Animation Entertainment Case Studies

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Required Reading:

  • James Sterngold, Michael White. "Imax's Widescreen Profit Performance," Bloomberg Businessweek, January 31, 2011. Businessweek
  • Paul Sonne, Same Schechner. "After Conquering the Movies, 3-D Viewing Makes Its Way Toward home," Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2009. The Wall Street Journal
  • Jonah Lehrer. "How Pixar Works: Inside the Blockbuster Factory," Wired, June 2010. Wired
  • References:

  • Walter Isaacson. Steve Jobs, 2011, Simon & Schuster.
  • Barbara Robertson. "More Toys Than Ever Before," Computer Graphics World, July 2010. Computer Graphics World
  • Jessica E. Vascellaro, Erica Orden, Sam Schechner. "Hollywood Studios Thaw Toward Apple's iCloud Push," The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2012. Proquest
  • Anthony Lane. "The Fun Factory: Life at Pixar," The New Yorker, May 16, 2011. The New Yorker
  • Dean Takahashi. "Video game industry to hit $70 billion by 2015, but growth will slow," VentureBeat, May 25, 2010. Venturebeat.com
  • Ethan Smith. "Disney's 'Cars 2' a Hit Already in Stores," The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2011. Factiva
  • Randall Stross. "Why Bricks and Clicks Don't Always Mix," The New York Times, September 18, 2010. The New York Times
  • Nat Worden. "Entertainment Industry Struggles to Adapt as DVD Sales Decline," Dow Jones Newswires, August 20, 2010. NASDAQ
  • Cinedigm Issues Digital Cinema Industry Update, October 11, 2010. MSNBC
  • The Digital TV Consultancy. "U.S. Home Entertainment Spending Hits $20 Billion," 1/7/2010.
  • Michael White. "Redbox Plots Web Strategy in Challenge to Newflix," Bloomberg Businessweek, July 19, 2010. Businessweek
  • Captain Doug Beattie. "The real toon army," The Independent, 9/23/09 The Independent
  • Mekado Murphy. "Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension," NYT, 10/4/09. The New York Times
  • Mekado Murphy. "Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension," (The Audio Slide Show, John Lasseter discusses the 3-D process for "Toy Story" movies. NYTimes.com/movies) NYT, 10/4/09. The New York Times
  • Brooks Barnes. "Studios' Quest for Life After DVDs," New York Times, October 25, 2009. The New York Times
  • Brooks Barnes. "The Creatures That Jumped Off the Screen," NYT, 3/22/09. The New York Times
  • Michael Cieply, Brooks Barnes. "Studios Another Dimension to Comic-con," NYT, 7/24/09. The New York Times
  • Barbara Robertson. "The Shape of Animation," Computer Graphics World, June 2009. Computer Graphics World
  • Brooks Barnes. "Will Disney Keep Us Amused?" The New York Times, Sunday, February 10, 2008. The New York Times
  • David A. Price. "The Pixar Touch," 2008, Alfred A. Knopf, New York
  • Karen Paik, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, John Lassiter, Leslie Ewers. "To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios," 2007 Chronicle books
  • Michael Behar. "Analog Its Match in Red Digital Cinema's Ultrahigh-Res Camera," Wired 16.09, 8/18/08 Wired
  • "Access IT and Christie Enter Supply for Phase 2 Digital Cinema Deployment Plan," Access IT, Nov. 5, 2008. Access IT
  • Brooks Barnes. "Movie Studios See a Threat in Growth of Redbox," NYT, Sept. 6, 2009. The New York Times
  • Cinedigm - A New Paradigm in Cinema Accessitx
  • Joshua Davis. "Second Coming," Wired December 2009.
  • Ronald Grover. "Box-Office Supercharger," Businessweek, January 18, 2010. Businessweek
  • Michael Cieply. "Resistance Forms Against Hollywood's 3-D Push," The New York Times, August 2, 2010. The New York Times
  • Andy Fixmer, Ronald Grover, Douglas MacMillan. "The Logic Behind Disney's Digital Shopping Spree," Bloomberg Businessweek, August 8, 2010.Businessweek
  • Trefis. "Why fewer DVD Shipments Could Boost Netflix Stock," TheStreet.com, August 6, 2010. The Street
  • Nat Worden. "Entertainment Industry Struggles To Adapt As DVD Sales Decline," Dow Jones Newswire, August 20, 2010. Automated Trader
  • Randall Stross. "Why Bricks and Clicks Don't Always Mix," New York Times, Sept. 19, 2010. The New York Times
  • Verne G. Kopytoff. "Shifting Online, Netflix Faces New Competition," New York Times, Sept. 27, 2010. The New York Times
  • Ronald Grover and Tom Lowry. "Squeezing Every Dime from DVDs," Businessweek, October 19, 2010. Businessweek
  • Geoffrey A. Fowler, Russell Adams. "PayPal Unveils Payment System Aimed at Digital Media," Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2010. The Wall Street Journal