Second Front Cover Draft.

After looking at my first draft of my front cover and gaining some feedback  from peers and my tutors, i realised there was a few clear errors and dislikes about the draft. The colour was the main feature of these problems, me personally and other people commented on the style and the impeding P.O.V. The direct eye contact was a strong dislike, many people commented that it looked very intimidating and slightly aggressive, for a magazine like kerrang this would fit but for my magazine its not the sort of thing i want. I proceeded to then make a second with a different picture but mostly the same styles around it. A few changes were made to the style but eventually i found something i am half pleased with.

The reason i haven’t been continuing with contents and double page spread is that i have still not yet taken my photographs. I plan to do them this week end and shall then continue with my magazine contents and double page spread.

Mast head font i’m still not 100% on. I don’t think this will be like the final i will use, the font was one on the hardest dicisions i had to make, in the pdf i have loads of different fronts i messed with. i still need to decide.

Disney/ Pixar Case Study

After researching into Disney and Pixar it has become very clear that Pixar are needed strongly by Disney. Pixar have sold out many cinemas due to their amazing quality and revolutionary animation. Disney alone have not had a box office hit in a long time, Pixar were the company taking the lime light. Pixar were a massive rival for disney, so the only way to keep the business and to make something from it was to buy them out.

http://www.ndstory.com/origins/wdorigins.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World

Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-three themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues. Owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts segment of The Walt Disney Company, it is located southwest of Orlando, Florida. The property is often abbreviated Walt Disney World, Disney World or WDW.

It was founded, oct 16th 1923 as an animation studio, then some who they worked with baught there ideas. the walt decided if there was to be any more ideas they would be owned by him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disney_Company

Market cap	$ 57 billion (2008)
Revenue	$ 35.51 billion (2007)
Operating income	$ 7.827 billion (2007)
Net income	$ 3.832 billion (2007)

Disney is not just a company, it’s a brand. People all over the world recognise the name.

Oct 16th 1923- First cartoon made about a girl in a wonderland, ‘Alices wonderland

The reality behind disney is close to Walts quotes, I visited Disney land a few years ago i was long past my Disney years and long past the days of watching Disney films.

“It has that thing, the imagination and the feeling of happy excitement i knew when i was a kid.”

I agree with this Disney quote, age becomes a minor fact when you are there everything doesn’t seem to be as it is. The reason being that most people are there to enjoy themselves, no one who wouldn’t want to go would be there, there for the Park contains an atmosphere. As I’ve got older and grown to understand the media and institutions more i can definitely see that money was a very strong aspect behind the park. The reality is that the park makes money and although this may have been a dream and desire of Walt Disney, now, its all about making money and i think this was realized after the first 10 years of being open.

“By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.”

The opening of Disney land was a complete disaster, a 15 day heat wave and a plumbing strike meant that the hear was around 110 F  and only a select few of the water fountains were working. This came close to ruining the park and it then took ten years for the park to pick up. Since that date in 65 i think Walt then realized that this was the cash cow that would keep giving, this being the reason i don’t agree with his statement about making money.

Disney will stay with any one through out there life and Disney land is a way of capturing that, parents will enjoy and any one of any age will enjoy it, Walt had the idea and the imagination to make it work.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=vs-pixar.htm

Incredibles (2004)

Domestic gross- $261. 4 m

Production Budget- $92 m

Finding Nemo (2003)

Domestic gross- $399.714 m

Production budget- $94