Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Paramount Pictures (Distributor for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Founded in: 1912 (as Famous Players Film Company) and in 1914 (as Paramount Pictures)
Founders: Adolph Zukor
                 Jesse L. Lasky
                 W. W. Hodkinson
Headquarters in: Hollywood, California (United States)
Area Served: Worldwide
Key people: Brad Grey (Chairman and CEO)
                    Rob Moore (Vice Chairman)
                    Adam Goodman (President of Paramount Film Group)
Products: Motion Pictures
Revenue: $1.2 billion (2011)
Operating Income: $300 million (2011)
Website: www.paramount.com

Paramount Pictures (Distributor)

Film Research - (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman
Production by: Michael Bay
                        Andrew Form
                        Bradley Fuller
                        Galen Walker
                        Scott Mednick
                        Ian Bryce
Release date: July 29, 2014 (Mexico City premiere) and August 8, 2014 (United States)
Based on: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman
Starring: Megan Fox
               Alan Ritchson
               Jeremy Howard
               Pete Ploszek
               Noel Fisher
               Will Arnett
               Danny Woodburn
               William Fichtner
               Johnny Knoxville
               Tony Shallhoub
Music by: Brian Tyler
Cinematography by: Lula Carvalho
Edited by: Joel Negron and Glen Scantlebury
Production company by: Nickelodeon Movies and Platinum Dunes
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States
Budget: $125 million
Box Office: $477.2 million

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Poster

Nickelodeon Movies (Production Company)

Platinum Dunnes (Production Company)
Paramount Pictures (Distributor)

Monday, 15 December 2014

Representations in Media

http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse/keyconceptsgcse/keycon.php?pageID=represent

Representation of Gender in Media (Layout)

I. Introduction

II. Portrayal of gender

III. Stereotyping and the media

IV. Media in promoting democracy

V. Media’s influence on women’s decision making

VI. Media and educational differences in gender

VII. Media and sexualization

VIII. Conclusion

Australian film The Mule skips cinemas to top iTunes chart

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/25/australian-film-the-mule-skips-cinemas-to-top-itunes-chart

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay biggest opener of year at US box office

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/24/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-biggest-opener-of-year-at-us-box-office

Imax was made for visual blockbusters like Interstellar – Taken 3, not so much

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/nov/24/imax-cinemas-interstellar-taken-3