DreamWorks II Holding Co., LLC is a film production company, which develops and produces films, along with television programming and video games. The company was founded on October 12, 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. They officially founded the company with the financial backing of $33 million from each of the three cofounders, and $500 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, putting the value of the company at the time around $2.7 billion. The goal of the trio was to initiate and organize an artist-friendly studio, in order to produce, develop, and distribute exceptional film entertainment that would entertain audiences all around the world. DreamWorks is a dominant producer of live-action films, network syndicated cable television programming, and consumer products, etc. The company used to have an animation arm, however, that was spun off in 2004, creating the publicly traded company, known as DreamWorks Animation SKG (NASDAQ:DWA). The three founders of DreamWorks were already titans in their respective industries. Spielberg was already one of the most influential and successful filmmakers in the motion picture industry. Before starting DreamWorks, Jeff Katzenberg became a household name in the entertainment business as Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994. At Disney, Katzenberg was responsible for the distribution, marketing, and production, of all Disney filmed entertainment. Before Geffen co-founded
The mega conglomerate, Disney, began in 1923 with two men and one cartoon, Alice In Wonderland. From 1988 to present day Disney Pictures has released some of the most successful films in Hollywood. Disney’s most iconic and memorable titles include, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast. Disney has pushed the boundaries of the film industry since its beginning with the production of the first full length animation film, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, as well as the release of their first live action film, Treasure Island. After the death of Roy and Walt Disney, the company only continued to grow. Robert Iger was named chief executive officer in 2005. Currently, Disney owns Walt Disney Animation
Disney, when it comes to their stories, almost always deliver. They have made some of the most iconic films with brilliant stories such as Aladdin, Lion King, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Granted, they haven’t always made the best films, but the good definitely outweighs the bad. They take time to make their films great and usually release a film once a year. DreamWorks has focused more on the quantity instead of the quality of their films, releasing at least 2 - 3 movies a year. Because of this, only some good movies like Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind, etc. have come about and the rest only earning 7/10 or lower.
The movie takes place in the early 1990’s, when Jordan Belfort partners with Donny Azoff to start his brokerage firm, Stratford-Oakmont. After the introduction given by Jordan, we follow his life from the time that he is 22 years old when he had just started on wall street, all the way to the time of his arrest. Throughout the movie, you can see Jordan’s narcissistic personality aid him in his rise to the top and eventually lead to his fall.
The Movie that I choose to analyze was the movie The Wolf of Wall Street this movie is about a guy who is starting off his career wanting to earn money fast so he goes to Wall Street and works as a broker for a small firm, where he ends up picking up bad advice along with some bad habits that get him rich fast, but not in a very ethical way. Some of the main characters that I will be talking about in this essay are Jordan Belfort also referred to as Jordy, he is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Donnie Azoff Played by Jonah Hill. There are many other characters in this movie, but these are the main characters that are faced with difficult dilemmas. A lot of the choices that are made in this movie are Unethical. Even though it seems that he does everything for greed you end up understanding the reasons he did those things, but even though they are done for the right reasons does not mean it is right.
The Film Dreamworlds III examines the explicit nature and the objectification of women in music videos across music genres. A similar theme is presented throughout these various music videos as women are sexualized and exploited. In addition, many music videos display the domination and antoagonizing nature of a man controlling the numerous women submitting themselves to him. The portrayal of these images in music videos advertise and influence audiences to accept this behavior on screen, which in turn strengthens aggressive masculinity and the pornography of women.
