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ANNUAL REPORT
2008
2008
MAZZIOTTI
MEDIA
Cheif Executive Officer

LETTER
 To the Shareholders and employees of
Mazziotti Media

I’m delighted to share with Ev- first appearance at the annual Macy’s
eryone that fiscal 2007 was another Thanksgiving Day Parade as the official
outstanding year for your Company, 2007 Ambassador for the event. In De-
enlivened by significant creative and fi-cember, we will take our brand expan-
nancial achievements to make all of us sion one step further by bringing Fido
proud. Mazziotti media’s strong per- the Musical in New York City. We are
formance — across business divisions very excited about this tremendous op-
and around the world — is a tribute to portunity to further extend one of the
the men and women of Mazziotti Media most successful franchises in Holly-
and the great experiences they deliver wood history. Every one of our movies
to consumers. Their passion to excel must tell a great story in a compelling
is admirable, andtheir commitment to way to successfully standout among
quality is as consistent as it is remark-the clutter and competition. We have
able. dedicated a considerable amount of re-
sources and energy in 2007 toward dif-
In 2007, we advanced our strate- ferentiating our films.
gic priorities, strengthening our finan-
cial results, growing the value of our thank you for your continued support.
brands, enhancing our ability to meet
critical challenges and building a solid
foundation for future growth. Creativ-
ity and innovation are at the root of
everything we do, and in 2007 the cre- Dylan John Mazziotti
ativity on display across the Company President and Chief Executive Officer,
was simply amazing. Mazziotti Media

Db Graphic Design was a big source

of that great creative energy.

Bower & co. photography came

flying out of the gate and had an amaz-
ing debut.

I am pleased to report that 2007

was our most successful year since we
took MOE Films public in 2004, thanks
in large part to the blockbuster suc-
cess of Fido the Third
and the Fido franchise as a whole. In
addition to boasting the best domestic
opening in the history of animated film,
Fido the Third became the second highest
grossing film of 2007 in the U.S. and the
fourth best performing animated movie
of all time. Additionally,Fido made his
mission
statement
missionstatement

We strive to
develop innovation
in all media
through
state of the art
technology,
leadership
and partnerships.
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 Db Graphic
DESIGN
The term graphic design can refer to
a number of artistic and professional
disciplines which focus on visual com-
munication and presentation. Various
methods are used to create and com-
bine symbols, images and/or words
to create a visual representation of
ideas and messages. A graphic design-
er may use typography, visual arts
and page layout techniques to pro-
duce the final result. Graphic design
often refers to both the process (de-
signing) by which the communication
is created and the products (designs)
which are generated.
Common uses of graphic design include
magazines, advertisements, product
packaging and web design. For exam-
ple, a product package might include
a logo or other artwork, organized
text and pure design elements such
as shapes and color which unify the
piece. Composition is one of the most
important features of graphic design
especially when using pre-existing
materials or diverse elements.
A graphic design project may involve
the stylization and presentation of
existing text and either preexisting
imagery or images developed by the
graphic designer. For example, a news-
paper story begins with the journal-
ists and photojournalists and then
becomes the graphic designer’s job to
organize the page into a reasonable
layout and determine if any other
graphic elements should be required.
In a magazine article or adver-
tisement, often the graphic designer
or art director will commission pho-
tographers or illustrators to create
original pieces just to be incorporat-
ed into the design layout. Contem-
porary design practice has been ex-
tended to the modern computer, for
example in the use of WYSIWYG user in- tion, such as Milton Glaser.
terfaces, often referred to as inter-
active design, or multimedia design. New ideas can come by way of experi-
menting with tools and methods. Some
Critical, observational, quantitative designers explore ideas using pencil
and analytic thinking are required and paper to avoid creating with-
for design layouts and rendering. in the limits of whatever computer
If the executor is merely following fonts, clipart, stock photos, or ren-
a sketch, script or instructions (as dering filters (e.g. Kai’s Power Tools)
may be supplied by an art director) are available on any particular con-
they are not usually considered the figuration. Others use many differ-
author. The layout is produced using ent mark-making tools and resources
external traditional or digital image from computers to sticks and mud as
editing tools. Selecting the appropri- a means of inspiring creativity. One of
ate tools for each project is critical the key features of graphic design is
in how the project will be perceived that it makes a tool out of appropri-
by its audience. ate image selection in order to convey
meaning.[9]
In the mid 1980s, the arrival of desk-
top publishing and graphic art soft-
ware applications introduced a gen-
eration of designers to computer
image manipulation and creation that
had previously been manually execut-
ed. Computer graphic design enabled
designers to instantly see the effects
of layout or typographic, and to sim-
ulate the effects of traditional me-
dia without requiring a lot of space.
However, traditional tools such as
pencils or markers are often used to
develop ideas even when computers
are used for finalization.

