Walt Disney Pictures Research 

Who is Walt Disney Studio's parent company?

- The Walt Disney Company

Who 'owns' their parent company?

- Bob Iger

What does the company also own?

- Disney Media Networks, Disney Parks and Resorts, Walt Disney Studios, Disney Consumer 

Products and Disney Interactive.

What other companies does The Walt Disney Company control?

- Assets and Interests

  Film Production/Distribution:

Walt Disney Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

Hollywood Pictures

Caravan Pictures

Miramax Films

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

  Buena Vista Internet Group:

ABC.com

ABCNews.com

Oscar.com

Disney.com

Family.com

ESPN Internet Group

NFL.com

NBA.com

NASCAR.com

Toysmart.com

  

Music:

Buena Vista Music Group

Hollywood Records

Lyric Street Records

Mammoth Records

Walt Disney Records

 Books:

Walt Disney Book Publishing

Hyperion Books

Talk/Miramax Books

  Magazines:

Discover Magazine

Disney Magazine

ESPN Magazine

Talk

US Weekly

Daily Newspapers:

County Press

Oakland Press and Reminder

Narragansett Times

St. Louis David Records

Sports:

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Anaheim Angels

Theme Parks:

Disneyland

Walt Disney World

Disney-MGM Studios

EuroDisney (Partial Owner)

Epcot

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Disney's California Adventure

Disney Cruise Line

Theatre:

Walt Disney Theatrical Productions

Networks:

ABC

The Disney Channel

SoapNet

ESPN (Partial Ownership)

A&E (Partial Ownership)

The History Channel (Partial Ownership)

Lifetime (Partial Ownership)

E! (Partial Ownership)

Television Stations:

10 Television Stations

Television Production/Distribution:

Buena Vista Television

Touchstone Television

Walt Disney Television,Animation

Radio:

ABC Radio Networks

Radio Disney

ESPN Radio

27 Radio Stations

Which films and franchises we'd associate with them?

- A Few Films:

The Lion King

Aladdin

Lady And The Tramp

Beauty And The Beast

Frozen

Toy Story

Monsters Inc.

Finding Nemo

Tangled

How much money do they earn the institution?
(Could Only Find Info On The Conglomerate)

-the Walt Disney Company reported taking in a total of  $11.57 billion in the final quarter of 2013. They had an overall profit of $1.39 billion for the quarter. The Walt Disney Company is worth approximately $143 billion.

White Stereotypes vs. Black Stereotype






Stereotypes of White People

• Rich
• Intelligent
• Racist
• More powerful
• Physically weak
• Self-obsessed- selfish
• Not very intimidating
• High status
• Posh
• Law-abiding
• Live in more developed countries
• Middle-class
• White people who 'act black'
• Brattish children

Stereotypes of Black People

• Good at dancing
• Single parent families (dads leave)
• Like chicken
• Crime
• Poor
• Gangsters
• Rappers
• Athletic
• Humorous
• Religious
• Soulful
• Well-endowed (men)
• Ghettos/slums
• Drugs
• Gangs
• Guns/weapons (and resultant crime)
• Dreadlocks- rastafarians
• Big lips/noses/bums etc (physical attributes)
• Third world
• Disease
• Unclean
• Oppressed/marginalised
• Slaves/slavery
• Intimidating
• Weaves, afros, short hair, bald

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Representation Of Ethnicity

During the clip of spooks Ethnicity was represented in various different ways. Ethnicity is represented using the 4 key area’s Mise En Scene, Sound, Editing and Camera shots/angles.

From the outset of the clip Ethnicity is represented, an example of the representation is the stereotypical view of the terrorist. The terrorist is perceived to be an Arabic character, this goes with the stereotype of terrorist, however the overall look of the character does not agree with society’s stereotypical view of terrorist. Society’s view of a terrorist is a turban a large beard and a piece of material to cover their face, this is not shown with the main terrorist in this scene, so the clip goes against the overall stereotype of a modern terrorist. This scene contains a lot of stereotypical material, during the clip there are no white people seen to be in danger, this is very typical of modern television, all the people seen to be in danger are of a non-white Ethnicity, this suggests danger with other races that are not white, this goes along with the stereotype of other races greatly, white people see people of other races as a threat and they sense danger when they are around, stereotypically.

In the clip we watched the music had a very tense feel to it, this could represent the significance of this scene and the overall tenseness of this part of the show. At the start of the scene there is drumming, the drumming sets the mood of the scene and foreshadows the ending drums usually end on a big finale, so the drums at the start suggest the death of the black character. The main music in the scene is very similar to the call to prayer song; this links the Arabic side of scene and emphasizes the cultural clash because while the call to prayer like song is getting louder, Danny says a prayer under his breath, this gives a stereotypical view of both of the two races, Black character related to Christianity and the Arabic character related to Muslim. During the scene during the song there is a whale song been imported into the song, this is done to be ironic. Whale songs are seen to be quite calming and relaxing but this is not the case with this scene, this is very ironic.

