Sentences with phrase «movie industry people»

Once upon a time, we thought the only place to meet authors was in bookstores and the only way to network with movie industry people was...

Once upon a time, we thought the only place to meet authors was in bookstores and the only way to network with movie industry people was at film festivals.

Not exact matches

If people saw enough movies and slide films and paintings and photographs of oil and oilmen perhaps they would begin to understand (and like) the industry.

Regulators have been taking aim at industry contracts that prevent people from viewing movies and TV programs outside the country in which they are sold, focusing on Sky's deals with major motion picture studios including Walt Disney, Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Brothers unit, Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday that it has invited a record 683 movie industry professionals to join its membership ranks, which currently include more than 6,200 people.

Lyne: I got to know a lot of people in the movie industry in the eight - plus years that I edited Premiere.

The movie, told by industry pioneers Danny Sullivan, Rand Fishkin, Jill Whalen, Brett Tabke, Rae Hoffman and Barry Schwartz, covers the early days of SEO when people were «spammin and jamming,» affiliates vs. main stream, black hat vs. white hat, the unique and often rocky stories of the industry's pioneers, how Matt Cutts changed the industry, the history of Google updates and even has commentary on the future of SEO from the industry's top minds.

Marvel Studios» Black Panther is a masterpiece of movie making and has become an instant cultural phenomenon, sparking discussion, inspiring people young and old, and breaking down age - old industry myths.

For a movie about old - fashioned people in an old - fashioned industry,

How about every person educate themselves about the Animal Food Industry and watch movies like Food Inc., and Earthlings, so the general public can be educated as to how toxic animal products are, how terrible they are treated before their throats are slashed, beaks cut off, testicles removed without anesthesia, etc..

The Ghana movie industry, even - though not too vibrant as it use to be, it is important we celebrate some of the people who worked hard behind the scenes to make sure our industry gets recognized.

He believes such people should rather praise Kumawood for saving the country's movie industry from drowning in the influx of Nigerian movies at a time when the Ghanaian film industry was still struggling.

And in the movie the fossil fuel industry and the nuclear people get together and kidnap this renewable energy guy to make sure the president can't choose that system.

In fact, people here get drunk off movies; there's a who's who of press and industry people here, but Torontonians seem to catch the high as well.

It may be surprising for you to learn that in a country with more than one billion people, the fastest growing film industry in the world, and a 10 billion rmb (1.5 billion usd) box office gross in 2010 alone, there is hardly any professional film criticism accessible to its public.When I say hardly any, I mean that there is an absence of professional film critics who work for major, national publications and media outlets, and thus a lack of regular film reviews of new Chinese movies, at least for the mass audiences.

Thus, the reference to Birdman: a movie about an actor attempting to erase the memories of his superhero alter ego by staging a serious play; a movie in which an actor's superhero alter ego follows him like a ghost, reminding him it's the hero people want to see, not the washed - up actor and his play; a movie that exists as a rebuke to the tights - clad tentpoles that have taken over the industry.

It was the first movie at Sundance to show (sneak preview to industry only... there was a line around the block and people were shut out).

It's no secret that the movie industry mainly markets and sells its wares to young people, but it's a shame that so few movies actually treat them as human beings.

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is the organization behind the Academy Awards, and it consists of thousands of people who work in the movie industry — from actors and directors to hairstylists and PR people.

The site was the idea of Mario Francisco Robles, a man with his finger on the pulse of the comic book movie industry, and Jon, a person who we aren't completely sure isn't a figment of Mario's imagination.

Moonlight, an intimate story of a black boy in Miami coming to terms with his sexuality, had a low profile in the industry — it was the first movie fully financed by upstart distributor A24, and the most famous person in the cast was Mahershala Ali, a TV actor largely unknown to Telluride's mostly white audiences.

Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

But seen all together, it becomes clear that the movie industry isn't willing to take any risks, choosing over and over again to tell weepy historical dramas over original stories, and choosing over and over again to focus only on the stories of white people.

Such was the case with Phantom Thread, a movie that on the surface seems made for me, a person who loves fashion - industry and romance stories alike, and was thrilled to see them combined by a filmmaker who, whatever my personal reservations about his style, is undeniably one of the best working today.

South by Southwest is a nine - day cultural smorgasbord that strives to be everything to everybody: a blogger conference with bands, a music industry jamboree that shows movies, and a plain old film festival where, hours in advance, people were already snaked around the block for the red - carpet opening - night premiere of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

His themes of real vs. facade, and how the industry of television and the movies uses and abuses people makes for some interesting and insightful entertainment.