Computers are generally considered

to be an indispensable tool used in the
graphic design industry. Computers
and software applications are gener-
ally seen, by creative professionals,
as more effective production tools
than traditional methods. However,
some designers continue to use manu-
al and traditional tools for produc-
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 Headquartered in river-
ton, utah, bower & co. photog-
raphy is the world’s leading
creator and distributor of im-
agery, and a recognized provid-
er of premium digital content.
Founded in 2005, the company
now serves customers in more
than
100 countries and is the first
place many creative and pub-
lishing professionals turn to
discover, purchase and manage
images and other digital con-
tent. Our award-winning pho-
tographers and imagery help
customers produce inspiring
work which appears every day-
in the world’s most influential
newspapers, magazines, adver-
tising campaigns, films, televi-
sion programs, books and web-
sites. Ourproducts are licensed
through company-owned of-
fices, a global network of del-
egates, who act as sales agents
in countries where wedo not
have wholly-owned offices, and viders, we offer a comprehensive
distributors. We pioneered the and user-friendly solution for
solution to aggregate and dis- our customers’ content needs.
tribute visual content and, since Our goal is to be the leading dig-
2005, have made much of the vi- ital content provider in every
sual content industry’s leading major market, offering commu-
imagery available through mul- nications professionals
tiple websites, including www.is- content and related servic-
tockphoto.com, and www.wirei- es at multiple price points
mage.com. on multiple platforms.
We provide high quality,
relevant digital content to:
creative professionals at ad-
vertising agencies, graphic de-
sign firms, corporations,
film and broadcasting compa-
nies; editorial customers in-
volved in newspaper, magazine,
book, CD and online publishing;
and corporate marketing de-
partments and other business
customers. By aggregating the
content of our various leading
imagery collections on the web
and partnering with other con-
tent owners and imagery pro-
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 MOE
films
Film encompasses individual Traditional films are made
motion pictures, the field of film as up of a series of individual images
an art form, and the motion picture called frames. When these images
industry. Films are produced by re- are shown rapidly in succession, a
cording images from the world with viewer has the illusion that motion
cameras, or by creating images us- is occurring. The viewer cannot see
ing animation techniques or special the flickering between frames due
effects. to an effect known as persistence
of vision, whereby the eye retains
Films are cultural artifacts a visual image for a fraction of a
created by specific cultures, which second after the source has been
reflect those cultures, and, in turn, removed. Viewers perceive motion
affect them. Film is considered to be due to a psychological effect called
an important art form, a source of beta movement.
popular entertainment and a pow-
erful method for educating — or
indoctrinating — citizens. The visu-
al elements of cinema gives motion
pictures a universal power of com-
munication. Some films have become
popular worldwide attractions
by using dubbing or subtitles that
translate the dialogue.
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Broadcasting is the distribution of au- equipment in homes, the latter also en-
dio and/or video signals which trans- ables subscription-based channels and
mit programs to an audience. The au- pay-per-view services.
dience may be the general public or a
relatively large sub-audience, such as The term “broadcast” originally re-
children or young adults. ferred to the sowing of seeds by scat-
tering them over a wide field. It was
The sequencing of content in a broad- adopted by early radio engineers from
cast is called a schedule. As with all the Midwestern United States to re-
technological endeavours, a number of fer to the analogous dissemination of
technical terms and slang have devel- radio signals. Broadcasting forms a
oped. A list of these terms can be found very large segment of the mass media.
at list of broadcast- Broadcasting to a very narrow range
ing terms. Televi- of audience is called narrowcasting.
sion and radio
programs are Economically there are a few ways in
distributed which stations are able by volunteers
through ra- (common with community broadcast-
dio broad- ers)
casting or * direct government payments or
cable, of- operation of public broadcasters
ten both * indirect government payments,
simultane- such as radio and television licenses
ously. By * grants from foundations or busi-
coding sig- ness entities
nals and * selling advertising or sponsorships
having decod- * public subscription or membership
i n g
Broadcasters may rely on a combina-
tion of these business models. For ex-
ample, National Public Radio, a non-
commercial network within the United
States, receives grants from the Cor-
poration for Public Broadcasting
(which in turn receives funding from
the U.S. government), by public mem-
bership, and by selling “extended
credits” to corporations.
Contents
The first regular television broad-
casts began in 1937. Broadcasts can
be classified as recorded or live. The
former allows correcting errors,
and removing superfluous or unde-
sired material, rearranging it, ap-
plying slow-motion and repetitions,
and other techniques to enhance the
program. However some live events
like sports telecasts can include some
of the aspects including slow motion
clips of important goals/hits etc in
between the live telecast.
American radio network broadcast-
ers habitually forbade prerecorded
broadcasts in the 1930s and 1940s re-
quiring radio programs played for
the Eastern and Central time zones
to be repeated three hours later for
the Pacific time zone. This restriction
was dropped for special occasions,
as in the case of the German dirigible
airship Hindenburg at Lakehurst, New
Jersey in 1937. During World War II,
prerecorded broadcasts from war
correspondents were allowed on U.S.
radio. In addition, American radio pro-
grams were recorded for playback by
Armed Forces Radio stations around
the world.
A disadvantage of recording first is
that the public may know the outcome
of an event from another source,
which may be a spoiler. In addition,
prerecording prevents live announc-
ers from deviating from an official-
ly-approved script, as occurred with
propaganda broadcasts from Germa-
ny in the 1940s and with Radio Moscow
in the 1980s.
Many events are advertised as be-
ing live, although they are often “re-
corded live” (sometimes called “live-
to-tape”). This is particularly true of
performances of musical artists on
radio when they visit for an in-studio
concert performance. This intention-
al blurring of the distinction between
live and recorded media is viewed with
chagrin among many music lovers.
Similar situations have sometimes ap-
peared in television (“The Cosby Show
is recorded in front of a live studio
audience”).
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