The way that the scene is edited is quite clever and suggestive. When the camera switches to another character the screen goes white for a brief amount of time, this could suggest flash bangs and could be used as a further suggestion for the theme of terrorism throughout the scene. Slow motion in the scene shows the overall realisation of what happened to Danny.

During this scene the camerawork is quite clever, they use a handheld camera and the camera is very shaky, this could suggest the overall nervousness of the scene. Also there are lots of close ups to Danny’s face, this is because the director wanted to fully capture the reaction of Danny to what is going on. Camera work is also used to show the power in the scene, they use low shots looking up at the ‘terrorist’ to show his power and dominance.

Overall the director has used various different ways to represent Ethnicity in this scene, some stereotypical viewpoints are agreed with by the director, others aren’t.

The Man

My first impressions of this man was that he is a tramp or a homeless person, he does not look like a man with many valuable possessions and the clothes that he wears make him look like a beggar.

He really works for Ralph Lauren and his name is Doug Bihlmaier.

The Lady

My first impressions of this women is that she could be some sort of fashion designer or just a very wealthy women who loves expensive clothes.

She really is an Italian fashion writer and her name is Anna Di Piaggi.

The Man 2

My first impressions of this man was that he looks quite well dressed and he looks like quite a well off man, he is probably the owner of a homemade company.

The man is actually a fashion designer called Calvin Klein

the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice; (how does who owns a media company influence the type of film made and its potential success? For example do BIG companies make BIG films and therefore make all the money? Is it possible for small companies to succeed?)


Avengers is made by marvel which on its own is a huge company and the movie making part is now in convergence with any so the films have endless amounts of money to spend on them to make a huge profit. Bigger company's like these make money more so than smaller ones.

the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing; (how do companies work together to produce, distribute and publicize a film? How can Disney use their size to promote and publicise a film? How can small companies work together to promote their business' when making and promoting a film?)

This movie is a strong example of synergy Is that Thor and Hulk etc.. are in this film linking all of the films together and putting them all in one movie and Disney distributed the film which means that it is a convergence because it is working together on one film.

the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange; (how has the introduction of digital film, 3D, DVD, Blue Ray, internet streaming, downloadable content, home cinema influenced the types of films made, the way we watch them and the way we 'buy' them?)

The Avengers movie was effected by the internet in case of its profit, the internet has thousands of websites that you can watch movies on illegally which a lot of people do and this affects the profit greatly.

the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences; (how and why have film companies had to alter the way they work now everyone has web enabled phones, PC's, consoles etc? How have audiences changed their viewing habits now we no longer need to go to the cinema to watch a film)

Films are now viewed in various different ways then they were say ten years ago, people now watch movies on the phones and game consoles now and don't really go to the cinema, the way people watch movies have changed drastically

the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences; (can you think of examples of how different technologies have come together to help the film industry?) 

In most major blockbuster films, technological convergence is key to the production of a film as many different technologies are behind the process such as CGI, 3D adaptation, Digital Conversion and so on.

the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions; (how do film companies try and attract their audience? Do they do different things in different countries?)

it is very common for films to have global audiences in places such as china, Thailand, India, etc.. a lot of filming is done in these places, this will attract audiences from these country's

 

Scottish Stereotype:

 

• Strong Glasgow Accent
• Scotland as a place can be represented in two different ways. Scotland can be represented as a very rough place or it could be represented as a very cold and dull place.
• Scottish Slang Includes 'wee' (meaning little) and ('Aye' Meaning Yes) these are the two most commonly known slang which Scottish people use.
• Scottish people are usually associated with kilts and that they wear Flat Caps and have ginger hair.
• Scottish people stereotypical pass times usually include playing the bagpipes and drinking a lot of Beer/Larger
• Scots are usually represented as quite agitated unstable people and they seen to be quite angry people.
• Scottish people are usually seen as mostly protestant.
• Scottish people are usually associated with the 'Old Firm' Football derby between Rangers and Celtic, this derby has been given negative response in recent due to great violence between the two teams fans, this enforces the violent stereotype of the Scottish people.

Liverpool Stereotype (Scouse):

 

 

• Thieves
• Talk rally fast and they are hard to understand
• Very strong accent
• Support Liverpool Football Club
• Have a left wing political view
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• Irish Stereotype:

 

• Irish people are usually seemed to be quite violent
• They are seen as they like to drink a lot
• associated with the colour green .

 

 

Newcastle

High pitched, Strong

Rough estates, Large cities, Tyne bridge.

'Howay'.

Newcastle United Tops, Tight clothing

Gym, Newcastle United, Fake Tanning

 

London

Chavvy in areas and upper class in others (Queens English).

Built up cities, skyscrapers.

 'Brown bread' - Dead, 'Apples and pears' - Stairs.

Upper class - Suits, Chavvy areas - Tracksuits.

Work at markets and Stalls, Visits to the Pub, Shopping.

Looking down on homeless people and hating the upper class

 

Welsh

Easy to spot

Rural Areas

"Valleys"

Tweed

Farming, Sheep Herding

Happy, Friendly.

Birmingham

Strong accent.

Large city, Built up area, Cars.

 

Chavvy, Tracksuits

Concerts, Shopping, Partying.

Aggressive, Rough.