query: Alan Ladd failed to become television producer.

pos: Alan Ladd Alan Walbridge Ladd ( September 3 , 1913 -- January 29 , 1964 ) was an American actor and film and television producer . Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s , particularly in Westerns such as Shane ( 1953 ) and films noir in which he was often paired with Veronica Lake , such as This Gun for Hire ( 1942 ) , The Glass Key ( 1942 ) and The Blue Dahlia ( 1946 ) . Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast ( 1946 ) , Whispering Smith ( 1949 ) and The Great Gatsby ( 1949 ) . His popularity diminished in the late 1950s , though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol , a barbiturate , and two tranquilizers .

neg: Walton Studios Walton Studios ( previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios ) , was a film production studio situated in Walton-on-Thames , in the county of Surrey , in England . The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th Century led to a decline in work for the facility , and after failing to financially survive as a television production outlet it was closed in 1961 . The Studio was subsequently demolished and the land sold for house building .

neg: The Venturers The Venturers is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1975 .   The series , created by Donald Bull , had started out as an edition of Drama Playhouse in 1972 before being commissioned as an ongoing series . The Venturers took place in the high pressure world of Prince 's Merchant Bank and dealt with the intricacies of high finance amongst its millionaire clients .   Geoffrey Keen starred as director Gerald Lang , in a virtual reprise of his role as oil executive Brian Stead in Mogul / The Troubleshooters . Other major cast members included James Kerry , David Buck , Cyril Luckham and William Squire .   The Venturers lasted for a single series of ten episodes .

neg: Analog television Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio . In an analog television broadcast , the brightness , colors and sound are represented by rapid variations of either the amplitude , frequency or phase of the signal .   Analog signals vary over a continuous range of possible values which means that electronic noise and interference becomes reproduced by the receiver . So with analog , a moderately weak signal becomes snowy and subject to interference . In contrast , a moderately weak digital signal and a very strong digital signal transmit equal picture quality . Analog television may be wireless or can be distributed over a cable network using cable converters .   All broadcast television systems preceding digital transmission of digital television ( DTV ) used analog signals .   Analog television around the world has been in the process of shutting down since the late 2000s .

neg: Malcolm Craddock Malcolm Craddock ( 2 August 1938 -- 15 August 2015 ) was a British producer known for the television series Sharpe .

neg: Little Britain Productions Little Britain Productions is a television production company founded in 2006 . Little Britain Productions mainly produces comedies and documentaries about comedy .

neg: Drop the Dead Donkey Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998 . It is set in the offices of `` GlobeLink News '' , a fictional TV news company . Recorded close to transmission , it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism . It was created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin . The series had an ensemble cast , making stars of Haydn Gwynne , Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson .   The series began with the acquisition of GlobeLink by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant , an allusion to either Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch . Indeed , Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note on their DVDs that it was fortunate for their libel lawyers that the two men shared the same initials . The series is mostly based on the ongoing battle between the staff of GlobeLink , led by editor George Dent , as they try to maintain the company as a serious news organisation , and Sir Roysten 's right-hand man Gus Hedges , trying to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roysten 's business empire .   According to Swedish comedian Kryddan Petersson , he and the group behind Helt Apropå had come up with an idea for a show like this , which they presented to British colleagues sometime around 1989-90 . Most of them were not impressed , but two of them took the idea seriously and wrote this show . Later on , the Swedish group bought the material rights to the show back to Sweden , and created the show Döda danskar räknas inte ( `` Dead Danes do n't count '' ) , which aired on SVT in 1994 .   The show was awarded the Best Comedy ( Programme or Series ) Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards . At the British Comedy Awards the show won Best New TV Comedy in 1990 , Best Channel 4 Comedy in 1991 , and Best Channel 4 Sitcom in 1994 .

neg: Brook Lapping Brook Lapping Productions is a British TV and radio production company . Based in London , Brook Lapping is a subsidiary of Ten Alps .   The company is the result of a 1997 merger of Brook Associates ( founded in 1982 ) , and Brian Lapping Associates .

neg: Local programming The terms local programme , local programming , local content or local television refers to a television program made by a television station or independent television producer for broadcast only within the station 's transmission area or television market . Local programmes can encompass the whole range of programme genres but will usually only cover subjects or people of particular interest to an audience within the station 's coverage area .   For example , a local sports programme will present results , interviews and coverage of games or matches , just like a network sports programme , but it would only feature teams and players from within the broadcaster 's transmission area .   In some cases a television network programme may include a local element as well . This is particularly the case in the United Kingdom and still happens today with The Politics Show . The BBC regions will all opt-out at the same time from the main programme to present a locally produced segment .   Sometimes locally made programmes that are not too specific to the transmission area , will be sold to other local stations for broadcast in their region .   Historically there was a large percentage of local programming on television . Late in the 20th century this has significantly fallen . In many cases the only local programmes on a television station today will be the local newscast .   The above can also apply to radio . A national radio network may have local studios or affiliates who opt-out at various times to present local programs and content .   In the late-1950s , many of the early Australian television series such as Melbourne Magazine ( 1957 ) , Sydney Tonight ( 1956-1959 ) , and TV Talent Scout ( 1957-1958 ) were broadcast in only a single city .

neg: Pride and Prejudice (1958 TV series) Pride and Prejudice is a 1958 British television adaptation of the novel of the same name , which aired on the BBC . Cast included Alan Badel , Pamela Binns , Jane Downs , Susan Lyall Grant , Marian Spencer , Vivienne Martin , Hugh Sinclair , William Squire , Joan Carol , Jeanne Elvin , Colin Jeavons , Barbara New , and Greta Watson . Six half-hour episodes were produced , presumably aired live ( since that was usually the case with BBC drama of the era ) , and telerecorded for overseas broadcast . All six episodes are believed to be lost .  The designer was Stephen Bundy , adaptation by Cedric Wallis and the producer was Barbara Burnham .

neg: WOW! (TV series) WOW ! was a children 's entertainment magazine programme , broadcast in 1996 on the UK 's ITV television network ( under the CITV branding ) . It aired for 16 weeks from 31 August to 14 December 1996 , preceded by the Summer 1996 run of Scratchy & Co. and followed by the spring 1997 run of the same show .   The presenters of WOW ! were Simeon Courtie ( previously of CBBC ) and Sophie Aldred ( a former Doctor Who star ) . The programme was broadcast from The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone , Kent , also home over the years to shows such as No. 73 , Motormouth , and Holly & Stephen 's Saturday Showdown . ( On one occasion , a power issue in the studio meant that part of the episode was an outside broadcast from the studio car park . ) The programme was produced by The Media Merchants in association with Meridian Television for ITV .   The show was a live , anarchic , entertainment magazine similar to Tiswas or Motormouth . It featured imported cartoons , guest interviews and music performances , games and competitions , and comedy . Comic characters featured within the show included the ` Tea Ladies ' - played by male actors Peter Cocks and Woody Taylor - supposedly ` interrupting ' the show to provide banter and bicker with the guests ; and Syd the Spider , a puppet arachnid voiced by Phil Cornwell .   The show was dropped after a single run , and the following autumn , ITV aired the series Tricky .

