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A photo or film deal involving a celebrity
Introduction
In present-day name-driven market place, ensuring a photo or film deal involving a celebrity has turned out to be an important step towards the acquisition of the celebrity’s photo or filming. As such, whether one is an agent, a lawyer, a producer or a sale executive, attaining a photo or a filming deal involving a star is probably among the most critical negotiations. According to Tulchin (1998), this is probably. However, once he or she accepts to take the particular role, then a delicate as well as an intricate balancing act commences. In view of this therefore, this particular paper intends to provide an assessment involving an image making negotiation process involving a famous Australian musician.
According to Tulchin (1998), the primary point in the negotiation other than the issue of money is normally, the star’s availability. Coordinating their availability is important though many times a significantly complex balancing act. In majority cases, Tulchin (1998) argues that the star’s representatives will more often than not want the availability date to be locked down. In my case, however, it was not that complicated as we contacted the musician’s agents who surprisingly heeded quickly to our request. Assured of the star’s availability, we set a determined date in advance such that there was a time for not only pre-production but financing and flexibility in any case production is late.
Even though, Tulchin (1998) highlights that the pre-existing commitments are often an issue especially where a star’s previous commitment to another project taking precedent to ours, this was not the case. Since the star’s deal and our deal were the key components in as far as getting studios, distributors as well as the project financiers to commit themselves to the production, all the parties expected the outcome to significantly weigh on whether the particular project will go on or not. Nonetheless, the star deal was made after an agreement on how the star’s pictures will be marketed, publicized as well as promoted bearing the fact that there are normally restrictions placed on the usage of celebrities’ images.
Once a deal has been accomplished, the next step is often the refining of ideas and the preparation for a shoot. The preparation for a shoot is usually by creating a shoot planner document that covers the various logistics of the talent facility requirements, transport, equipments, permits and timings and costs. In this case, the agreement was that should the location be more than 60 miles away from the star’s residence, then a per diem of $ 65,000 including a first-class transportation paid. Other than these, there were additional perks that were negotiated including publicity expenses.
The next process is the execution of the project whereby the shooting process begins. This begins with a pre-production process that entails generally rehearsals including wardrobe fittings, photo recording tests, make-up tests, hairdressing tests, publicity stills and may more. According to Leslie (2011), often there are issues of the celebrity’s agents wanting to resist the pre-production stage for free. However, in our case; we had no issues as everything was cleared in the negotiation process.
Once this is done, the process now moves on to real production where the process of carrying out principal photography starts. These normally include the photographer taking various photo shoots including trick shots, stunts and publicity stills. Other than photography, there is the making of interviews with the star. Once the process of production is completed, then the following stage is usually the post-production stage. As highlighted by Tulchin (1998), the post production process entails activities including the recording of sound tracks, looping, dubbing, additional publicity and finally the promotional services (Tulchin, 1998). The major issues with the production process are normally issues dealing with how much time the post-production process is taking. For instance, if a star is paid $ 200,000 for four weeks of principal photography, then questions regarding whether this amount integrated rehearsal and the pre-production or whether an extra amount should be paid. In our case, we did not face such issues probably due to the fact that thorough negotiations were made and a well-defined deal struck before the initiation of the project with the star.
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Figure 1: An illustration of caption editing
Figure1: An illustration of one of the finished artworks from the images
In any independent image negotiation process, the scrappy nature with regards to lower budget and the apparently unrelenting mechanic relating to negotiations can, if not appropriately coordinated, lead to a production that does not make sense not only financially but also artistically. However, in the case of our star, the feedback was excellent with the star and the deal fitting into the arrangements. According to Leslie (2011), this is often a challenge and only few producers when dealing with many projects of this kind involving celebrities. On the other hand, the continuous consultations made between us and the stars’ management was essential in as far as avoiding many pitfalls or roadblocks that are prominent with many projects of a kind involving celebrities or stars.
Generally, this particular project has been an eye opener in as far as dealing with celebrity regarding their rights over their images. The experiences gained have undoubtedly been helpful in as far as going through the give-and-take process of negotiation towards the closing up of a deal. Of significant importance has also been the recognition of the various restrictions the agents put on the usage of the various footages as well as other pictures of the star, a factor that significantly highlights the complexity of having to deal with stars on matters relating to their images.
Conclusion
From the above, it is evidently clear that landing a celebrity has turned out to be more significant than it has ever been over the past several years. As highlighted above, this is probably due to the celebrity’s commitment with all the accompanying hype, promotional and the global market value that sets the production process in motion. However, as the paper highlights, there are various set guidelines that ought to be useful in terms of the inexorable give-and-take evident with negotiation processes involving any celebrity.
References
Leslie, L, 2011, Celebrity in the 21st Century: A Reference Handbook of Contemporary world issues, ABC-CLIO
Tulchin, H, 1998, Smooth Negotiating: Making the Star Deal
Bernie Madoff & ENRON
Bernie Madoff & ENRON
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Ethics, ethical values, along with social responsibility must all work in the unison in the corporate business structure. Those traits have been better termed like maintaining the entire best business morals, gathering employees who possess individual ethical values and at last for behaving ethically as well as with the sensitivity to social, cultural, economic along with environmental problem. For the business to ensure better such quality business traits the code of ethics must be followed through the business. In as scenario of Bernie Madoff & Enron, most well renowned financial scandals in the history, I believe, it has given key hand while pushing the business all within the America for having and also enforcing code of the ethics.
