A movie producer sent the following memo to the head of the movie studio. “We need to increase the funding for the movie Working Title by 10% in order to ensure a quality product. As you know, we are working with a first-time director, whose only previous experience has been shooting commercials for a shampoo company. Since the advertising business is notoriously wasteful, it stands to reason that our director will expect to be able to shoot take after take, without concern for how much time is being spent on any one scene. In addition, while we have saved money by hiring relatively inexperienced assistant producers and directors, this savings in salary will undoubtedly translate to greater expenditures in paying the actors and unionized crew overtime for the extra hours they will spend on the set waiting for the assistant directors and producers to arrange things. If we don’t get this extra money, the movie is virtually assured to be a failure.” Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumption proves unwarranted.
The argument that the producer makes about the need for extra budget for the movie is based on a series of assumptions. these assumptions are not provided with any evidences to support it. thus the argument made is very weak. Had the author provided us with facts and figures, we would be able to understand the argument better. The assumptions made are explained in the following paragraphs.
First and foremost, the assumption that the producer makes is that the advertising industry and the film industry are same. he assumes that similar amount of money or re-takes taken will be needed in a movie as in a short ad film. The accuracy required in an ad-film will be more because a lot of zoom-ins and nitty-gritty are required to be squeezed in a few seconds. where as in the a movie, we have a few hours to display everything. thus, probably the number of retakes will be less.probably, a handful scenes be over in just one shot as well. Had the producer given us the details about the number of scenes, number of re-takes and money required in both ad-films and movies required, the we will be able to make a better judgement. In the absence of it, the argument is weak.
Secondly, the producer says that as the director is from the advertising background, he will take a lot of time to get a particular scene properly. just because of someone's background, you cannot say assume something about the person. probably, this director has the speciality of completing an ad-film in one take and he hopes to translate this into the movies as well. if this happens, the a lot of time and money will saved as almost all the scenes will be completed in one take. also, completing any scene in few takes depends not only on the director but also on the actors. if the actors perform according to director's plan, then it can be completed faster, if not so, then the director has to take multiple takes. As the producer hasn't given any information about the directors or the actors who are part of the film. In lieu of the absence of this information, the argument is weak.
Next, initially the producer states that the extra budget is required because the director may take a lot of time to get one scene right and in the end he states that the assistant director and producer will extra time in getting things arranged. The producer here is confounded about exactly where is the extra time being invested and where is the extra budget required? is it for the expensive locations that the director wants or is it because the director takes multiple shots before finalising the scene. Had the author shared the details about the time required by assistant producers, assistant directors, director and actors respectively, we would have a better understanding about the argument. As we are unaware about them, the argument is weak.
In conclusion, the producer has not given us a lot of details about the director, assistant directors and producers, actors, the time spent by each person and the budget allocated to each department, the argument is weak. Had he provided us all these semantics, the argument would have strenghtened.
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Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 17 15
No. of Words: 547 350
No. of Characters: 2522 1500
No. of Different Words: 195 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.836 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.611 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.578 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 167 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 131 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 106 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 51 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 32.176 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 20.339 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.412 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.372 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.574 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.244 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 121, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: These
...ie is based on a series of assumptions. these assumptions are not provided with any e...
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Line 5, column 125, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: He
...ndustry and the film industry are same. he assumes that similar amount of money or...
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Line 5, column 370, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Where
...quired to be squeezed in a few seconds. where as in the a movie, we have a few hours ...
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Line 5, column 370, Rule ID: WHERE_AS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'whereas'?
Suggestion: whereas
...quired to be squeezed in a few seconds. where as in the a movie, we have a few hours to ...
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Line 5, column 382, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'a' is left.
Suggestion: the; a
... squeezed in a few seconds. where as in the a movie, we have a few hours to display e...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 438, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Thus
...have a few hours to display everything. thus, probably the number of retakes will be...
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Line 5, column 691, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'we'?
Suggestion: the; we
...d in both ad-films and movies required, the we will be able to make a better judgement...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 149, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Just
...ime to get a particular scene properly. just because of someones background, you can...
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Line 9, column 236, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Probably
... say assume something about the person. probably, this director has the speciality of co...
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Line 9, column 372, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...translate this into the movies as well. if this happens, the a lot of time and mon...
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Line 9, column 389, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'a' is left.
Suggestion: the; a
...to the movies as well. if this happens, the a lot of time and money will saved as alm...
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Line 9, column 422, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'will' requires the base form of the verb: 'save'
Suggestion: save
...ppens, the a lot of time and money will saved as almost all the scenes will be comple...
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Line 9, column 484, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
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Suggestion: Also
...e scenes will be completed in one take. also, completing any scene in few takes depe...
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Suggestion: If
...on the director but also on the actors. if the actors perform according to directo...
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Line 9, column 738, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...to take multiple takes. As the producer hasnt given any information about the directo...
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Line 13, column 373, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Is
...and where is the extra budget required? is it for the expensive locations that the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, thus, well, as to, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.6327345309 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 11.1786427146 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 13.6137724551 88% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 28.8173652695 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 55.5748502994 113% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2603.0 2260.96107784 115% => OK
No of words: 546.0 441.139720559 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7673992674 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.83390555256 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67006334814 2.78398813304 96% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 204.123752495 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.388278388278 0.468620217663 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 836.1 705.55239521 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 4.96107784431 161% => OK
Article: 16.0 8.76447105788 183% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.4422712391 57.8364921388 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.4074074074 119.503703932 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2222222222 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.22222222222 5.70786347227 56% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 16.0 5.25449101796 305% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.20758483034 85% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.67664670659 278% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.146905882904 0.218282227539 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0449844720364 0.0743258471296 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0383871940566 0.0701772020484 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0919642909737 0.128457276422 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0261929890222 0.0628817314937 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 14.3799401198 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.3550499002 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.5979740519 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.4 8.32208582834 89% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 98.500998004 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 12.3882235529 52% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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