neg: Alan Davey (civil servant) Alan Davey , CBE ( born 12 November 1960 ) is , as of January 2015 , the controller of BBC Radio 3 . He is a former civil servant and arts council administrator . The son of an electrician , Davey grew up in Stockton-on-Tees and attended The Grangefield Academy . He later studied at the University of Birmingham ( BA , English , 1982 ) , Merton College , Oxford and Birkbeck , University of London .   Starting as an Administration Trainee in the Department of Health and Social Security in 1985 , he was Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Health , 1988 -- 90 . He went to the Department of National Heritage in 1992 to head the National Lottery Bill Team . He was Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for National Heritage , 1993 -- 94 , then Head of European Business , Medicines Control Agency 1995 -- 97 , then secretary of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care , 1997 -- 99 . He was awarded a Fulbright/Helen Hamlyn Scholarship in 1999 . After this , at the Department of Culture , Media and Sport , he was Head of Arts Division from January 2001 to April 2004 , and subsequently Director of Arts and Culture from May 2004 to December 2007 . Davey was chief executive of Arts Council England 2008-14 . In January 2015 , Davey became controller of BBC Radio 3 .   Davey was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to the arts .

neg: Ridge Hill transmitting station The Ridge Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located 8.5 miles SE of Hereford in Herefordshire , and close to the border of Gloucestershire . The station transmits the full complement of digital terrestrial multiplexes and an additional ITV West Multiplex . It includes a cable stayed steel lattice mast which has a height of 164.6 m , which in addition to the altitude of the site gives an aerial height of 363 m above mean sea level .   Ridge Hill supplies its signal to 17 relays which allow coverage into `` fringe '' areas not able to receive a good signal from the main transmitter .   All 5 analogue programme channels were broadcast plus the full 6 digital MUXES although the multiplexes were scattered across the band requiring a wideband aerial for most consumers . Digital switchover was completed on 20 April 2011 where all multiplexes are now located in the Group A antenna band .   In addition to its television output Ridge Hill transmits various radio stations including BBC Hereford and Worcester .   The station covers the south west Midlands , including Herefordshire , and parts of Worcestershire . It also covers parts of the South West , specifically northern Gloucestershire . It does not , however , transmit BBC local programmes for Gloucestershire . These are covered by the Mendip transmitter which can not be seen from the Gloucester/Cheltenham area .   From 4 December 2006 Ridge Hill broadcast ITV1 West on UHF channel 30 ( rebroadcasting the signal from Mendip ) in addition to the existing ITV1 Central service on channel 25 . This is known as `` Ridge Hill West '' . This followed the restructuring of ITV Regional News and the abolition of the Central South region . As a result , the existing ITV1 Central service now carries news from the West Midlands region , with the new West service being provided for viewers in the south east of the service area in areas such as Gloucester and Cheltenham , which are editorially more closely linked to the west country . This change effectively united ITV coverage for Gloucestershire , as the southern half of the county has always been covered by Mendip and its relays . Since the digital switchover , an extra Digital 3 & 4 multiplex for ITV1 West has been broadcast on UHF 29 .

neg: Alan Yentob Alan Yentob ( born 11 March 1947 ) is a British television executive and presenter . He has spent his entire career at the BBC from where he stepped down as Creative Director in December 2015 and served as chairman of the board of trustees for Kids Company from 2003 until the collapse of the charity in 2015 .

neg: Peter Faiman Peter Leonard Faiman ( born 1944 in Melbourne ) , AM is an Australian television producer with experience in film , live television and events . He has had a long-standing working relationship with the Nine Network .

neg: ITV Border ITV Border , previously Border Television , is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region , covering most of Cumbria , Dumfries and Galloway , the Scottish Borders and parts of Northumberland . The TV service previously covered the Isle of Man from 26 March 1965 until 15 July 2009 .   Border Television was taken over by Granada plc in 2001 and the service was renamed ITV Border in 2004 when Granada and Carlton , the two biggest ITV franchise owners in England and Wales , merged to form ITV plc. . The licence for the region was transferred from Border TV to ITV Broadcasting Limited in November 2008 . The legal name of the company was changed on 29 December 2006 from Border Television Ltd to ITV Border Ltd. . This company is , along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc , listed on www.companieshouse.gov.uk as a `` dormant company '' .   From 25 February 2009 , the regional news programme Lookaround was now produced by the combined operation ITV Tyne Tees & Border in Gateshead with news and advertising staff based at offices in Carlisle and Edinburgh . However , on 16 September 2013 , a full regional news service for the Border region was restored as part of an extensive relaunch of the station 's local programming . A sub-regional service for the south of Scotland was reintroduced in January 2014 .

neg: Tripper's Day Tripper 's Day is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV . The plot involved Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper , a northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with a problematic staff . The programme is largely remembered for the negative critical reviews it received , and mainly for the fact that it was Rossiter 's final television work , the actor dying between the broadcast of the second and third episodes .   The series was brought back two years later with Bruce Forsyth in the lead role , under the new title Slinger 's Day . In Canada and United States the series had a remake under the title Check it Out ! ( 1985 -- 1988 ) , whilst in Sweden , comical duo Stefan & Krister starred in Full Frys , a TV series largely based on Tripper 's Day and Check it Out ! .

neg: BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927 . It produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932 , although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936 .   The BBC 's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30 % of all UK viewing . The services are funded by a television licence .   As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement , the BBC Television division was split , with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television ( channels and genre commissioning , BBC Sport , BBC Three and BBC iPlayer ) being renamed as BBC Content .

neg: As I Was Saying As I Was Saying is a British television drama which aired in 1955 on the BBC . Of the six episodes produced , only three survive .

neg: Ted Ladd Edward Lowell `` Ted '' Ladd is an American entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship .

neg: Iambic Productions Iambic Productions Limited is an independent television production company specializing in the fields of music , arts and drama founded by producer Chris Hunt in 1988 . The company was a part of production and distribution Group DCD Media since its acquisition by the Group in 2000 until 2008 , when Chris Hunt took Iambic back into private ownership


query: VHS was released in late 1976 in Japan.

pos: VHS The Video Home System ( VHS ) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes . Developed by Victor Company of Japan ( JVC ) in the early 1970s , it was released in Japan in late 1976 and in the USA in early 1977 .   From the 1950s , magnetic tape video recording became a major contributor to the television industry , via the first commercialized video tape recorders ( VTRs ) . At that time , the devices were used only in expensive professional environments such as television studios and medical imaging ( fluoroscopy ) . In the 1970s , videotape entered home use , creating the home video industry and changing the economics of the television and movie businesses . The television industry viewed videocassette recorders ( VCRs ) as having the power to disrupt their business , while television users viewed the VCR as the means to take control of their hobby .   In the 1980s and 1990s , at the peak of VHS 's popularity , there were videotape format wars in the home video industry . Two of the formats , VHS and Betamax , received the most media exposure . VHS eventually won the war , dominating 60 percent of the North American market by 1980 and emerging as the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period .   Optical disc formats later began to offer better quality than analog consumer video tape such as standard and super-VHS . The earliest of these formats , LaserDisc , was not widely adopted . However , after the introduction of the DVD format in 1997 , VHS 's market share began to decline . By 2008 , DVD had replaced VHS as the preferred low-end method of distribution .

