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Blockbuster Formula: the Elements that Influence the Success of a Feature F ilm. By Paul DiBartolo and Tod Toter DeVry University. Prepared for: Elizabeth Anderson English 135 January 2013. Research Question(s). What factors mak e a successful movie?
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Blockbuster Formula: the Elements that Influence the Success of a Feature Film By Paul DiBartolo and Tod Toter DeVry University
Research Question(s) • What factors make a successful movie? • Why is it important for movie studios to do their due diligence? • What are the types of movie reviews? • How does peer review play a role? • How do the rating system effect the success? • Do certain actors effect the success? Toter & DiBartolo
Significance • Big Business • Apart of our culture • Who is involved • Is it kid safe • Technology Toter & DiBartolo
Methods • Looking for Journals, news stories, articles and writing that is professional or scholarly • After finding sources we explore them • Some of hurdles we had to over come was our selves. • We found lots of good research Toter & DiBartolo
Findings • Movie critics play a big role in the success if a film • Peer Review plays a big role in the success of a film • The Movie rating system play a big part in the success of a movie Toter & DiBartolo
Table 1 Toter & DiBartolo
Figure 2 Toter & DiBartolo
Conclusions • There are lots of factors in making a movie. • To say there is a dominate factor would be false. • There are however two dominate factors • MPAA • Movie critics/peers Toter & DiBartolo
Recommendations for Future Research • The next step would be to continue research • Technology • Kids Toter & DiBartolo