When it came time to hire Eisner, Schneider, a Disney’s first president, explained, “…Michael [Eisner] had an amazing track record coming from Paramount. He’d had hits, Oscar nominations, Terms of Endearment. He was a winner when he was hired to come in and run Disney. He also was a man who liked to blow things up.” Eisner had a lot of experience in the film industry and was very successful, too; he was the perfect fit to help bring Disney out of their downward spiral. With Eisner’s help, he was able to use his previous experience at Paramount to lead Disney to success once again. Similarly, Katzenberg was willing to help lead Disney out of their misery by being the lifeline of the film division. Eisner recalled, “He was a worker. He was committed. He was obsessed”. When the film division no longer had hope, Katzenberg was there to guide it to something more than it had ever been before. He made the animators excited and pushed them to the next level. He held them to high standards. He never stopped until the drawings reached perfection; if that meant hundreds of edits to one drawing, then he would wait for the edit that eventually made the drawing flawless. With his determination, he was able to lead the film division to produce The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and many
The Walt Disney Company started off on the dreams of one man, Walt Disney. He started the Walt Disney Studios in 1926 to make animated films for children but was not satisfied with his accomplishments. As his motion pictures and television programs became successful, he felt a desire to branch out. One area that intrigued him was amusement parks. As a father, he had taken his children to carnivals and other entertainment enterprises, but he always ended up sitting out the rides while the kids had all the
In his 1916 silent-film Intolerance, D.W. Griffith pioneered editing techniques that helped establish montage as a core component of film language. Griffith set out to unite four disparate storylines under the common theme of love’s eternal battle with intolerance. While Griffith believed this film achieved its goal, some of his contemporaries argued that Intolerance was a “magnificent failure” (Eisenstein, 241). Indeed, Eisenstein proposed that the unification Griffith sought to create was impossible because the juxtaposition of these stories did not create new meaning. Instead, Eisenstein wrote that the lack of conflict between shots prevented the synthesis of a higher meaning, or montage trope. While it is true that Intolerance generally does not accomplish montage trope, especially when referencing Walt Whitman’s Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, where Griffith explicitly attempts it, there are examples of its implementation. Griffith does manage to achieve this higher meaning in the scene depicting a labor strike. Eisenstein’s claim that Griffith never incorporates montage tropes into his films is false as demonstrated by the social criticism in the juxtaposition of the striking mill workers and Mr. Jenkins.
A trip to 42nd street circa 1990 was certainly no destination fit for a family. Walls of graffiti adorn the peeling awnings of storefronts and theatres promise private dances and live nude women. Porn shops dotted the city block with colorful invitations to sex hotlines and signs prohibiting entry to anyone under the age of eighteen (Wollman 445). Decades earlier, during the Prohibition era, speakeasies and brothels lined the city, creating New York’s red light district. Today’s Times Square, however, bares no hint of resemblance to its former image of sleaze and mystery. Neon lights that once illustrated silhouettes of burlesque dancers have since been fashioned into the welcoming faces of cartoon characters. Signs visible
The Walt Disney Company is an outstanding renowned entertainment and media corporation with business ventures in Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, The Walt Disney Studios, Disney Consumer Products, and Disney Interactive. Walt Disney Company is a diversified corporation with products all around the world. (The Walt Disney Company, n.d.)
Alan Horn is the Chairman of Walt Disney Studios in this position Horn monitors operations worldwide some of these operations include production, distribution, and marketing for Disney studios and Dream Works studios. These obligations
Further profiting as a producer of other directors' its like Poltergeist, Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Spielberg became one of the richest and most powerful players in Hollywood. In 1984, he founded Amblin Entertainment and used the E.T. logo as its trademark. While this was doing well, Spielberg wanted more control over his projects and did not want any other studios interfering with his work. In 1994, along with several other industry hotshots, they created the first new movie studio in Hollywood in over 75 years- Dreamworks. The company covers all its bases and produces live action and animated movies, music, computer games, arcades, television productions, and distribution. Spielberg owns approximately 22% of Dreamworks and he is worth around 1 billions dollars. His average salary is $238 million a year!
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has a history marked with ups and downs. Taking numerous risks, expanding internationally, acquiring various businesses and diversifying its operations; the company has emerged stronger than ever. Ranking #53 on the Fortune 500, DIS has experienced continuous growth for the past 5 years, with bright prospects. Detailed analysis shows the market undervaluing the stock despite its healthy performance, indicating potential future gains.
Pixar Animation Studios as we know today, was started as in 1984 when John Lasseter, chief creative officer of both Pixar
Established in 1923, Disney Studios released the first ever full-length animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. By 2015, Disney Studios employed about “6,500 employees, and spent $2 billion producing films annually”. Alan Horn, Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, oversees five studios, that together made up Disney Studios. The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ‘Disney Live Action’ and Walt Disney Animation Studios ‘Disney Animation’ are directly from Walt Disney’s original studio. The three others were acquisitions made during Bob Iger’s time as chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company. The first was Disney's competitor animation studio, Pixar, which was purchased for $7.4 billion in 2006; second, Marvel Entertainment, which had its roots in comic books, for $4 billion in 2009; and finally the legendary filmmaker George Lucas’ Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in 2012. During this time, Disney Studios began pursuing a “tentpole” strategy, which entails investing in higher budget films that would hopefully produce a larger profit by pulling in a large portion of the market. The larger profit would also help compensate for losses that may occur in smaller budgeted films. As it stands, Disney studios currently produces 10-12 films annually with approximately eight of them with production budgets in excess of $150 million. The current breakdown of tentpole films expected annually is as follows: two from Marvel, one from Lucasfilm, one from Pixar,