2013 Strategic Management 5301 Walt Disney-Pixar Analysis The Walt Disney-Pixar merger carries a number of convincing advantages for Disney‚ but Pixar shareholders should be less enthusiastic about such a deal. Pixar’s resources and capabilities have set a standard that is extremely difficult to imitate. Through its highly talented employee pool‚ culture of creativity and collaboration‚ and proprietary 3D computer animation software‚ Pixar has created a competitive advantage in the animation film
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The History of 2D Animation Animation dates back over 12000 years‚ as ancient cave drawings appear to be drawn‚ in such a way‚ as to create the illusion of movement. At the beginning of animation‚ there was the zoetrope – or the “Wheel of Life”. The zoetrope is a small drum-type contraption‚ with slits around the side‚ and pictures on the inside‚ beneath the slits. These slits let people look through the slits to see the pictures move when the zoetrope was spun around – by hand! Since
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professional recordings sound‚ well . . . professional? There are a number of reasons‚ including high quality microphones‚ pre-amps‚ an experienced engineer and a well-designed studio space. But one of the single most important elements in a great-sounding‚ professional recording is the performance of the session musicians. There is a reason that the job of the session musician exists. It’s these musicians whose talent and studio experience contribute in a major way to the polished sound of a recording
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Alexander Lee GD 150 9/2/2010 History of Animation Animation began to develop in 1824 when a British physician‚ named Peter Mark Roget‚ described the concept of “persistence of vision‚” which means that the pictures appear to create the illusion of motion as we quickly look and retain them one by one.1 In the 1870s‚ Eadweard Muybridge started his photographic gathering of animals and humans in motion.2 While he was in the West Coast‚ he experimented and recorded the movements of a galloping
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Company Research One company that caught my attention is Buck Animation Studios. They are a small commercial house specializing in design-driven creative‚ Buck’s directors and artists use animation‚ visual effects and live action to collaborate with clients‚ from concept to delivery‚ producing work that is visceral‚ innovative‚ and diverse. From offices in New York and Los Angeles‚ Buck works with a broad range of clients in the advertising‚ broadcast‚ retail‚ film and entertainment industries
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“The Studio Years” This week’s chapter focused on the Studio years in Hollywood during the 1930s. One specific section that I thought would be helpful to my topic‚ was the section the discussed Hollywood: The Triumph of the Studio System. This section will help me elaborate more on my second horror film The Mummy and how it was filmed in 1932 by Universal. This section discusses in depth the 1930s and how the Great Depression affected the film industry. Hollywood: The Triumph of the Studio System
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Music in cartoons has been very prominent since animation became popular. It is used to accomplish many different things in a scene. It can speak for characters that can’t or won’t speak‚ set tempo‚ set the time period‚ be sound effects‚ and make the scene interesting. The use of music in animation has changed over the years‚ but it has always played a prominent part in the success of the film. Tom and Jerry cartoons use music so much‚ that without it the cartoon would be completely different
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extends. Even though all these early examples may appear similar to a series of animation drawings‚ the lack of equipment to show the images in motion means that these image series are precursors to animation and cannot be called animation in the modern sense. They do‚ however‚ indicate the artists’ intentions and interests in depicting motion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation 2.0 Introduction 3D animation has been in movies and computer games since the 1970s. The initial techniques
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THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING A RECORD LABEL AND STUDIO. NAME: John Woods. COURSE TITLE: The Music Business. COURSE CODE: MUSI- 1045. ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT: 2 TUTOR: Peter Self. SUBMISSION DATE: 10/06/2011. WORD COUNT MAIN ESSAY: 1630. WORD COUNT BROCHURE: 950. The objective of this project is to discuss the legislation involved with running a record label and recording studio. I have created a brochure‚ which could be given to people who are considering this as an employment option
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5. Problem……………………………………….. 6. Problem solving………………………………. 7. Conclusion……………………………………. 8. Appendix……………………………………… 1. Introduction Universal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resort World Sentosa on Sentosa Island. Universal Studios Singapore was one of the top 10 gated attractions that assisted the Singapore tourism industry to achieve a record high visitorship for year 2011. It has since attracted more than 4 million visitors
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