MFB Productions I am Bobby Cramer, the CEO and co-founder of MFB Productions. I am going to discuss how this film production empire began and the inspirations that trail blazed the way for our dreams to come to be realized. Like all great companies, MFB Productions started as an idea or dream that three very talented individuals had when we were teenagers. The individuals are Micah Demby, Francesca Davis, and me, Bobby Cramer. As teens, we attended Cedar Hill Collegiate High School and received our Associates Degree and High School Diploma in the same year. We were less than twenty years of age. After graduation, we all sat down at Chipotle Mexican Grill and discussed where our lives were going. We all knew that we wanted to go to college, however, we didn’t want to be just another college graduate that had a degree and didn’t use it professionally. Micah wanted to get into business management and become a screenwriter; Fran wanted to be a film editor; and I just wanted to do it all. Together, we decided that we could create our own film production company and coined the name “MFB” for Micah, Francesca, and Bobby. Before we could start our own company, we needed to obtain degrees in our separate fields of expertise. I obtained an MFA in Producing with a Minor in Cinematic Arts, teaching me how to become a successful producer and to dabble in many aspects involved in film making. Micah sought after several degrees, including a Bachelor of Business Management and an MFA in Animation and Digital arts with a Minor in Screenwriting. This enabled her to have a diverse set of skills. Franchesca obtained an MFA in Film and Television Production with a Minor in Digitals Studies, which enabled her to become strong in the field o... ... middle of paper ... ...d, including animation, VFX, audio editing, graphic designing capabilities and so much more. It also speedily loads up and slices through both audio video with ease, and can easily fix flaws and inconsistencies with the lighting, footage and audio making this software truly elite. In addition to that, this software’s apps can make use of green screen technology, and can also insert SFX and VFX into our films, making it versatile for use both in front of the green screen and on live shots. Finally, it can handle 4K resolution—as well as many lower resolutions—which means it is compatible with our cameras. In conclusion, it is very clear that MFB productions, we only use the most top-notch, high-quality software in order to create our productions. After all, if we were using low quality technology, there is no way we could have ever reached the success we have today.
The user could also be flustered by the editing and broadcasting software. Paumgarten explains the editing software, “As Schmidt has said, you don’t hunt shots, you capture them. (This approach requires lots of work in the cutting room, or what Surfing called ‘a time-warping pain in the edit-ass.’)” (333). Paumgarten also expresses his view towards the broadcasting software, “As for broadcasting applications, we are still in a relatively primitive stage.” (334).
To date, Warner Bro’s has over 6,500 feature films and around 3,000 television series that contains more than 10,000 episodes (“Company” par 5). Every great movie company has a background story to their success. What were then four brothers traveling with a movie projector turned into a successful movie company that has entertained crowds for generations (“Company” par 7). The vitaphone, the talkie, and the first four-legged movie star were introduced during the 1920’s, and helped define the Warner Brother company (Company par 6). Warner Brothers, a company created by four brothers during the 1920’s, revolutionized the film industry by modernizing the concept of cinematography (Company par 6).
... write write and we can talk talk talk but who REALLY knows how our industry functions until we have hard data. Besides, filmmakers are so reluctant to talk so as not to disclose their own tightly held, valuable relationships/connections, or out of fear of being labeled trouble-makers/whiners and thus running the risk of being discredited. All the while, non-filmmaker industry colleagues and stakeholders have much to loose if they ruffle feathers. Why put business relationships and friendships at risk? Why should anyone stick her/his head out of the foxhole if it is going to get shot?
[1] Information was mainly taken from the Harvard Business Case Study “The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King”
The 1920s was a time of the great success and thrive of the film industry. It was the beginning of the studio era, as the main eight studios emerged (The Big Five: Warner Brother Pictures, Metro Golden Meyer, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, RKO; The Little Three: United Artists, Universal, Columbia Picture). Especially in 1920s the market started to grow rapidly. First of all it was because of technology progress, (such as the ability to create longer movies; starting from 1910s there were experiments for sound creation), growing interest from the audience and growing popularity of actors. Also one of the main reasons was commercial side, as lots of people saw a great opportunity to raise money from the film making.
Describe some ways in which business values and artistic values in Hollywood contend with one another.
OT professionals, I realized this is a field that encourages creativity, empowers individuals, and values of
Computer generated imagery has evolved and spread throughout cinematography and the film world like wildfire. Although computer generated imagery offers countless creative opportunities, the art form of special effects makeup should be practiced and preserved, as just that- an art form. Most people have begun to describe special effects makeup as anachronistic. Considering how long special effects makeup has been around, people are convinced that its existence is coming to an end.
Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer are arguably the most successful producing team in Hollywood history. Their films including “Beverly Hills Cop,” “The Rock,” “Armageddon,” and “Top Gun” have earned, according to a 1995 statistic from Entertainment Weekly, about $820 million. When one factors in the grosses for the last five or six films produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer (and Bruckheimer after Simpson’s death in 1996) the total will most likely exceed $2 billion.
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With this short but very interesting and informative class I have just scratched the surface of the what it takes to make a full fleged film. It takes much more than I had presumed to make a movie in Hollywood. The number of people that it takes to make a minute of a movie let alone the entire movie was astonishing to me. There are many things that it takes to start making a movie but without an idea of some sort there is no movie to be made.
The art of filmmaking has been around for over a hundred years and now has over a hundred different specialized jobs in its field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “key grip, gaffer, best boy, boom operator, and director of photography are just a few of the jobs in the field of filmmaking that are essential to the process of creating a movie or TV show” (From Script #1). But before any of these people are able to get a job, they must go through an average of four years of college in order to specialize in film (Zeke). Filmmaking is a very complex and involved career that is crucial to the pursuit of happiness on earth and the telling of history.
Moviemaking is a risky business, for it is not always profitable. Only one in ten films ever recovers its initial investment from theatrical exhibition. In fact, four out of ten movies never recoup the original investment. In 2000, the average studio film cost had a total cost of over $80 million per film. No other industry in the world risks that much capital to make, finance, produce ...
Educational Goals: Education is extremely important part of my past, present, and future goals. I currently hold an Associate of Applied Science in Graphic Design Media. I have found that an A.A.S Degree does not go as far al I originally intended in the Rochester, MN area and furthering my education will be a necessity for my future career goals. Over the past 2 years I have been working on my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the Minnesota School of Business Rochester campus. I am currently a senior with 3 quarters left before a spring graduation. After a June graduation, I plan on taking a summer quarter break. After summer break I will either continue on at MSB for my Masters in Business Administration with a Minor in Marketing or transferring the University of Minnesota for my Masters in Adult Education. After my Masters Degree is complete I will decide at that time if I wish to continue on and achieve my Ph.D.
the studios. There are outside investors who invest in film making because they can make a