The film I have chosen is “Steve Jobs” a 2015 biography film directed by Danny Boyle and was written by Aaron Sorkin. The entire film spans from 1984 to 1998 of Steve Jobs’ early career into Apple, turning it around from rock bottom to one of the leading technological industries of today. Majority of the film seems to show off the early build of the Macintosh and how it would compete against other computers on the market. While at the same time, it shows the lowest point in Apple’s financial career and one of their highest points as well. In the early moments of the film, Steve Jobs hustling with his crew to get his first Macintosh demo up and working in front of the press, while at the same time dealing with family issues with his ex-girlfriend …show more content…
So in order for this to happen, Jobs wants the Macintosh demo to greet his audience with “Hello” as he wants to ease his audience and to show them that there is nothing to be feared of. Despite the presentation, during the scene with Lisa (Steve Jobs’ alleged daughter) many news outlets are talking about the major concerns of the Macintosh, mentioning about how lackluster and restrictive of a computer it is compared to other competitors on the market. Regardless, it has seem that afterwards, it was enough of a push for Apple and Steve Jobs to get the attention of millions across the globe, as shown with his more expensive looking clothes. In a room with a more up-to-date Macintosh, Jobs and his daughter Lisa are having a small quibble over trivial matter, maybe their relationship was a bit strained within the last 5 years since the release of the Macintosh. During a conversation with a long time friend of Jobs, Steve Wozniak talks about the strain between Jobs, the corporation Apple, and even the consumers
Today´s society is filled with people that only care about money and a person's profession when it comes to valuing an individual's life. Many people think that having a lot of money, college degrees, and working for a top notch business or company defines who they are, but what about the people who may not be successful in the world's view, but are happy because they are doing what they love to do ? Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech at Stanford University, in 2005, advising the graduates to follow their passions and not to listen to other people's advice about what is valuable or not. He also advised them not to waste their time living someone else’s life. Steve Jobs advocates for individuals to have the bravery to follow your
The introduction of Apple’s Macintosh in 1984 revolutionized the personal computer industry (North, 2011). Although Jobs did not invent the
The film ‘Minority Report’ directed by Steven Spielberg was released in 2002 and is set in the future of 2054. The main idea for Minority Report, is about a crime unit, which is set around 3 psychic twins, the ‘pre-cogs’ who have the ability to see brutal crimes before they are to occur. The pre-cogs are rested in a room, also called ‘The Temple’ where they are nurtured and their visions are recorded. The pre-crime unit, equipped with advance tech rush to the scene and stop the crime before they occur. Tom Cruise being the action movie star he is, playing the on-the-run pre-crime cop role of John Anderton, paired with Steven Spielberg at his directional best, make a significant work of art. Spielberg uses various techniques to portray several ideas to directly show the viewers a certain message.
Some films are made for mind-numbing entertainment, some are made to make you cry, and some are made to think, to question, Missrepresentation is one of the later films. The movie makes you question society and even yourself and what you view as the norm in media. I enjoyed the film overall. I believe the message the film was trying to portray was message that needs to be said and heard. Watching the film made me realize how so many things I just accept in the media that harm women and perpetuate rape culture and misogyny. Missrepresentation is a film that made me think and connect its message with what we are learning in class and my own life.
Enron was a Houston based energy, commodities and services company. When people hear the name Enron they automatically associate their name with one of the biggest accounting and ethical scandals known to date. The documentary, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” provides an in depth examination of Enron and the Enron scandal. The film does a wonderful job of depicting the downfall of Enron and how the corporate culture and ethics were key to Enron’s fall. As the movie suggests, Enron is “not a story about numbers, it is a story about people.”