neg: Animerama is a series of thematically-related adult anime feature films originally conceived and initiated by Osamu Tezuka and made at his Mushi Production animation studio from the late 1960s to early 1970s , perhaps intended as animated counterparts to the then-emergent pink films ( a direct connection being Shigemi Satoyoshi as the scenarist for Cleopatra ) .   As well as the erotic themes , they are also defined by mixing more typical traditional animation with sequences of UPA and Yōji Kuri -- influenced experimental use of modern design , limited animation , and still paintings akin to Tezuka 's experimental short films and like those largely were all directed , sometimes sharing the billing with Tezuka , by Eiichi Yamamoto . The first , A Thousand & One Nights , was the first erotic animated feature film and , at 130 minutes , remains one of the longest ever animated films . The first two are also notable for having scores by famed composer and electronic rearranger Isao Tomita . The third , Belladonna , made without Tezuka 's direct involvement , is more serious than its predecessors and more avant-garde still , telling its story largely through pans over still , panoramic paintings with narration .   The three films in the trilogy are :   ( 1969 )  ( 1970 )  ( 1973 )  All three were released onto DVD-Video by the video division of Columbia Music Entertainment , both separately and as a box set , in 2004 in Japan and re-released in 2006 .   A 1991 original video animation based on part of Ihara Saikaku 's The Life of an Amorous Man ( released on VHS in the United Kingdom and Ireland as The Sensualist ) made at Grouper Production is sometimes considered an unofficial successor to the trilogy , owing to the involvement of Yamamoto as screenwriter and its similarly both erotic and experimental imagery .

neg: Peep search Peep Search ( or BetaSkipScan ) is feature available on many videocassette recorders and most camcorders , whereby the unit can show you what is on the tape during rewind and fast forward operations . For this feature to work seamlessly , the tape must be fully laced up ( wrapped around the video heads ) during rewind and fast-forward operation , which is not usually supported on VHS decks and therefore makes VHS almost the only video tape format where peep search is not usually available .   To make a distinction between peep search and normal picture search , consider the following operations :   Picture Search ( or cue and review ) :  During tape playback , the Fast Forward or Rewind button is pressed . Depending on the model of machine , this button press may be momentary or have to be held . The picture can be viewed at high speed . When the button is released , or when Play is pressed again ( depending on model ) , the video tape will again play at normal speed .   Peep Search :  During tape fast forward or rewind , the same function is selected again with the Fast Forward or Rewind button . Now the machine instantly displays a high speed image from the tape . Upon releasing the button , the machine reverts to the fast forward or rewind function .   On some models of equipment , the peep search is carried out at the full rewind or fast forward speed , but most slow the tape down to the picture search speed and actually perform a picture search operation .   Peep Search is available with all of the following video tape formats :  Video8/Hi8  Digital8  Betamax , though not implemented by Sanyo decks , most of which returned the tape to the cassette for high speed winding . Sony called their mode `` BetaSkipScan '' .  miniDV , almost all miniDV equipment supports this feature , the notable exception being some JVC camcorders .  micromv   The following formats generally or always unlace during rewind and fast-forward operations and so are unable to carry out this function :  VHS/SVHS though a few models attempt to emulate the functionality , mostly Sony  V2000  The following formats remain laced during rewind and fast-forward operations but the mechanisms did not allow for this feature :  N1500/N1700   The peep search function may go under differing names , or no name at all , with some manufacturers . Curiously , many manufacturers ' instruction manuals make no mention of this feature , even when it is installed . The name was first used by Canon .   Category : Video storage

neg: Satellaview The is a satellite modem peripheral for Nintendo 's Super Famicom system that was released in Japan in 1995 . Available for pre-release orders beginning February 13 , 1995 , the Satellaview retailed for between ¥ 14,000 and 18,000 ( at the time between USD$ 141 and 182 ) and came bundled with the BS-X Game Pak and an 8M Memory Pak .   The Satellaview system was developed and released by Nintendo to receive signals broadcast from satellite TV station WOWOW 's satellite radio subsidiary , St.GIGA . St.GIGA was responsible for file server management , maintenance , and vocalization for `` SoundLink '' games . Nintendo data broadcasts were given a fixed time slot known as the during which scrambled Satellaview-related data was streamed via radio waves to be unscrambled by St.GIGA 's . As a subscription-based station for ambient and New Age music , St.GIGA listeners were already equipped with `` BS tuners '' prior to St.GIGA 's contract with Nintendo . Satellaview owners who lacked a `` BS tuner '' had to purchase one separately from St.GIGA at a price of ¥ 33,000 , as well as sign up for Nintendo 's and St.GIGA 's monthly joint membership fees . Alternatively , users could rent `` BS tuners '' from St.GIGA for a 6-month period at a price of ¥ 5,400 . Even at this premium price , St.GIGA reported subscriptions peaking at 116,378 households by March 1997 , and dropping to around 46,000 by June 2001 .

neg: Video Anthology / 1978–88 Bruce Springsteen 's Video Anthology / 1978 -- 88 is a collection of 18 music videos made on his behalf , released in VHS format on January 31 , 1989 .   It was reissued as The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000 by Sony in DVD on January 16 , 2001 , adding a second disc with 15 additional music videos or other clips .

neg: Combo television unit A Combo television unit , or a TV/VCR combo , sometimes known as a televideo , is a television with either a VCR or a DVD player built into a single unit . These converged devices have the advantages ( compared to a separate TV and VCR ) of saving space and increasing portability . Such units entered the market during the mid-to-late 1980s when VCRs had become ubiquitous household devices . By this time , the VHS format had become standard ; thus the vast majority of TV/VCR combos are VHS-based .   Most combo units have RCA connecters on the front and/or back to connect a home video game console or a camcorder . Some units also have a headphone jack to watch media without disturbing others .   Though nearly all TV/VCR combination sets have monaural ( mono ) sound though with stereo soundtrack compatibility , there are a large number of TV/VCR combos with a stereo TV tuner , but a mono VCR ( some may even include a mono sound input alongside a composite video input . Some models from Panasonic also included an FM tuner . A major exception to this convention is TV/DVD combos , which can have a stereo VCR included in the unit ( i.e. a TV/VCR/DVD combo ) . One of the major drawbacks of a TV/DVD/VCR combo is that the integrated VCR can sometimes activate the CSS programming on the DVD player portion , making it impossible to watch DVDs on the unit .   Modern televisions tend to be mostly solid state machines , while VCRs require mechanical manipulation of VHS tape and require occasional servicing . For this reason , it is not uncommon for the VCR component to cease functioning or to become unreliable years before a similar fate befalls the television component . This leaves users with only `` half '' of the set in operation and a more expensive repair or replacement .   As late as 2006 , flat-panel TVs with integrated DVD players appeared on the market , and integrated TV/DVD sets started overtaking the TV/VCR market . This is due to both the low price and overwhelming availability of DVDs and more compact form factor , as opposed to the increasingly rare video cassettes and near-extinction of cathode ray tube displays in the consumer market .

