This paper studies the interaction between vertical integration and platform ecosystem, two co-existing intra-organizational forms. Specifically, the work investigates the moderating role of platform strategies on the relationship between vertical integration and performance. The study analyzes data from 1922 cinemas of China’s film industry that is undergoing business transformation as a resul...

this article is an attempt to analyze the interaction of heroic morals and the logic of everyday life through the perspective of sociology of cinema. in other words, the author is aimed to study the interaction of heroic morals and the logic of everyday life as represented and narrated by cinema. the case under study is the movies of masud kimiai. theoretically, a combination of jean duvignaud ...

For some time the influence of cinema on computer gaming has been immediately recognizable but recent years have seen a reversal of this movement. Through its short history cinema has presented little notion of an imagined space beyond the defined borders of the cinematic frame. Frames capture a composed image in totality, complete unto itself. Cuts shift between wholly framed spaces. Tracking ...

Technologies that were initially developed to be applied within the domain of video games are currently being used in experiments to explore their meaning and possibilities for cinema and cinema audiences. In this position paper we examine how narrativity, interactivity and engagement are mutually reshaped within this new domain of media entertainment, addressing both the production and the use...

As part of our broader initiative on promoting the education in the field of IVA control mechanisms at high schools and universities, we have created a micro-game Cinema Date, which introduces students challenges posed by controlling 3D virtual characters and expressing their emotional state. The game features two virtual teenagers dating on their way to the cinema. The player can influence the...