed the second-biggest animated opening of all time.
Quote - According to Frank Pallota’s article called “Minions’ Grabs Second-biggest Animated Opening Ever,” They earned $115 million in the U.S., giving “Minions” the second-biggest animated opening of all time.
B. Whereas, when we see a view of Illumination’s production cost, it is significantly lower, comparing to other popular animated films. 1. The Despicable Me series budget’s range are from $69 million to $80

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