Warner Bros. Television Essays

Student’s name TRF 235 Professor Jones Date Film Profile Warner Bros. Pictures 4000 Warner Boulevard Burbank, CA. 91522 818.954.1744 http://www.warnerbrothers.com/ Founded: April 4, 1923; Founders: Jack Warner, Sam Warner, Harry Warner, and Albert Warner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Kevin Tsujihara Vice President: Edward A. Romano Products: Motion pictures, television programs, video games Finances: Revenue: An increasing US$ 12 billion (2014) Operating income: An increasing US$ 1.3 billion

Abstract Sunday Friends is a non-profit organization located in San Jose that aims to break the generational cycle of poverty within low-income communities by fostering positive development through education, guidance, and empowerment (Sunday Friends 2018). This organization seeks to alleviate poverty by providing individuals with programs and the tools necessary to be confident and economically stable. The rent relief program allows Sunday Friends families to earn income that can be used towards

The time was the 1890s – the invention of the motion picture cameras had just revolutionized the entertainment industry. While the first films were only under a minute long and without sound, the novelty of moving photographs was enough for the motion picture business to flourish. Cinema offered a cheap and simple way of providing entertainment to the masses. Filmmakers could record actors' performances, which are then shown to audiences around the world. Travelogues would bring the sights of far-flung

The film Casablanca captures a romance during World War Two, in the far off city of Casablanca, Morocco. The movie’s cinematography and beautiful story pull the audience into a timeless classic, regarded as one of the best films of all time. The films was directed by Michael Curtiz and had a limited release in late 1942, and then a full United States release date in 1943. The film captured young wartime American audiences as the United States was currently involved in World War Two. The movie

The film industry in Hollywood was no more immune from the Great Depression’s hit than any other industry. The film industry, founded on several economic and social institutions, hid the real world difficulties behind the on-screen glitz and glamour. These efforts to disguise the country’s hardships were essentially what kept American’s coming back to view motion pictures time and time again. At movie theatres, individuals were able to escape from their worries for a few hours. No other “medium has

In 1942, Casablanca hit the screens, stole the hearts of many and is now a Hollywood romantic classic. Not only is the film is a beloved classic film full of recitable quotes, charming music and phenomenal actors the film has some true historical content. The characters and setting of Casablanca are historical based. The cast of Casablanca is golden. Each character was a spice and gave it’s own kick in the film but also represented different people’s views of the war at the time. Such as, Rick Blaine

It is clear from the promotional material released before the film opened to the public that the provocative film producer/director Otto Preminger knew exactly how to attract the attention needed to make his 1955 drama The Man with the Golden Arm successful. From its conception, starting with its controversial literary source material of the same title, it was scrutinized and ultimately rejected by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for its incompliance with the Production Code—namely

Casablanca and To Have and Have Not: Hollywood during World War II Released just two years apart, Casablanca (1942) and To Have and Have Not (1944) share obvious story lines: a cynical American (played by Humphrey Bogart in both films) living in an occupied French colony during World War II ends up aiding the resistance movement. Being released at either ends of the war, the overall tones of the films, however, are quite different; and this difference is most conspicuous in the endings. Casablanca

Casablanca (1942), movie directed by Michael Curtis, is about love, past-relationships, and sacrifice in World War II. During World War II, many people wanted to leave Casablanca to America, to escape the Germans. However, obtaining the visas was never easy. People had to ask for help from criminals and their methods to get what they wanted. Rick owned a nightclub in Casablanca called Rick’s Café Americain. In Rick’s nightclub, all the illegal business deals were worked up. The protagonists, Rick

The new studio system took Hollywood by storm between the early 1910’s, and continued until the studio systems decline in the 1950’s which were primarily due to the government’s influence and federal taxes. There was a studio system in place pre-1920, however they did not have much influence and there was many independent film makers dominating the entertainment industry at that time, these older studios often varied in budgets, styles, and general film content, but this changed with the new studio

easily accessible entertainment source, which led to lower levels of cinema audiences and a drop in studio profits. The change in the moviegoer audience was a big disadvantage for the studios which still operated with their costy musicals and historical big screen films. An audience survey revealed that “in 1968, 48 percent of box office admissions were from the 16–24 age group” (Prince 14). The altered taste of the diverse range of spectators, who started to embrace European and Japanese cinema

There are a lot of movies that are meaningful but the movie “Wonder” is really up there. The movie “Wonder” is an 11-year-old kid named August (Auggie). In the movie Auggie suffers an illness called Treacher Collins Syndrome, it is a condition that affects the development of bones and other tissues of the face. So in overall, we will be focusing on how Courage, Kindness and Friendship are demonstrated in the movie “Wonder”. In the movie “Wonder”, courage is shown in many different ways throughout

September 7, 2016 Pan Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a movie about two superheroes in an “epic” fight that could have ended in a three minutes’ conversation. Instead of wrapping up the Batman trilogy, Warner Bros. Pictures and Zack Snyder brought back Transformer -- and no, that is not a jab at Transformers because it’s at least humorous -- Batman. Also if you’re wondering, yes, it’s supposed to be a Superman movie even though it doesn’t feel like it. If

studios, forcing them to rethink how they generated income and stayed in business. As a result, movies became more like project pitched to the studios by independent producers who had to sell the idea to be funded and make a deal. By the 1950’s, television had become the most popular form of family entertainment, and the sale of movie tickets declined dramatically. People were tuned into TV, it was

The movie musical; A staple genre in the movie industry. Starting back at the end of the “talkies” era in the late 1920’s, once movies had the capabilities to capture their actor’s actual sound on the screen, there were limitless possibilities. Since then, the movie musical has seemingly grown exponentially over time. Starting back with the golden age classics such as State Fair or Singin’ in the Rain, the masses fell in love with dazzling ladies and dashing men dancing and singing on the big movie

The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 prominent members of the film industry who condemned the method in which the House Un-American Activities Committee convicted suspected espionage agents in the US during the Cold War. They all had different jobs such as screenwriters, actors, directors, and musicians, but they were all connected by the industry and joint beliefs of Communism. Many if not all were blacklisted, even though the blacklist could barely be supported with evidence or verifiable. Incarceration

The studio system was a system designed by the “major” studios to have total control of movie production, distribution, and exhibition. There were two groups of major studios, “The Big Five”: MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO and Fox and ‘The Little Three’: Universal, Colombia and United Artists. This strategy and block booking were the main reason why the major studio stayed in business. Since they owned all the pieces to make a movie, they also owned 75% of the movie theaters in the U.S.. This

the 1950s, following the results of the Paramount case in 1948. An industry once considered indestructible—having survived the impact of a devastating economic depression and a world war—was no longer the dominant force it once was. The dawn of television in American culture prompted studio executives to take the first steps towards a new Hollywood in the mid-1950s. By investing in term synergies, experimenting with aesthetic enhancements in theaters, and revisiting and revising the Production Code

During the silent film era, people revolved around watching motion pictures. Films are similar to dreams, were one can escape for a while. Although, sometimes a film could relate to someone in the audience going through something for instance, divorce, immigration, women’s suffrage, poverty and political corruption to name a few. Today we think the silent era films were innocent only because people during that time were very conservative, but we are wrong because people enjoyed watching glamour,

The entertainment industry is primarily controlled by six large distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures (Sony), Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures. Together they account for 74.47% market share (“The Numbers,” 2013). While these companies pursue a few critically acclaimed, award-worthy films, they must pursue films with a potentially large return on investment to stay in business. It is imperative, then, for a distributor to understand