neg: Interview (album) Interview ( stylized ĭn ′ terview ) is the eighth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1976 . A concept album , it is a unique concept in the canon of Gentle Giant work in that it is conceived as a radio interview . Three of the tracks integrate brief `` interview '' sections which were staged in the studio . The title song has lyrics derived from the type of question and answer dialogue they had encountered while talking to the music press . This album was less successful with critics and in the charts than their previous albums .   The album was mixed in quadraphonic sound by the band in 1976 but the 4-channel mix was not released until 2012 when it finally appeared in DVD-Audio format .

neg: Hits 7 The Hits Album 7 or Hits 7 is a compilation album that was released in December 1987 by CBS , BMG , and WEA . It reached # 2 in the UK Albums Chart ( held off by Now 10 , another compilation ) . This was the first in the Hits series to be released on double-CD . It contained 32 tracks , 15 of which appeared on the VHS collection , The Hits Video 7 .   Hits 7 features two songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart : `` You Win Again '' and `` Never Gon na Give You Up '' .

neg: 37th Japan Record Awards The 37th Annual Japan Record Awards took place on December 31 , 1995 , starting at 6:30 PM JST . The primary ceremonies were televised in Japan on TBS .

neg: List of Outlaw Star episodes The Outlaw Star anime is the adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Takehiko Ito . The plot follows the protagonist Gene and his crew in their outer space adventures onboard their advanced spacecraft named the Outlaw Star .   The anime , which was produced by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuru Hongo , aired on Japan 's TV Tokyo from January 8 , 1998 to June 25 , 1998 for a total of 26 episodes . The anime was later licensed for English language distribution in North America by Bandai Entertainment . The series originally aired on Toonami from January 15 , 2001 to February 16 , 2001 . Episode 23 was not aired due to scenes of extensive female nudity and sexually suggestive humor/themes .   Bandai released the series on DVD in Japan in two halves with the first 13 episodes released on August 25 , 1999 and the remaining 13 episodes released on November 25 , 1999 . A Japanese `` remastered '' DVD boxset containing the entire series was published by Bandai on September 22 , 2006 . Bandai also released the series in North America in three DVD collections on September 1 , 2000 , February 14 , 2001 , and March 6 , 2001 . The Outlaw Star Perfect Collection Box Set , a DVD compilation of the entire series , was released on September 10 , 2002 . The series was again re-released on March 28 , 2006 as the Outlaw Star : Complete Collection . Outlaw Star additionally received a Region 4 DVD release in Australia by Madman Entertainment on June 23 , 2004 .   The music for Outlaw Star was composed by Kow Otani . The series has three pieces of vocal music , one opening and two endings . The opening theme is `` Through the Night '' performed by Masahiko Arimachi . The two endings themes are `` Hiru no Tsuki '' , used in the first 13 episodes , and `` Tsuki no Ie '' , used in the remaining 13 episodes . Both endings are sung by Arai Akino .

neg: Comparison of high definition optical disc formats This article compares the technical specifications of multiple high definition formats , including HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc ; two mutually incompatible , high definition optical disc formats that , beginning in 2006 , attempted to improve upon and eventually replace the DVD standard . The two formats remained in a format war until February 19 , 2008 when Toshiba , HD DVD 's creator , announced plans to cease development , manufacturing and marketing of HD DVD players and recorders .   Other high-definition optical disc formats were attempted , including the multi-layered red-laser Versatile Multilayer Disc and a Chinese made format called EVD . Both appear to have been abandoned by their respective developers .

neg: Hoshizora Kiseki is a 27-minute Japanese anime directed by Akio Watanabe and Toshikazu Matsubara , and produced by CoMix Wave Films as an original net animation . It was made available online on June 21 , 2006 , and then was released on DVD in Japan on August 3 , 2006 . It was screened at the Waterloo Festival on November 16 , 2006 . The OVA was released on DVD along with the Coffee Samurai OVA on May 10 , 2011 by Section 23 Films . Anime Network shows both Hoshizora Kiseki and Coffee Samurai .

neg: Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist is a 1976 Japanese martial arts film sequel to The Return of the Sister Street Fighter .

neg: On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live may refer to :   On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live ( album ) , a live album released by X Japan on January 1 , 1995  On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live ( video ) , a live VHS/LD released by X Japan on November 1 , 1992

neg: Key the Metal Idol is an original video animation ( OVA ) anime series that was released in Japan from 1994 to 1997 . The series consists of fifteen episodes divided into four parts . First Program consists of episodes 1 through 7 . Second Program is 8 through 13 . Third Program and Final Program are films 1 and 2 ( a.k.a. episodes 14 and 15 ) respectively . Key is a serious and somewhat dark drama with elements of science fiction , supernatural , and action .   The central character of the story is Tokiko Mima ( nicknamed `` Key '' ) , who believes herself to be a robot crafted by her scientist grandfather , Murao Mima . Every year , on her birthday , Key believes Dr. Mima builds her a new body , each one size larger . Upon his deathbed , Mima records his will on audio tape , revealing that Key can become human with the aid of 30,000 friends . Key believes she must do this quickly before her battery runs down . The series details the slow unraveling of Key 's identity and a secret conspiracy bent on controlling her unique supernatural abilities she develops over the course of the narrative .

neg: VX (videocassette format) VX was a short-lived and unsuccessful consumer analog recording videocassette format developed by Matsushita and launched in 1975 in Japan . In the US it was sold using the Quasar brand and marketed under the name `` The Great Time Machine '' to exhibit its time-shifting capabilities , since VX machines had a companion electro-mechanical clock timer for timed recording of television programs . In Japan , the VX-100 model was launched in 1975 , with the VX-2000 following in 1976 . The first and only model sold in North America was the Quasar VR-1000 ( based on the Panasonic VX-2000 ) , with the VT-100 timer .

neg: Return of the Kung Fu Dragon Return of the Kung Fu Dragon ( 砲傌俥 Mandarin : Ju ma pao ) is a 1976 Taiwan film directed by Chick Lim Yu .

neg: Video server A video server is a computer-based device ( also called a `` host '' ) dedicated to delivering video .   Unlike personal computers , being multi-application devices , a video server is designed for one purpose ; provisioning video , often for broadcasters . A professional-grade video server performs recording , storage , and playout of multiple video streams without any degradation of the video signal . Broadcast quality video servers often store hundreds of hours of compressed audio and video ( in different codecs ) , play out multiple and synchronised simultaneous streams of video by , and offer quality interfaces such as SDI for digital video and XLR for balanced analog audio , AES/EBU digital audio and also Time Code . A genlock input is usually provided to provide a means of synchronizing with the house reference clock , thereby avoiding the need for timebase correction or frame synchronizers .   Video servers usually offer some type of control interface allowing them to be driven by broadcast automation systems that incorporate sophisticated broadcast programming applications . Popular protocols include VDCP and the 9-Pin Protocol .   They can optionally allow direct to disk recording using the same codec that is used in various post-production video editing software packages to prevent any wasted time in transcoding .