Bernie Madoff only may be one of smartest as well as conniving people in world. My words might sound contracting as the man has been presently serving the time within prison for the securities fraud however I would in addition explain my perspective. This man had been capable of manipulating peoples’ minds along with having them to invest in his Ponzi scheme. The proclaimed investor has taken millions on millions of dollars from main corporations. Those people had been investing in the Madoffs hedge funds and Ascot Partners. Madoff has reported to its clients that those hedge funds might give the double digit outcomes CITATION Len08 l 1033 (Lenzner, 2008).
Financial statements, which he had been giving to its clients must have the key signal that there had been only something, which had not been right as there had been no way, which those hedge funds might produce those return. I feel that people have liked what they were seen on the paper along with that has been end of that. The man’s lack of ethics have coasted people their whole life savings. This in addition cost Madoff its freedom because he had sentenced to one hundred fifty years within the prison.
I do not believe that Madoff had been all to blame, because people beneath him in its corporation must have seen such coming. This had been where code of ethics actually implemented as when somebody, or even Madoff, was any integrity I do not feel this might have occurred. Taking social responsibility in consideration might have made Madoff to realize what he had been doing was wrong and also ultimately he had been disrupting the lives of people. Madoff actually did not have any perspectives of ethics and social responsibility to his investors. All that he cared of had been the green dollar signs. I believe that his sons took the key stand through outing him towards public officials. For me, this has shown that minimum all ethic values had not been lost by this family. Madoff’s sons had been the ones, whom investors must thank for providing them the justice.
Enron had been the energy trading as well as communications organization situated in Houston, Texas. From 1996 to 2001 Enron had provided with name of America’s Most Innovative organization by Fortune magazine as this had been the 7th biggest corporation in United States. The issue, which led the organization to bankruptcy, had been because of the fact, which fraudulent accounting practices happen permitting Enron for overstating its earnings along with tucking away its high debt liabilities for having more appealing balance sheet CITATION For02 l 1033 (Forbes.com, 2002).
Enron’s accounting team has “cooked” books to every meaning of word therefore its investors might not see anything wrong with failing company. Such a poorly structured organization led the people to jail time, unemployment along with caused the retirement stocks towards being dried up. Enron was having the social responsibility towards their stockholders and apart from being up front as well as honest about failing organization they hid all financial flaw for keep getting money from their investors. As Enron has not been keeping the social responsibility this has just caused the organization to go deeper and deeper in debt. When they had been upfront at the turning point in which things had been bad too much of heartache might be prevented for those included, as employees, which did not know what had been even moving on. Those consequences that the organization along with employees faced had been because of the lack of code of ethics as well as social responsibility.
Enron scandal has opened eyes to rest of the organization that the accounting practices are required for having the solid process stocked full of checks & balances, segregation of duties, and also ethics. I feel that those traits might be the greater beginning for the accounting department’s code of ethics. Having people delegated towards some tasks would permit for the questions so as to be asked therefore preventing the fraudulent activity in longer run. Setting the ethical accounting practices such as enforcing laws of GAAP would in addition be the main contribution towards the organizations code of ethics.
Finally, financial scandals of Enron & Bernie Madoff had both been totally avoidable, unnecessary along with the instance of the business practices at its worst. Every scandal exemplified what lack of business ethics, ethical values along with social responsibility may result in. In both the scenarios, individuals, which have decided they might blatantly lie towards its investors, did that for sole reason of extorting much more money out of investors. Whereas its plans worked in short term, they definitely ruined their company and also ultimately their lives within longer run.
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Lenzner, R. (2008). Bernie madoff’s $50 billion ponzi scheme. Retrieved from:
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A Persuasive Essay And My Greatest Accomplishment
A Persuasive Essay And My Greatest Accomplishment
A narrative essay retells a story of a personal life or an experience. The narrative is written in the author’s point of view and the sensory details provided in this essay impacts feelings and emotion to the reader. The author can write about his past experience and connect it to the current or the present
An Argument /A persuasive essay are essays that have a goal to convince a reader about a topic, normally a topic that involves giving a personal opinion and the reader must believe it. The argument uses solid evidence, and gives logic and sound reasoning. The reader must agree and adapt to your argument. An example of a persuasive essay is a petition.
Expository essay requires one to investigate, to generate, to collect and to evaluate a topic and set argument regarding the topic. It can be achieved by comparing and contrasting, analysis of effects and cause and more. The essay is short in length and involves less research. Expository essays are normally used for test writing for instance the GRE and the GED.
A descriptive essay has many adjectives that describe and portray impression on the topic. This essay uses details to give a picture of a person, a place, an event a debate or an object. The descriptive essay can use the sense of smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing to give the reader a feeling of the topic being described.
My Greatest Accomplishment
Everyone deserves a second chance to be loved especially innocent children who are abandoned and left to die in the streets. I grew up as an orphan, who had neither a home nor anyone to love me. I felt rejected and an outcast in my society. It has been my dream since then to help the destitute, to parent the abandoned children and the homeless. I joined a group of people who had the same interest and passion as I. In the January Last year we attended Christian seminars and education centers that train caregivers on how to handle an orphanage. I visited various orphanages to compare what facilities they offered.
August last year I got permit and opened Mercy home which was appreciated from my church abundantly. From my church I got 5 sponsors and well wishers who were ready to help. So far I have 21abondoned children and 5aged women that call Mercy Home their home. The number is raising and we will need a bigger place. I have bought a land where I plan to build and we will relocate in future. This has been my greatest accomplishment of owning an orphanage and a dream come true. I have a vision of changing the world to be a better place for the needy.