For your consideration
Posted on November 24th, 2008 in Film
Duncan Riley’s Inquisitor website fell into the amateur’s trap yesterday. Duncan went for the easy laugh criticising Disney pushing High School Musical 3 for Best Picture Oscar. What a sloppy piece of writing.
Most movies with a “For Your Consideration” ad in “the Trades” are contractually obligated by the talent contracts. Neither Disney, AMPAS members (the Academy), the Producers, Director or above the line talent expect to win an academy award except for possibly a music or technical award.
What the “For Your Consideration” campaign does is enhance the reputation and hence the careers of the professionals who made one of the most profitable movies of 2008. Disney is “in business with” these people. Disney may appear to be an impersonal factory turning out tween entertainment and merchandising, but those people produce those products. And all else being equal a “For your consideration” campaign also tells the rest of Hollywood that those people are players.
EBIT up 161%
Posted on March 1st, 2007 in ZagZ life
There haven’t been many posts over the last ten months as I’ve taken a new job.
I have taken a role as Divisional Manager of Garden Sheds and Storage Solutions at Oldfields Holdings Limited (ASX:OLH). I report to the Managing Director (CEO) and this position is equivalent to Executive Vice President in American companies.
In my first complete half-year under my management the division’s sales are up 27.5% and the division’s EBIT is up 161.3%. This is not investment advice or an invitation to invest go do your own research if you are interested. These numbers should change in the full-year results as my division will be paying for identifiable head office direct expenses that we currently do not get charged for, e.g. accounting fees for our use of corporate accountants — every business pays accounting fees and it’s fair that my division should do the same.