neg: DVD-VR The DVD-VR standard defines a logical format for video recording on DVD-R , DVD-RW , and DVD-RAM style media , including the dual layer versions of these media . As opposed to media recorded with the DVD+VR recording standard , the resulting media are not DVD-Video compliant , and do not play back in some DVD-Video players . Most DVD video recorders in the market that support DVD-R , DVD-RW , or DVD-RAM media record to these media in DVD-VR mode , as well as in a DVD-Video compliant mode . It is possible to use the DVD-VR format with DVD+R and DVD+RW media , but no examples are known other than some PC based recording utilities .   The standard was introduced in 1999 by the DVD Forum , and licensing is managed by the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation . For each of the supported media , the full recording standard consists of three parts being : Physical Specifications ( Part 1 ) , File System Specifications ( Part 2 ) , and the Video Recording Specifications ( Part 3 ) .

neg: Proprietary DVR DVRs , or Digital Video Recorders , are devices which record video to a hard drive . The term Proprietary DVR refers to exclusive methodologies used to maintain commercial control over the DVR format and prevent third-party copying of a particular file . CCTV systems are used for the detection and recording of crime , but the analysts and law enforcement personnel who are required to obtain and process video recorded with proprietary DVRs may face problems using the proprietary format .  Most established manufacturers will provide tools for law enforcement agencies to play and copy footage from such systems .   The opposite of proprietary DVR is standard or PC-based DVR . ( Although , in fact , many proprietary DVR 's are PC-based devices . )   Currently there is no standard output for the security industry to follow . Because of this , analysts are forced to obtain a compatible `` player '' in order to view the video . Some proprietary DVRs are delivered to the end-user in an executable player which allows for navigation . Some require the installation of the player . Others simply require a codec to be available on the system that is playing , then it will become viewable in a common player such as Windows Media Player .   Some proprietary DVR systems offer more than one output format , such as the native format as well as a standard format such as AVI . Some also offer a composite video output PAL or NTSC . Some security companies are reluctant to offer anything other than their proprietary format . Reasons cited for maintaining control over the file by impeding conversion vary , but most companies will make `` tamper resistance '' a sellable feature , while disregarding the work required of an analyst or court in order to present the video .   Another selling point of proprietary DVR systems is compression . Video compression removes information in exchange for a smaller file size . Increasing compression leads to the ability to store longer periods on a disk , at the expense of sacrificing some of the detail in the images . This trade-off must be considered when attempting to balance image quality and recording time in a DVR . As storage drives become cheaper and larger , compression sacrifices are improving .   A problem inherent in proprietary DVR output is accuracy . There is a good chance that the video image as viewed has an incorrect aspect ratio and/or color information . Color may be off simply due to the calibration of the monitor being used , but often color information is not recorded accurately . It is not very common to white balance security cameras unless it is done at set up . Aspect ratios may also be recorded improperly and could actually be quite distorted . Aspect ratios on some players are sometimes user-adjustable by dragging the viewer in one direction or the other .   Contrary to attempts made by proprietary DVR developers , it is possible to change virtually any DVR image into another format , but it can not be done through digital conversion , such as changing an MPEG-2 to AVI . Instead it is done by intercepting the pixels sent by the proprietary DVR to the users monitor . There are a number of software available that will capture an area of a screen and generate an uncompressed file in a common format .   Gradually technology is improving and DVR systems are capable of having features that analog video could never provide . One feature is the ability to store metadata , such as point of sale information . Another feature may be for an event ( movement , panic button , door/drawer opening ) to trigger a system to record at a higher resolution . Perhaps the greatest feature is the ability to navigate directly to an area of interest .


query: Pixar was funded by an Indian industrial designer.

pos: Pixar Pixar ( -LSB- ˈpɪksɑr -RSB- ) , also referred to as Pixar Animation Studios , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville , California that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company . Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group , part of the Lucasfilm computer division , before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986 , with funding by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs , who became the majority shareholder . Disney purchased Pixar in 2006 at a valuation of $ 7.4 billion , a transaction that resulted in Jobs becoming Disney 's largest single shareholder at the time . Pixar is best known for CGI-animated feature films created with RenderMan , Pixar 's own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering application programming interface , used to generate high-quality images .   Pixar has produced seventeen feature films , beginning with Toy Story ( 1995 ) , which was the first-ever computer-animated feature film , and its most recent being Finding Dory ( 2016 ) . All 17 of its films have debuted with CinemaScore ratings of at least an `` A − , '' indicating positive receptions with audiences . The studio has also produced several short films . , its feature films have earned approximately $ 10.8 billion at the box office worldwide , with an average worldwide gross of $ 634 million per film . Finding Dory , along with its predecessor Finding Nemo ( 2003 ) , as well as Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time , with the lattermost film being the third all-time highest-grossing animated film with a gross of $ 1.063 billion . Fourteen of Pixar 's films are also among the 50 highest-grossing animated films of all time .   The studio has earned sixteen Academy Awards , seven Golden Globe Awards , and eleven Grammy Awards , among many other awards and acknowledgments . Many of Pixar 's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since its inauguration in 2001 , with eight winning ; this includes Finding Nemo and Toy Story 3 , along with The Incredibles ( 2004 ) , Ratatouille ( 2007 ) , WALL-E ( 2008 ) , Up ( 2009 ) , Brave ( 2012 ) , and Inside Out ( 2015 ) . Monsters , Inc. ( 2001 ) and Cars ( 2006 ) are the only two films that were nominated for the award without winning it , while Cars 2 ( 2011 ) , Monsters University ( 2013 ) , The Good Dinosaur ( 2015 ) , and Finding Dory have not been nominated . Up and Toy Story 3 were also the respective second and third animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture , the first being Walt Disney Animation Studios ' Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) . Luxo Jr. , a character from the studio 's 1986 short film of the same name , is the studio 's mascot .   On September 6 , 2009 , Pixar executives John Lasseter , Brad Bird , Pete Docter , Andrew Stanton , and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement by the biennial Venice Film Festival . The award was presented by Lucasfilm 's founder George Lucas .

pos: Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs ( -LSB- ˈdʒɒbz -RSB- February 24 , 1955 -- October 5 , 2011 ) was an American entrepreneur , businessman , inventor , and industrial designer . He was the co-founder , chairman , and chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Apple Inc. ; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar ; a member of The Walt Disney Company 's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar ; and founder , chairman , and CEO of NeXT . Jobs and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are widely recognized as pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s .   Jobs was born in San Francisco to Syrian parents who had to put him up for adoption at birth ; he was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s . Jobs briefly attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out . He then decided to travel through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism . Jobs 's declassified FBI report stated that an acquaintance knew that Jobs had used the illegal drugs marijuana and LSD while he was in college . Jobs once told a reporter that taking LSD was `` one of the two or three most important things '' he did in his life .   Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak 's Apple I personal computer . The visionaries gained fame and wealth a year later for the Apple II , one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers . In 1979 , after a tour of PARC , Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto , which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface ( GUI ) . This led to development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983 , followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984 . In addition to being the first mass-produced computer with a GUI , the Macintosh introduced the sudden rise of the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter , the first laser printer to feature vector graphics . Following a long power struggle , Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 .   After leaving Apple , Jobs took a few of its members with him to found NeXT , a computer platform development company specializing in state-of-the-art computers for higher-education and business markets . In addition , Jobs helped to initiate the development of the visual effects industry when he funded the spinout of the computer graphics division of George Lucas 's Lucasfilm in 1986 . The new company , Pixar , would eventually produce the first fully computer-animated film , Toy Story -- an event made possible in part because of Jobs 's financial support .   In 1997 , Apple merged with NeXT . Within a few months of the merger , Jobs became CEO of his former company , reviving Apple at the verge of bankruptcy . Beginning in 1997 with the `` Think different '' advertising campaign , Jobs worked closely with designer Jonathan Ive to develop a line of products that would have larger cultural ramifications : the iMac , iTunes and iTunes Store , Apple Store , iPod , iPhone , App Store , and the iPad . Mac OS was also revamped into OS X ( renamed `` macOS '' in 2016 ) , based on NeXT 's NeXTSTEP platform .   Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in 2003 and died on October 5 , 2011 , of respiratory arrest related to the tumor .

