Langues appliquées - Anglais : Economie, gestion, droit, AES - 4e - 29

movie macroeconomics

ee DEFINITIONS eee
R business (1) type of activity taking place in a profit-oriented organization such as a company
or a shop
R theatrical films motion pictures produced for screening in movie theaters
R break even to produce neither a profit nor a loss
R audience sampling using random selection techniques to define a population which will be
surveyed to provide data for the movie industry to estimate film attendance figures
R pools of capital large amounts of funds which are available for a company to finance its
investment projects rather than resorting to bonds or stocks
R motion picture an audiovisual work consisting of a series of related images which, when
shown in succession, impart an impression of movement, together with accompanying sounds,
if any
R consent decree a U.S. Supreme Court anti-trust ruling (U.S. v. Paramount Pictures, et al.),
obliging the Hollywood studios to end the practice of block booking by requiring that all
films be sold on an individual basis, and requiring that they divest themselves of their own
theater chains
R distribution branch of the film industry which handles the releasing of films to the public
for movie theater or home viewing
R exhibition retail branch of the film industry which involves the public screening of motion
pictures for paying customers in movie theatres; theatrical exhibition
R theater chains groups of movie houses or cinemas which belong to one firm or brand and
which operate nationwide or worldwide
R talkies the common term used for films with sound (beginning in 1927), as opposed to silent
films
R editing the work of selecting and joining together shots to create a finished film
R composition the selection and the arrangement of elements in the frame of an image
R shipments goods or cargo moved ("shipped") from one place to another by road, rail, air or sea
R availability the date when a motion picture is able to be shown commercially in a market as
offered by the distributor to the exhibitor
R media communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data or
promotional messages are disseminated
R core business the primary area or activity that a company was founded on or focuses on in
its business operations
R capital market that part of the financial system which enables companies to raise medium to
long-term financing through the issuing of shares and bonds and in which securities are traded
R feature film a full-length motion picture, usually about 90 to 120 minutes long, on one
particular topic; feature
R capital investments amounts of money used by a business to purchase or improve long-term
assets such as property, plant or equipment; capital expenditure
R oligopolistic a market structure in which a small number of firms supply the major portion
of an industry's output
R assembly line(s) a manufacturing tool whereby a conveyor belt carries the work under
construction between lines of employees (or robotic workers), each of whom performs a given
operation or makes only one part of a product
R shopping mall a large enclosed shopping area with retail outlets and service facilities
typically located in a suburban area, with on-site parking provided; shopping centre
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