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Minecraft

Minecraft  is a 2011  sandbox video game  created by Swedish game developer  Markus Persson  and later developed by  Mojang . It allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a  3D  world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering,  crafting , and combat. It was released on  18 November 2011 and since then there have been 3 different versions. These consist of a PC and Mac version, an Xbox version and a mobile phone version.  Originally,   Minecraft   was a pretty simple video game. The goal you’d originally have when launching   Minecraft   was to spawn in, survive, and build a few structures.  When   Minecraft   started out, you could really only place and break blocks. There was very little you could actually do. The additions to   Minecraft  like running and Redstone were added at the perfect time. Players felt the game was too slow wit...

Media Industries: Disney Timeline

1923 Over a few years, Walt tried a few different ventures which failed, including the Laugh-O-gram Corporation. He eventually founded Disney Brothers Studio in Hollywood, which would later become Hyperion Studio. 1928 Mickey Mouse is created  At the height of the talking-picture revolution, Walt created a film called Steamboat Willie. It featured a talking mouse named Mickey, and it was an instant hit. 1930 Mickey Mouse merchandising  Walt, along with his brother Roy, decided to play up Mickey's growing popularity. They created a merchandise line and the Mickey Mouse Club, which quickly grew to over one million members. 1937 Disney's first full length film  After creating several "short" films, Walt decided to move ahead with full length films. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released. 1942 World War II  After Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney released mul...

Media Industries: The Jungle Book (1967) vs. The Jungle Book (2016)

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The budget for the 1967 Jungle Book film was an estimated  $4,000,000, where as the more recent 2016 Jungle Book had a budget of an estimated  $175,000,000. This clearly shows that the budget for the 2016 film was considerably higher than the 1967 version of the film. This would be due to the higher expense of SFX and CGI on the 2016 film. A profit of $60,000,000 was made from the 1967 film and the 2016 film made $791,550,600 which shows that the budgets for the film had a great impact on the amount of profit made, as the 1967 film had a lower budget it made a lower profit. On the opening weekend of the 1967 film  $5,291,670,  27 was made compared to the 2016 film which made  $103,261,464 on its opening weekend. 1967 Production Processes- 2016 Production Processes-