People love to quote William Goldman's famous saying about the movie industry, which is that «Nobody knows anything.»

The film industry has long held a fascination with the lives of actual politicians, with recent examples including movies based on people like Richard Nixon, Harvey Milk, and Abraham Lincoln (vampire hunter).

Fast forward to Little Miss Sunshine, which played last year to a festival audience that now numbers 50,000, including «industry» denizens from studio - indie divisions, giant stand - alone indies such as Lionsgate, and a scattering of valiant unaffiliated independent companies, plus assorted lawyers, agents, producers, pr people, journalists and gossip - peddlers, fashionistas and bottom - feeders — every one of them attuned to the synergy among movies, TV, and the Web (it's all entertainment) and how that synergy serves the bottom line.

I had my first unprovoked - by - me discussion about the movie with two industry people this very week (who both loved it) but I do nt know whether either or them are Academy members (producer and actress) as it's always difficult to tell unless you ask.

Or is this just solid proof that every audience is different, and that the response at one high - profile screening — packed to the gills with people only there for the big name on the poster and industry types angling for a hot acquisition — is no indication of how a movie will be received in general?

Plus, having worked in the action movie industry in Hong Kong for the last 15 years as both an actor and martial arts choreographer on over 35 film and television productions afforded me not only the skill set to confidently film a kung fu movie, I have also worked with many people who were close with Bruce and shared with me many of their anecdotes.

«The post-Super Bowl weekend frame traditionally gets things on the right track for the industry as new titles breathe life into the typically decelerated movie marketplace, and this year will be no exception with «Fifty Shades Freed,» «15:17 To Paris» and «Peter Rabbit» all set to get people hopping off their couches and back into the movie theater,» Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, said.

After completing the visual effects, but before the movie came out, he felt a pull to do «important work,» and so he left the entertainment industry and started a small nonprofit that teaches people about global warming and other environmental issues.

This is a big win for the publishing and entertainment industry and the popular torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and KickAssTorrents, which allow people to illicitly download books, movies and TV shows online without paying, are expected to be among the first websites in rights holders» sights.

The movie industry is now facing the same, a smaller movie making outfit used to be able to recoup money from video / DVD rentals and sales, now people just download the movies they like for free — there were movies last year that grossed less than a thousand bucks in total.

Only just a few years ago, a lot of people had predicted that the movie industry would go down as well but we see now that it is only steadily rising higher.

The music and movie industry had to evolve to offer paid digital content to satiate peoples thirst.

This helps the tourism industry, which brings people in droves for everything from the Cleveland International Film Festival to the home from the quintessential Christmas movie A Christmas Story, which has been turned into a museum.

Nightly events include special panels with big - name people from the film industry, which are a great chance to get a peek into «movie - making magic» and see some really major stars.

Nightly events include special panels with big - name people from the film industry, a great chance to get a peek into movie - making magic, and see some really major stars.

«I'm really excited about bringing all these industries — games, movies, graphic novels — together and changing the way people perceive a franchise so it's not just a film or just a videogame, but a better integration of story and content.»

Lets be honest though, if this movie were to release and something DID happen we would get a million people crying about why didn't Sony or the movie industry pull this movie knowing they knew about the threats.

Our industry is finally growing up, though we need to grow a lot more, and we need to realize that, like movies, we are getting so many different types of games to draw in people of all ages, genders and races.

From the humble animated shorts from two people Matt Stone and Trey Parker to the blockbuster movies, numerous seasons and a batch of video games, but with the release of Stick of Truth I can honestly say that in my mind South Park has finally made it into the video games industry with this gem of a game.

We don't recruit people from the movies industry or anything.

Many of his early subjects were teenagers, striking poses that imitated the blueprints of the movie and music industries with their meticulously staged dreams of the good life: visions of self - determination and resistance, grand gestures, and communities that stick together; pipe dreams that recur in the aspirational self - conceptions of many of the people Zielony meets.

Nigeria — number one movie industry; people are making own movies and selling them on the streets without copyright coverage.

Look all over the TV and movie industry and you'll see this pattern repeating: every company is hoping their back catalog can convince people to pay for a streaming service.

«MoviePass is attracting people back to the movie theaters by lowering their cost, which we believe is transformational for the industry,» said Ted Farnsworth, chairman and chief executive officer of Helios and Matheson.