neg: Makuta VFX Makuta is an Indian visual effects and animation company based in Santa Clara , CA with branches in Hyderabad , India and Universal City , CA . The company received the National Film Awards in 2010 and 2012 for `` Magadheera '' , and Eega respectively .   In 2012 , Makuta also won the Best Visual Effects at the Filmfare awards and CineMAA Awards for `` Eega '' .

neg: Pixabay Pixabay.com is an international website for sharing high quality public domain photos , illustrations , vector graphics , and film footage . As of September 2016 , Pixabay offers over 750,000 free photos , illustrations , and vectors and 3,100 videos .

neg: Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray ( -LSB- ˈʃɔt̪ːodʒit̪ ˈrai̯ -RSB- ; 2 May 1921 -- 23 April 1992 ) was an Indian Bengali filmmaker , widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century . Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature . Starting his career as a commercial artist , Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica 's Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves ( 1948 ) during a visit to London .   Ray directed 36 films , including feature films , documentaries and shorts . He was also a fiction writer , publisher , illustrator , calligrapher , music composer , graphic designer and film critic . He authored several short stories and novels , primarily aimed at children and adolescents . Feluda , the sleuth , and Professor Shonku , the scientist in his science fiction stories , are popular fictional characters created by him . He was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University .   Ray 's first film , Pather Panchali ( 1955 ) , won eleven international prizes , including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . This film , along with Aparajito ( 1956 ) , and Apur Sansar ( The World of Apu ) ( 1959 ) form The Apu Trilogy . Ray did the scripting , casting , scoring , and editing , and designed his own credit titles and publicity material . Ray received many major awards in his career , including 32 Indian National Film Awards , a Golden Lion , a Golden Bear , 2 Silver Bears , a number of additional awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies , and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992 . The Government of India honored him with the Bharat Ratna , its highest civilian award , in 1992 .

neg: Engineer (technical fest) Engineer is the Annual Technical Symposium of NITK Surathkal and is one of the largest of its kind in India . Started in 2005 as an amalgamation of many technical fests held in NITK Surathkal by its various student clubs , Engineer has grown in leaps and bounds over the years . It is held over 4 days in the second half of the month of October and has consistently attracted participants from all over India . A Penrose Triangle is used as its logo with the tagline ` Think.Create.Engineer ' .   In its previous editions , Engineer brought organizations such as CERN , MIT Media and Bell labs while catering to a participation pool of over 6000 students from 150 colleges across 65 countries .   Many technical and entrepreneurship events are held during the fest , including quizzes , Coding marathons , RC car racing and the like . These are broadly classified into various Branch Events . Apart from this , Workshops in a variety of fields are also held . To highlight the social responsibility of Engineers , social/environmental awareness initiatives are undertaken under the banner of SCE ( Socially Conscious Engineering ) . Technites is another major attraction , showcasing the beauty of technology after dark .   Guest speakers of past editions have included Richard Stallman , Sam Pitroda , Anthony James Leggett , Ankit Fadia and others .

neg: Cinema of India The cinema of India consists of films produced across India . Cinema as a medium has gained immense popularity in the country and as many as 1,600 films in various languages of India are produced annually . Indian films have also come to be followed throughout South Asia , the Greater Middle East , Southeast Asia and other countries . Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the `` father of Indian cinema '' . The Dadasaheb Phalke Award , for lifetime contribution to cinema , was instituted in his honour , by the Government of India in 1969 , and is the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian cinema .   In the 20th century , Indian cinema , along with the Hollywood and Chinese film industries , became a global enterprise . As of 2013 , in terms of annual film output , India ranks first , followed by Nollywood , Hollywood and China . In 2012 , India produced 1,602 feature films . The Indian film industry reached overall revenues of $ 1.86 billion ( 93 billion ) in 2011 . This is projected to rise to $ 3 billion ( 200 billion ) in 2016 . In 2015 , India had a total box office gross of , the fourth largest in the world outside North America . Enhanced technology paved the way for upgrading from established cinematic norms of delivering product , altering the manner in which content reached the target audience . Biopics like Dangal and CGI-laden epics like Baahubali emerged as transnational blockbusters grossing over $ 200 million each in early 21st century . Indian cinema found markets in over 90 countries where films from India are screened . The Indian government extended film delegations to foreign countries such as the United States of America and Japan while the country 's Film Producers Guild sent similar missions through Europe .   The provision of 100 % foreign direct investment has made the Indian film market attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox , Sony Pictures , Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. . Indian enterprises such as AVM Productions , Prasad 's Group , Sun Pictures , PVP Cinemas , Zee , UTV , Suresh Productions , Eros Films , Ayngaran International , Pyramid Saimira , Aascar Films and Adlabs also participated in producing and distributing films . Tax incentives to multiplexes have aided the multiplex boom in India . By 2003 as many as 30 film production companies had been listed in the National Stock Exchange of India , making the commercial presence of the medium felt .   The South Indian film industry defines the four film cultures of South India as a single entity . They are the Telugu , the Tamil , the Malayalam and the Kannada industries . Although developed independently over a long period , gross exchange of film performers and technicians as well as globalisation helped to shape this new identity .   The Indian diaspora consists of millions of Indians overseas for which films are made available both through media such as DVDs and by screening of films in their country of residence wherever commercially feasible . These earnings , accounting for some 12 % of the revenue generated by a mainstream film , contribute substantially to the overall revenue of Indian cinema , the net worth of which was found to be 1.3 billion in 2000 . Music in Indian cinema is another substantial revenue generator with the music rights alone accounting for 4 -- 5 % of the net revenues generated by a film in India .

neg: Rajiv Menon Rajiv Menon ( born 20 April 1963 ) is an Indian advertising director , cinematographer , actor and film maker known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema . He is known for directing critically acclaimed Tamil films like Minsara Kanavu and Kandukondain Kandukondain . As a cinematographer his accomplishments include works such as , Bombay , Morning Raga , Guru , Kadal , and Cheluvi .   Menon 's first directorial venture Minsara Kanavu was not only a commercial success but also received four National Film Awards . His second directorial venture was the multi-starrer Kandukondain Kandukondain . In addition to directing the film , he also wrote the story and screenplay for the film . The film fetched him the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director award . Menon has also set up Rajiv Menon Productions and Mindscreen Film Institute , which supplies equipment for documentaries , advertising films and cinema . He has acted in a Malayalam film called Harikrishnans and has given a cameo in Minsara Kanavu .