A boy, adopted by middle class parents, who dropped out of college after six months, decided to begin his own business, and he stated his business on 1 April; April Fool’s Day (Dernback, n.d.). Society would presume that a company with such a colorful beginning would most likely not survive its infancy stage, but that is not the case for this story. In 1976, this company began with three men and one thousand dollars, but it started a movement that would revolutionize the world, Apple Computer was born. By the time Steve Jobs was twenty-five years of age, he was worth over a hundred million dollars (Dernback, n.d.). Jobs not only had an idea, he had a plan that would lead to the success of Apple. Jobs understood that “Marketing is much more
Though money may not be the root of all evil, it certainly contributes to inequalities between those on opposite ends of the wealth distribution map. Upward mobility becomes difficult for those whose income does not match that of the wealthy because of the lack of opportunities provided to the people who are in the working class (Marx). Unfortunately, this repetitive cycle of wealth inequality draws parallels with the racial inequalities that are seen today. Statistically, people of color and women collect less revenue than white men, who are less restricted in their mobility, in America (Rowe). According to Karl Marx, money can buy anything from education to beauty, due to the fact that money is valued more than the lives of those who do
In 1976 college dropouts Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, assisted by Ron Wayne embarked on a path to start a tech company that would create new innovative products by connecting people all over the world. This company came to be known as Apple Computers which has become a global leader in Technology and cultural innovation. The rise of Apple computers did not come easy and along with the major success obtained their failures have not gone without notice. Yet, through the joy of success and the agony of defeat, Apple has continued to reinvent its brand over four decades.
The subject of Inside Job is the global financial crisis of 2008. It features research and extensive interviews with financiers, politicians, journalists, and academics. The film follows a narrative that is split into five parts. The five parts discussed are The Foundation, Mortgage Boom, The Crisis, Accountability, Where are we now.
It was Steve Jobs who made Apple leave the garage and make leaps and bounds in the world of technology. Steve Wozniak made the first prototype, but it was Jobs who “saw the potential” in his computer and persuaded Wozniak to sell it (Peterson 106). Even though that first computer saw very little success, Jobs knew that Apple had potential and so released the Apple II. From the beginning Jobs knew what the consumers wanted, and where computers were going to take the world; he had a vision of the opportunities in technology and saw that Apple needed to move in a different direction. In 1984, one year before he left, Jobs finished the Macintosh computer system. He was pushed from his original computer design project, “the Lisa”, and then raced to release the Mac first, but the Lisa was released to the public first. Although the Lisa came out first, the Mac “[became] synonymous with Apple, mark[ing] a…revolution in…personal computing,” (Peterson 106).
Flying a plane can be an interesting hobby, or so I have heard. I am actually looking to become a pilot because being up in the air is fascinating to me. When something that you enjoy is crossed with a salary, and that salary is too low to make a living then problems are bound to start. I am one to believe that pilots make an outstanding wage, but of course I have seen horror stories about pilots being overworked and underpaid. The movie Capitalism: A Love Story seems to make this statement very clear. In this movie some of the people interviewed said they made $19,000 to $23,000 a year. This is shocking because I have seen estimates of what pilots could make in a year. The fact that airlines can get away with paying their pilots lower
It is known that corporations play a large part in making the world go around. Many times we read, hear or see stories on companies and why something was done a certain way. The film “The Corporation” has given a whole new insight to not only how businesses operate but what motivates them and their decisions that they make to keep their businesses thriving.
Computer technology invades the film industry. The existence of computers have aided in the production of genres of film ranging from action movie special effects, to cartoon animation and claymation. Computer Generated Imagery, better known as CGI, assists filmmakers in many ways. An image can be made two-dimensional from a three-dimensional scene, camera angles can be altered to make a character seem larger and thus more important than its surrounding bodies, and colors can be brightened or neutralized, among other things (Parsons, Oja 1). Without the aid of computers, movies would not have the ability to be what they are today.
Steve Jobs has significantly impacted today’s society and many industries. Steve Jobs was born in February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco California. He was adopted at birth by Paul Jobs (1922 -1993) and Clara Jobs (1924 ` 1986). Jobs went through rocky days in elementary school. Despite his rough time in elementary school, Steve was able to skip couple of grades. Steve enrolled at Reed College in Oregon but he dropped out after six month. Steve studied creative classes, including calligraphy.
Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Pixar and NeXT Inc. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, CA February 24, 1955 and died in Palo Alto, CA October 5, 2011. His spouse was Laurene Powell from 1991-2011 when he died from a respiratory arrest related to the pancreas neuroendocrine tumor and Metastatic Insulinoma. Steve Jobs had 4 children Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs and Eve Jobs.