Report on the Motion Picture Industry
The motion picture industry is just like any other industry and to be successful it must turn a profit on the movies it creates and produces. Everyone loves movies and the motion picture industry does everything in its power to produce movies that will bring in millions of dollars in profits. The motion picture industry has created high grossing movies such as Spider-Man 3 with a total gross of $336,530,303 as well as flops such as Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, which only brought in $23,746,066. Diving into descriptive statistics we are able to compare the 5-number summary, mean, mode, range, and standard deviation for the opening gross, total gross, theaters, and number of weeks for the 100 item sample taken from the 300-400 movies produced.
Descriptive Statistics (5-Number Summary, Mean, Mode, Range, and Standard Deviation)
When analyzing the descriptive statics for opening gross we are able to determine that the movie Sicko brought in the smallest opening gross with $68,969, while the largest opening gross of $151,116,516 was brought in by Super-Man 3. After calculating the Mean for the 100 movies sample in regards to opening gross it was determined that the mean was $24,862,477. It was also determined that the range was $151,047,547 and according to Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams, the range is calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value (2012). Opening gross did not have a value for mode as no value occurred more than one time in the list of opening gross figures. The standard deviation for opening gross came out to $25,900,910, which is about one million dollars higher when comparing it to our opening gross mean of $24,862,477.
After analyzi...
... middle of paper ...
...f the movies appeared in. The mean, mode, and range were also beneficial so that I was able to see the average value, the values that appeared the most, and the difference between the largest and smallest values for each of the four variables. The standard deviation also gave me a value to compare to the mean using similar terms. Overall, several movies could be classified as motion picture high performers and several movies could be classified as motion picture poor performers and with descriptive statistics we would never have been able to perform an adequate analysis.
References
Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., & Williams, T. (2012) Essential of statistics for business and
economics. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
Free Dictionary. (2013). Correlation coefficient. Retrieved from. http://www.thefreedictionary
.com/correlation+coefficient
Classical Hollywood Cinema is a chain of events that has a cause – effect relationship within a time and space. The environment looks realistic and believable to the viewers because the style is predictable, and the time is linear throughout the film. Each scene with the development of the plot and story is motivated by cause and effect. The filmmaking process involves four major steps that cut across the board. The process revolves around these levels that make it orderly to every individual involved in filming. The process has the following stages: Idea and Development, Pre-Production, Production and Post- Production. In Idea and Development it is normally
Film-making is both an art and an industry. Many people were credited for the invention of motion picture. Some major names associated with motion picture include, Thomas Edison, Eadweard Muybridge, and the Lumiere brothers. There were several stages in the making of motion picture.
"(Top 100) Movie Franchises by Revenue." Statistic Brain. IMDb, 10 Dec. 2013. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. .
In Hollywood today, most films can be categorized according to the genre system. There are action films, horror flicks, Westerns, comedies and the likes. On a broader scope, films are often separated into two categories: Hollywood films, and independent or foreign ‘art house’ films. Yet, this outlook, albeit superficial, was how many viewed films. Celebrity-packed blockbusters filled with action and drama, with the use of seamless top-of-the-line digital editing and special effects were considered ‘Hollywood films’. Films where unconventional themes like existentialism or paranoia, often with excessive violence or sex or a combination of both, with obvious attempts to displace its audiences from the film were often attributed with the generic label of ‘foreign’ or ‘art house’ cinema.
The first time we see Cruella De Vil she is in a rush and is driving
As can be seen in exhibit to solution 2, we have estimated the per-film value of each production company. MCA Universal, Warner Brothers and Walt Disney Co are the only production companies that provide a positive per film value, with values of 9.89, 1.92, 12.56 million respectively. This value is calculated by dividing the net present value of all the movies by the total number of movies. We also calculated the average value of each production company based upon their share of the total number of movies produced. The companies with positive values were MCA Universal, Warner Brothers and Walt Disney Co is also the only production companies that provide a positive per film value, with values of 1.40, 0.37, 1.40 million respectively. These values are based on the average value per film multiplied by the company's average share of the industry.
Identify specific elements of a motion picture that film studios look for in a successful movie.
Movies today are extremely expensive to make and are typically financed through either film studio contracts or from investors willing to take a risk. In order to be successful, movies need to be marketed and distributed either under contract by the film studios or by companies that specialize in such services. The aspects of financing, marketing and distribution of films have changed between the studio and independent systems over the years as the evolution of the film industry took place.
Modernization in the 1980s paved the way for the Hong Kong New Wave, as the studio system set up in the 1950s was dismantled, the film industry experienced more freedom. Since decolonization was heavily present 75% of Hong Kong’s box office revenue were home grown movies, while the meager 15% was left for the foreign market. As one can see the political context of Ho...
Socially educated parents are more likely to make decisions based on updated information, whereas parents, who lack higher education or have less education, make decisions without getting the background information. Demand for movies could be dependent on this factor. Also, people who have a more prestigious job reputation or social reputation can influence demand. These people carry this prestige because of the ways that society views their characteristics either as a group or as an individual. People that own homes may be more likely to attend movies rather than renters. In Canada, the population is aging. The age for the average movie-goer is increasing.
film can make or break a movie. Marketing a film takes up a great deal of the money that is
[2] Poggi, Jeanine. "Blockbuster's Rise and Fall: The Long, Rewinding Road." The Street. N.p., 23 Sept. 2010. Web. 11 Dec. 2013.
It is safe to say that Disney movies are not before anyone’s time. They have been passed down from generation to generation and still have a positive impact on pop culture today. The values of Disney movies though have always been the same. That is to follow your dreams and good things will come. The only problem is what they teach you about the journey and the people you meet on the way there. Women aren’t given the most respectful depictions in Disney films and that hasn’t been a problem through the years because their films still sell. Children don’t know the difference between being a damsel and a heroine, or how the hero always gets what he wants. Given the right distraction, parents are none the wiser about these hidden personas that their children are being exposed to. Ironically enough, these stories originated from a darker perspective. Both Disney and German fairytales focus on stories about a character that come from rags to riches because it inspires people. At a time when Germany needed hero’s and magic, these fairytales gave people of older and younger ages hope for better times. Disney on the other hand targeted the younger female viewers. Fairy tale films made in the GDR have a surprising number were adaptations of the Brother Grimms’ fairy tales (Fritzsche, 4). At first, the fairy tale genre as a whole and particularly the Grimms’ tales were designated as “folklore,” which reinforced the values of the ruling classes. It was until the first congress of Soviet writers in August 1934 when Maxim Gorky rehabilitated the genre as a folktale that encouraged class struggle (Fritzsche, 5). Although the fairy tales were seen as East German cultural heritage during the country’s formalism debates, the Gri...
The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.