neg: Odyssey Productions Odyssey Productions ( formerly Odyssey Visual Design ) is the former name of a California-based photography and 3-D computer animation company founded in 1983 by Steven Churchill in partnership with Adrian Turcotte . It was the first San Diego company to produce 3-D computer animation and its clients have included Coca-Cola , General Dynamics , Union Oil , Southwestern Cable , Metrocast , Honda , and a number of TV stations across the country .   While Odyssey focused primarily on 35mm back-lit motion graphics and special effects for the first 5 years of its existence , its award-winning release of the world 's first home entertainment video of computer animation , State Of the Art Of Computer Animation in 1988 brought about a shift in focus to 3D computer animation . The accolades and sales successes achieved by State Of the Art Of Computer Animation prompted the 1990 release of The Mind 's Eye : A Computer Animation Odyssey , a title that would become the first member of the successful The Mind 's Eye series . The next decade ( 1990 -- 2000 ) would be taken up almost entirely with the production of 19 feature-length 3-D computer animated package films for home release .   The company 's name became Odyssey Productions in 1995 and the last 12 3D computer animated films were released under this name . In 2003 the company again changed its name to AnimationTrip and broadened its focus to encompass photography to a greater extent . Under this new corporate name , the company added a business enterprise in 2004 focused primarily on photographic art and has launched a series of international art exhibitions in San Diego , California called the Art of Photography Show and the Art of Digital Show . Since 2006 , exhibiting photographic art and promoting photo artists has been the full focus of the business . In 2010 the company was named PhotoCulture , Inc. .

neg: Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists . It was first launched as a beta test on September 10 , 2007 by Takahiro Kamitani . Pixiv Inc. is headquartered in Sendagaya , Shibuya , Tokyo , Japan . As of September 2016 , the site consists of over 20 million members , over 43 million submissions , and receives over 3.7 billion page views monthly . Pixiv aims to provide a place for artists to exhibit their illustrations and get feedback via a rating system and user comments . Works are organized in an extensive tag structure which forms the backbone of the website .

neg: Shilpa Ranade Shilpa Ranade ( born 1966 ) is an acclaimed Indian designer , animator , illustrator , filmmaker and academician . She has been faculty at Industrial Design Centre in Mumbai since 2001 . She has directed animated short films for Channel 4 , UK and her films have been screened all over the world , winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals . The award-winning animation movie Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was her first full-length feature film which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . Her other films are Naja Goes to School and Mani 's Dying .

neg: Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director , screenwriter and producer , known for his works in Telugu cinema , Bollywood , and television . Influenced by Russian-American playwright Ayn Rand , and European authors Friedrich Nietzsche , James Hadley Chase and Frederick Forsyth , Varma directed films across multiple genres , including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism , technical finesse , and craft .   Varma has garnered the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama , Shool ( 1999 ) . In 2004 , He was featured in the BBC World series Bollywood Bosses . In 2006 , Grady Hendrix of Film Comment , published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center , New York City cited Varma as `` Bombay 's Most Successful Maverick '' for his works on experimental films . Varma is regarded as the fountain head of new age Indian cinema .   Varma is known for presenting the Indian Political Trilogy , and the Indian Gangster Trilogy , film critic Rajeev Masand has labeled the series as one of the `` most influential movies of Hindi cinema .  The first installment of the trilogy , Satya , was also listed in CNN-IBN 's 100 greatest Indian films of all time . Varma 's recent avant-garde works include hits such as the alternate history , Rakta Charitra ( 2010 ) , the dramatized re-enactment of 2008 Mumbai attacks in The Attacks of 26/11 ( 2013 ) , a horror fiction , Ice Cream shot with Flowcam Technology ( 2014 ) , a slasher film , Anukshanam ( 2014 ) , Killing Veerappan ( 2016 ) , a documentary drama , and Vangaveeti ( 2016 ) a biographical `` based on true events '' .   Starting his career as a civil engineer , he made an entry into Telugu cinema , with the path-breaking crime thriller , Siva ( 1989 ) screened at the 13th International Film Festival of India , and has garnered Varma , the state Nandi Awards for Best direction , Best first film of a director , and the Filmfare Award for Best Film -- Telugu . Siva explores the concepts of student exploitation by anti-social behavior and the impact of crowd psychology . Subsequently , the film was included in CNN-IBN 's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time . He then experimented with the Neo-noir , Kshana Kshanam ( 1991 ) screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival , the sleeper hit won him another Nandi Award for Best Direction , and the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer . The 1993 political drama , Gaayam received six state Nandi Awards . In 1999 , He directed Prema Katha for which he received his third Nandi Award for Best Director .

neg: Harvinder Mankkar Harvinder Mankkar ( born 27 April 1964 ) is an Indian cartoonist , illustrator , script-writer and film director . He is well known for his comic series characters Motu Patlu published in Lot Pot magazine . Its 3D animated television series adaptation is airing on Nickelodeon . He has illustrated almost 22,000 pocket cartoons , comic strips , educational books and story books . He is founder and CEO of The Art Studio company . Also , he is the Creative Director and Chief Illustrator for Lot Pot magazine . He is Editorial Director of the film magazine Mayapuri .

neg: Joe Ranft Joseph Henry `` Joe '' Ranft ( March 13 , 1960 -- August 16 , 2005 ) was an American screenwriter , animator , storyboard artist , voice actor and magician who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation . His brother , Jerome Ranft , is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies .   He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of Toy Story ( 1995 ) , and was also co-director on Cars ( 2006 ) , his final work .

neg: R. K. Films R. K. Films is a film production company , based in R. K. Studio , a film studio both established by and named after the Bollywood actor Raj Kapoor , headquartered at Chembur , Mumbai . It was founded in 1948 , one year after India gained independence . It had a rough start , as its first movie , Aag ( 1948 ) did not perform well at the box office . Most of the R.K. Films productions share a common theme of criticising society and depicting love across social divide

neg: I (film) I ( also known as Shankar 's I ) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Shankar and co-written by Subha . Produced and distributed by V. Ravichandran under his production company , Aascar Films , the film features Vikram and Amy Jackson in lead roles while Suresh Gopi , Upen Patel , Santhanam and Ramkumar Ganesan portray pivotal roles . The soundtrack and film score were composed by A. R. Rahman . Production design was handled by T. Muthuraj . P. C. Sreeram was the film 's cinematographer and editing was done by Anthony .   The visual effects were designed by V. Srinivas Mohan through Rising Sun Pictures . Weta Workshop had worked on the digital and prosthetic make-up and background arts for the film . Principal photography commenced on 15 July 2012 . The filming lasted for two years and eight months , during which shooting was done extensively in China . Further schedules were filmed in locations in Chennai , Bangkok , Jodhpur , Kodaikanal , Pollachi , Bangalore and Mysore . The film was dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi along with the Tamil version .   The film , released on Pongal 2015 , tells the story of a body builder turned supermodel , played by Vikram , who after being deformed , exacts revenge upon those who were responsible for his predicament . Critics praised Vikram 's performance , the technical aspects of the film - especially the costume design and makeup , and A.R. Rahman 's soundtrack and score but criticised the ` wafer-thin ' writing and screenplay and the film 's excessive length ( 188 minutes ) . However , the film was a commercial success , grossing worldwide , becoming the fourth-highest grossing Tamil film and Vikram 's highest-grossing film at the time . Vikram won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor -- Tamil for the movie .

