-Develop a case study on a particular studio or production company. -Must be local in a contemporary film industry and must produce or distribute films into the UK. KEY TERMS- Production: Making films Distribution: Promoting films and getting them into cinemas and out on DVD/ UMD as well as any spin offs/ related products. Consumption: People paying at the cinema, renting or buying DVDs and downloading and purchasing related products. -British cinema has an ambiguous relationship with America -British film is really popular because the english language is widely known. -America has the same advantage plus they are much bigger. Their films are more expensive. FILM DISTRIBUTION : - It relies a lot on promotion - Film distribution= everything that happens in-between production and exhibition. -Film promotion is fair for all productions -Films are loaned out to cinemas. 5 MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS : United International Pictures, Warner Bros. Buena Vista Twentieth Century Fox and Sony > 9/10 films. - Smaller films have to compete with these with old fashioned technology in some cases. CLASSIFICATION : -BBFC produces guidelines 1) Legal 2) Protective 3) Social - Age limitations; U, PG, 12 & 12A, 15, 18 and R18
-Develop a case study on a particular studio or production company.
-Must be local in a contemporary film industry and must produce or distribute films into the UK.
KEY TERMS-
Production: Making films
Distribution: Promoting films and getting them into cinemas and out on DVD/ UMD as well as any spin offs/ related products.
Consumption: People paying at the cinema, renting or buying DVDs and downloading and purchasing related products.
-British cinema has an ambiguous relationship with America
-British film is really popular because the english language is widely known.
-America has the same advantage plus they are much bigger. Their films are more expensive.
FILM DISTRIBUTION :
- It relies a lot on promotion
- Film distribution= everything that happens in-between production and exhibition.
-Film promotion is fair for all productions
-Films are loaned out to cinemas.
5 MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS :
United International Pictures, Warner Bros. Buena Vista Twentieth Century Fox and Sony > 9/10 films.
- Smaller films have to compete with these with old fashioned technology in some cases.
CLASSIFICATION :
-BBFC produces guidelines
1) Legal
2) Protective
3) Social
- Age limitations; U, PG, 12 & 12A, 15, 18 and R18