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poster of Balance 1950
Rating: 6/10 by 1 users

Balance 1950 (1951)

A visual précis of the annual report of chemicals giant ICI

Directing:
  • Peter Sachs
Writing:
  • Roger MacDougall
Stars:
Release Date: Mon, Jan 01, 1951

Rating: 6/10 by 1 users

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Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 00 hour 08 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: economics, report
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CinemaSerf

This is quite a quirky animation that uses arithmetical symbols and balance sheet lines to augment a narrative that demonstrate just how the £226,000,000 revenue of industrial giant ICI was arrived at. Then it takes us on a little executive summary, if you like, of it's expenses: £135,000,000 spent on raw materials, transportation, fuel, logistics, Then there's the staff - "a fiver for the driver" amounting to another £47,000,000! Then we see another £4,000,000 allocated to accommodate the leisurely pensioners astride their hammocks in the sunshine. £9,000,000 then goes on things that will need to be replaced - wear and tear, spiralling inflation etc. Next, £13,500,000 invested in the business to keep it robust - the seeding of new business for harvesting later. £12,500,000 goes into the public kitty via taxation and then we have £5,000,000 for dividends - odd how it all tallies up exactly! This is quite a fun look at how money lubricates a business and also just how quickly it can be spent. The score is lively and accompanies well the lightly-comedic narrative that uses an enjoyable series of rhymes and a basic, but effective, animated style to tell a story of just how this business spent ¼ billion pounds in 1950!


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