Capstone #3: Site Visit

After the Interview I asked Jared if he could give me a tour of United Entertainment Group. He said yes and off we went.  Right outside his office was a mini stage and on the wall was signatures for bands who performed. I did not know any of the artists/bands but I thought it was really cool. On the stage there was a piano and 3 guitars. They would have bands perform for them.  We moved on. We walked down a hallway with a lot of pictures of celebrities pictures on the wall. Some of them were, Carmelo Anthony, Taylor Swift, Pink, Rocky, Rihanna and more. Then we passed by there cafe. In the cafe they had some video games like the ones they have at arcades the game was called NBA JAM. The only thought that went through my head was why do they have video games. Does anyone really play the games? Then we saw the “War Room” I don’t know why it’s called that but it is. So I asked him what is in this so called “War Room” he answered it’s the room where we brainstorm Ideas. He told me that’s why we don’t have anything on the walls or anything that can distract someone. When I looked in the room all they had was a notebook a desk and a chair. While we were walking I saw a jersey that had the Cheetos logo on it. I asked Jared  what it was and he said it was the Harlem Globetrotters but for soccer and that is how they are sponsoring Cheetos. The team is called  Los Cheetahs which means The Cheetahs. They go around to different states and perform tricks. Jarrod gave me a few things to bring home for the project. Jarrod moses gave me a film making scene marker, Box office sales of the week. He gave me a movie script of rocky, the Empire State, he gave me a book called Hollywood deal making, he gave me the script of Snow White and the huntsman, he gave me a step by step on how a film is made, the script of Marmaduke, he gave me a sweatshirt, a hat, and gave me special edition shoes. I had a great experience and learned a lot!

 

 

 

Capstone #4 Interview

Social media plays an important role! What did you learn? What surprised you? Reflect more, please.

Jarrod Mosses:

When I Was thinking about who I was going to interview the first person who came to my mind was Jarrod Moses. I picked him because he was in the advertising business and he helps market movies and TV shows.  

I made the appointment with him. The interview and site was scheduled for May 26. I was really looking forward to interviewing him. I predicted that It was going to go exactly how it went.

So on May 26 I went into the city and I interviewed Jarrod Moses the CEO of United Entertainment Group. I had a lot of fun. I thought the interview was a big success. One reason is because I think he really had a great answer for my questions. I also thought it was a great success because I am family friends with him and I felt I was more comfortable. In the beginning we settled down we talked about some random stuff. And then we got to business. I asked him my questions he responded in depth answers.

I really learned  a lot. Something that surprised me is that Social Media has a bigger role in marketing movies then I thought. I really enjoyed it. 

Click Here To Read The Script Of My Interview With Jarrod Moses

Click Here To Listen To My Audio recording Of My Interview With Jarrod Moses

 

This is what United Entertainment Group looks like. Jarrods office is on the 12 or 13 floor.

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This is the beggining of UEG.

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This is Jarrod Moses. He is in his office. At his office he has a painting by Sylvester Stallone the guy who plays Rocky.

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This is a screen marker he gave me. They use it in movies and they open the top and close it and say scene 4 take 12. They thought of the scene marker because after they close it its acting as you crop that part out and its cutting it.

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Doug Ellin:

I interviewed Doug Ellin the producer of many TV shows and Movies. One of his most successful TV show is Entourage. I emailed him and a few days later he emailed me back. He answered my questions, Doug really helped me answer my Sub Questions, and My Main Inquiry Question.

Click Here To See My Interview With Doug Ellin Script

Fun Facts:

They thought of the scene marker because after they close it its acting as you crop that part out and its cutting it.

Capstone Blog Post #2

Creating my Main Inquiry was a little difficult. It was only hard because my main question was too broad. I kept narrowing it down. I was pushing the limits on what could be my question. After I got my main question I did some research.

My Main Inquiry question is: How has the making and marketing of films evolved?

Then in class my teacher went over a new lesson, about sub questions. My sub questions are:

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Olympics TFK

The Olympics games will be hosted in Brazil. And it will cost 11 billion dollars! I think that is a lot of money just for a event that happens once every four years! I think that is crazy. I think that they will make back that money from advertisement, tickets, food, jerseys, etc. I think that it is cool how golf has not been in the Olympics for about 100 years. I think it is nice of them to make a Olympics for disabled people. There are supposed to 4.3 billion people watch the Olympics. I would follow Swimming or Soccer because those are my two favorite spots.

Capstone #1

When I realized that everyone had there question and I had multiple, I thought I need to up my game and make a decision quick. So I went back to my last with a billion ideas and thought, What really interests me? But than I realized all of them do or else they would not be on the list. Than I thought what would my top 5 stations that I would go to if I saw someone else doing that topic. So I crossed out, Soccer History because I knew a lot about and I wanted to learn something new. I also crossed out Apple because I think a lot of people are doing it. But than after my teacher talked about what a good question should be, I crossed out, How has technology effected the world because I thought It was to big of a topic because there are so many ways technology effected the world.

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Politics Article

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I picked this article because I was interested in who Donald Trump was going to pick for his Vice President. I thought that Chris Christie was his Vice President for sure until I read that article. I thought Chris Christie no doubt. After I read the article I realized that there were about  5 people who have a chance of being Donald Trumps Vice President. I went back and looked at the names and I saw Marco Rubio (5), John Kasich(4), Joni Ernest(3), Rick Scott(2), and Chris Christie(1). I narrowed down that Marco Rubio and John Kasich are probably not going to be his Vice President.

 

In the Article “Donald Trumps Vice President Pick is anyone’s guess,” written by Chris Cillizza from the Washibngton Post. They talk about how no one knows who Donald Trump will pick. They also talk about how Donald Trump wants someone who has experience in Politics even though Donald Trump does not. Over all I think this article is great for learning about Politics.