neg: Mr. India (1987 film) Mr. India is a 1987 Indian Hindi science fiction superhero film directed by Shekhar Kapur . It stars Anil Kapoor , Sridevi and Amrish Puri in the lead roles   The film was the highest grossing Indian film of 1987 , and remains a cult classic in India . The film was known for several of its lines and songs , including Sridevi 's Miss Hawa Hawaii performance , and Amrish Puri 's quote `` Mogambo khush hua '' ( Mogambo is pleased ) , which is one of the most famous quotes of Bollywood and became synonymous with Puri . The Mogambo character is also considered to be one of the best villains in Bollywood history . Laxmikant-Pyarelal 's music performed well too , especially the song Hawa Hawaii which is very popular till today . The film has often been featured in different lists of top Bollywood films . Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films . This was the last film that the writing duo Salim-Javed wrote together . They had split up earlier in 1982 , but came back for one last film .   On the centenary of Indian Cinema , Mr. India has been declared one of the 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time . Interestingly Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan were offered the lead role , but they turned it down as they could n't relate with the invisible hero .

neg: The Adventures of André and Wally B. The Adventures of André and Wally B. , or simply André and Wally B. , is a 1984 American animated short film produced by The Graphics Group , then a division of Lucasfilm which was later renamed Pixar before being spun off as a separate company in 1986 . The animation in the film was by John Lasseter , who was then working on his first computer animated project with Lucasfilm and as a result of the success of this project and others would become an important executive at Pixar . The animation was groundbreaking by the standards of the time and helped spark the film industry 's interest in computer animation . The film was released on July 25 , 1984 , at SIGGRAPH in Minneapolis .

neg: Indian basic trainer aircraft competition The Basic trainer aircraft ( BAT ) procurement process started during the last quarter of 2009 when Indian air force issued a Request for proposal ( RFP ) on 16 December 2009 , based on input received in response to a request for information issued earlier .   Request for proposal ( RFP ) called for 75 aircraft to be purchased `` Off-the - self '' . The RFP stipulated that the aircraft should have been `` recently certified . '' The manufacturer was to deliver the first 12 aircraft within 24 months of the contract . The remaining trainers would follow in batches . Further the aircraft must have ejection seats .   A pre-bidders conference was held on February 2010 . There after Seven Contenders namely M/s Korea Aerospace Industries , South Korea ; M/s Grob Aircraft , Germany ; M/s PZL , Poland ; M/s Hawker Beechcraft , United States of America ; M/s Alenia Aermacchi , Italy ; M/s Aerostar , Romania ; and M/s Pilatus Aircraft , Switzerland submitted their Proposal by March 17 .   There after five aircraft participated in the Field Evaluation trials which were Hawker Beechcraft T-6C , Pilatus PC-7MkII , Korean Aerospace Industries KT-1 , EADS PZL-130 OrlikTC II and GropG 120TP .   The trials which started during September 2010 was initially planned to be held at the air force station at Tambaram , Chennai , but was shifted to Jamnagar where the climatic conditions were considered similar . The IAF had set up teams of test pilots and flight test engineers to evaluate the planes for a period of five days each till the end of October 2010 .   During trial flight characteristics , handling qualities , fuel consumption , duration of sorties , ease of handling and operations , and available instrumentation of each contender was observed .   The Field Evaluation report were completed by December 2010 and the report was submitted to the defence ministry . Three companies -- the Americans , Swiss and the Koreans passed trials . The Indian basic trainer competition then entered its final phase . Commercial bids of the three final contenders were opened in May 2011 and the lowest bidder among the shortlisted competitors was announced in June 2011 as M/s Pilatus . After negotiations , a proposal was sent to Cabinet Committee on Security ( CCS ) , which cleared the transaction on 10 May 2012 . Although there were some protest from Korean manufacturer . Finally $ 523-million , contract which included of supply 75 PC-7 Mk .2 propeller trainers and integrated ground-based training package was signed on 24 May 2012 with option of additional supply of 30 more aircraft within three years of contract signature .

neg: Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film .   The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .

neg: Corporate design A corporate design ( CD ) is the official graphical design of the logo and name of a company or institution used on letterheads , envelopes , forms , folders , brochures , etc. . The house style is created in such a way that all the elements are arranged in a distinctive design and pattern .   This includes dictating what ink pantones should be used in the coloring , and what typefaces .   Governments may have corporate designs as well . On June 2 , 1999 , the German federal cabinet introduced a corporate design for the flag of Germany .   The term ` corporate design ' is not the name of a specific design profession .   Corporations do have special design needs based on their behaviors . They communicate their mission , objectives , needs , and product information -- with users , clients , or members ; with suppliers , distributors , service providers ; with the surrounding community and the media ; with financial institutions and other corporations , and with the state . They create , acquire , modify , organize and distribute large amounts of information and raw data , as well as goods and services . ( Sometimes the goods or services are themselves information . For example , The Yellow Pages , or The New York Times . )   A designer whose client is a corporation will include the logo and other elements of the corporate brand as a way to standardize and unify all communication between company and audience , whether in print or online . Scenarios that includes human-computer interactions take place through software and hardware user interfaces that are also branded and designed with the corporate culture in mind . ( Examples of user scenarios : update the Web site , transfer funds , document procedures , control security , operate machinery , plan projects , conduct virtual meetings , check inventory , fill an order , or ship a product . )   These interactions are increasingly taking place through Web sites , through mobile devices and at dedicated terminals , and may include sound , video , animation and user feedback mechanisms . A savvy designer will create designs that can be adapted to all of these applications .

neg: Animation stand An animation stand is a device assembled for the filming of any kind of animation that is placed on a flat surface , including cel animation , graphic animation , clay animation , and silhouette animation .   Traditionally , the flat surface that the animation rests on is some kind of table that the animator sits at . Pegs made specifically for animation are embedded into the table , in at least two slots allowing the pegs to slide from side to side , permitting horizontal movement of images , but can also be easily fixed into position for the accurate positioning ( `` registration '' ) of the artwork .   Opposite the animator is a series of supporting arms and supports , on top of which is mounted a film or video camera , pointing down toward the artwork , which films the artwork , frame-by-frame , as it is slowly moved and changed by the operator .   The vertical positioning of the animation camera , always shooting down , is the main component that defines an animation stand , as opposed to a stop motion set-up , or other equipment arrangements for animation production .   Animation stands can be homemade , from metal or wood , such as that owned by Los Angeles animator Mike Jittlov , and still accomplish impressive animation production ; or they can be elaborate ( and expensive ) professionally made precision systems that allow for the computerised movements of both the art and the camera , as has been traditionally used by professional animation studios and special effects facilities such as the Walt Disney studio ( famous for their Multiplane camera ) and George Lucas 's Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) facilities .