LSAT 146 – Section 3 – Question 26

LSAT 146 - Section 3 - Question 26

June 2016

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT146 S3 Q26	+LR	Weaken +Weak Link Assumption +LinkA	A 1% 156 B 2% 155 C 6% 159 D 90% 165 E 2% 157	136 145 154	+Medium	146.758 +SubsectionMedium

Film director: Although the production costs of my latest film are very high, there is little risk that the film studio will not recover these costs. Even if the film is unpopular, much of the money is being spent to develop innovative special-effects technology that could be used in future films.

Summarize Argument

The film director concludes that there’s little risk of the studio losing money on his new movie despite its high costs. This is because some of the money is being spent on special-effects technology will be used in future films.

Notable Assumptions

The film director assumes that much of the cost of the movie is being put towards developing innovative special-effects technology. If that cost was instead being put towards paying actors or elaborate set design, then the studio wouldn’t be likely to recover costs from a box-office failure. The film director also assumes that the technology will in fact be used in future films. If the technology was never used again, or only used in films that fail, then the studio wouldn’t be likely to recover costs.

Because the film studio owns the new technology, the studio will be able to control its use in any future films.

This supports the film director’s argument. The technology will be exclusive to the studio, which will perhaps give the studio the upper-hand over competitors later on.

Films that introduce innovative special-effects technologies generally draw large audiences of people who are curious about the new effects.

This suggests the film director’s film will be successful. We care about what will happen if it isn’t successful.

The production costs of this film are so high that, even if the film is popular, it is unlikely that the film’s ticket sales will offset those costs.

The film director accounts for scenarios where the film loses money. She argues that the studio will nevertheless recover those costs.

In the past, many innovative special-effects technologies were abandoned after the films for which they were developed proved to be unpopular.

The special-effects technology might never be used again. Since that’s the only way the film director sees the studio recovering costs, this defeats the film director’s argument that it’s “likely” the studio will recover costs.

The use of the new special-effects technology would lower the production costs of other films that use it.

This supports the film director’s argument. The special-effects technology will save the studio money in the long run.

LSAT 146 – Section 3 – Question 26

LSAT 146 - Section 3 - Question 26

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