Questions tagged [film-industry]
General questions about the film industry and its workings.
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Is Hamilton the biggest film acquisition in history?
Coming from an article at Deadline with the headline,
Disney Paid $75 Million For Worldwide Movie Rights To Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’; Biggest Film Acquisition Deal Ever?
and then goes onto to ...
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Why are many movies still filmed using the "scope" aspect ratio (2.39:1) despite film no longer being widely-used?
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Today, in the cinema industry, pretty much all theaters use digital projectors for exhibition. D-Cinema standard calls for the 2K chips (most widely-used) to have 2048x1080 resolution; ...
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Which people get paid in Million Dollar Listing?
The reality TV series Million Dollar Listing shows a lot of people:
the main real estate agents
agents that they negotiate with
agents who come to their open houses
real estate developers
clients and ...
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Why do so many movie advertisements mention "Only in Theaters"?
I've noticed that advertisements for films and film-related merchandise in the USA that relate to films that are in theaters will almost always include the phrase "Only in Theaters" somewhere, often ...
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How are awards given in the editing category?
How are awards are given in the editing category?
In 2013, Argo (2012) won an Oscar for editing. I saw the movie, but I didn't notice any noticeable editing effects like rapid cut sticking out, like ...
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Has there ever been a leak of a movie or TV show's entire project data?
There have been and will be leaks of movies and TV shows, but I'm interested in whether there has ever been a leak of an entire project. By this, I mean the leaking of a folder with terabytes of data, ...
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What role does the Screen Actors Guild play in controlling credits?
In this article about Airplane!, the author states:
The Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams had a tough time with the Screen Actors Guild in trying to get their proper three director billing when the ...
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Why have there been no reviews of The Greatest Showman?
The Greatest Showman will be in theaters in two days, but I cannot find any reviews of it online. Reviews usually come out days or weeks before a movie's release. They are often used by marketers to ...
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How to find out if (especially foreign) movies are uncut
The reason I ask is that it was especially notable
for foreign films that scenes are cut mercilessly
so that they fit in the "common" 90 min format.
For example: "Tom-Yum-Goong".
Even in cinema it ...
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Why are some of Kids' awards rewarded to non-kids' movies?
For example, one of Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, entitled Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Male Buttkicker has been rewarded to Liam Hemsworth for his role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. ...
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