Essay

1. Essay on Jungle Book production
1. Disneyasa conglomerate
- Introduce Disneyasthe world’slargestconglomerate (vocabaddition),discussPixar,Marvel,
Lucasfilmandthe recent20th
centuryfox deal
- What istheirmaincompetition?
- What isan oligopoly? Whatare the otherfive majorfilmstudios?
- What isDisney’snewproposedstreamingservice?
2. The processand importance of production
- What isDisney’sreputationinfilmmaking?
- How didDisneymanage tocapture audiencesin1967 and 2016 but notin between?
3. The productionprocessof the 2016 Jungle Book
- What techniquesdidFavreauadoptfromotherfilms?Whatwashisgoal?
- How didtheyfilmthe jungle andMowgli?The animal characters?
- What isthe uncannyvalleyeffect?WhydidDisneywanttoavoidthis?
- Are the animalsrealistic,howdoesFavreaumanage toreflectthe childlike view?
- What didMPC do for Jungle Book
- What isa Simulcam,give examplesof when/how ithasbeenused.
4. Productionprocessof 1967 versionof Jungle Book
- Discussthe storyboardprocess
- What didtheyuse as reference points?
- What isrotoscoping?
- What isxerographyandhowwas it used?
To conclude,the productionprocessof bothJungle bookfilmsplacestechnologyandthe experience
of the audience atthe heartof development.This commitmenthasnotchangedinthe 80 years
since the release of SnowWhite andbyexaminingthe productionprocessesof bothJungle Book
moviesyoucantell that the focuson technological change isjustasimportantnow asit everwas.

2.  Disneyis the world’slargestconglomerate whichisanorganisationthatconsistsof several different
distinctpartsgroupedtogether.DisneywasfoundedbyWaltandRoy Disneyandcurrentlyhasa net
worthof $92 billionandmade revenuesof $55.61 billionin2017. Disney’sconglomerate ismade up
of companiessuchas:Walt Disneypictures,Pixar(the awardwinninganimationstudio),Miramax
films,ESPN, ABCandmanymore. Disney’smaincompetitionisthe restof the mediaoligopolywhich
isreferredtoas the ‘bigsix’as theyownthe majorityof the Americanmediamarket,itismade up
of:Disney,20th
centuryFox,Paramount,Time Warnerbros,Universal, Sony.Anoligopolyisastate of
limitedcompetition,inwhichamarketissharedbya small numberof producersorsellers.The five
othermajor studioslike ColumbiaPictures. 20thCenturyFox.WarnerBros.ParamountPictures.
Universal Pictures. Theseare all the biggeststudiosinproducingfilmsandseriesforentertainment
and theyare mostly the highestgrossingstudiosmakingbillionsovertheirannual takes. Disney’s
newstreamingservice isbasicallythe new Netflix butproducingandshowingarange of Disney
films.Mediaproductionisimportantasitadvertisesthe upcomingFilm/TVshow through
commercials,trailersandonline forums. Disneycapturedaudiencesin1967 mainlythroughposters
as the internetwasnotsignificant.
Oligopolyisastate of limitedcompetition,inwhichamarketissharedby a small numberof
producersor sellers. The other5major companiesare Paramount,Time Warner,20th
CenturyFox,
Son andUniversal. Disney’s newproposedstreamingserviceoffersconsumersawhole new wayto
access Disney.Like a‘Netflix-like’service butnotjustofferingmoviesbutaccessof the parks through
the eyesof characters and special featuressuchasbehindthe scenes.
Disneyasa companyisa restlessinnovator,theyare constantlychangingthe filmmakingindustry.
Sometimestiscanbe extremelysuccessful othertimesitcouldbe anegative downfall. Disneyhave
beenevidentlysuccessful tobe able tokeepproducing box office hits,withlarge expenditureand
profitperfilm. TofilmMowgli withBalooandotheranimals,CGIwas used.Throughusinga green
screenandpeople dressedinCGIsuits,arealisticvisual wascreated. Rotoscopingisananimation
technique thatanimatorssuchas WaltDisneyusedtotrace overmotionpicture footage,frame by
frame,to produce realisticaction.