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Thursday 13th February 2025

Film industry

LO: To research key terminology & context surrounding the film industry.

A franchise is a business whereby the owner licenses its operations—along with its products, branding, and knowledge—in exchange for a franchise fee.    

A distributor is a business or entity that purchases products from manufacturers or suppliers and resells them to retailers or end customers

In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios

A short, edited promotional video to generate interest in an upcoming film and announce its release date

1. Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, Universal and Columbia.

2. To make sure its noticed by the audience

Do Now

Thursday 27th February 2025

1. ? X A series of films based on an original idea

2. ? X Markets the film and organisers the distribution of the film 

3. ? X A large production company that dominates Hollywood

4. A small video showing some parts of a film X A poster or trailer that initiates interest in a film with small details only

5. ? X High budget film that is expected to be successful so it supports smaller riskier productions

Film Industry

LO: to explore the process of film making

Production:

Distribution:

Marketing:

Exhibition:

Vertical Integration

• Warner Bros produces it 
• Warner Bros distributes it and markets it using it Time Warner Companies (companies owned by Warner Bros)
• Warner Village Cinemas get the first rights and a longer time window to show it and other cinemas

Preproduction

Scripts, Storyboards

Production

 

Post Production

Editing

Producers 

1. Who is the executive production company for No Time To Die?

EON Productions

2. Are they part of a conglomerate?

Yes

3. Is it a studio film with high production values or an independent with low production Values?

High Production Values

Do Now

Thursday 20th March 2025

1. ? X Selling the film

2. ? X Covid Pandemic

3. ? X Heineken Advert, Teaser Trailer

4. ? X Billie Eilish

5. ? X Bauer Radio Dedicated Station to Bond Music

Circulation and Regulation

How do you watch films?

Circulation is the process of exhibiting (showing) the film across a range of different media platforms

Exhibition takes place in the following order

1. Cinema release

2. DVD release

3. Free to air

1. How long was NTTD in cinemas in the UK?

2-3 Months   1 Month

2. How much money did it make at the box office?

$774 Million

3. Was it released on DVD, VOD, PPV simultaneously?

?   No - digital download a month after cinema, DVD a month after that

Regulation

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Do Now

Thursday 3rd April 2025

1. ¿

2. ?                             

3. viewers, people who watch something

4. 12-25 Fortnite

5. 1 Minute 1 Mark 

Eon Productions/MGM

Media convergence is the process by which multiple media technologies are brought together into one computerised device. For example, smartphones can do the jobs which newspapers, GPS's, and telephones used to accomplish separately

Describe the example of marketing

Example from NTTD

Link this to the platform it was used on and wide marketing 

The film industry markets and distributes a film through a teaser/trailer 

The archers website appeals to users through

Do Now

Thursday 24th April 2025

1. ? Showing the film

2. ? Cinema, DVD, Free to air TV

3. ? 1 Month

4. ? 12A-Cinema, 12 DVD

5. ?

Audience Appeal

Active — Audience — Choices

Personal Identity

- Media products allows audiences to find role models and other          people with similar values

Information

- Any info can be learned through different forms of media 

Entertainment

- Use of media to escape the humdrum of their everyday lives

Social Interaction

- The ability of media products to produce a topic of conversation between other people

The theory of Uses And Gratification identified entertainment as appealing to the audience because they can escape the boredom of everyday life.

We can see this in gaming through Fortnite where players can play as different skins in different realities.

This shows that the theory of entertainment in U&G applies to gaming because many audiences use games such as Fortnite as an escape to entertain themselves.

Do Now

Thursday 1st May 2025

1. Personal identity

2. Information

3. Entertainment

4. Social interaction

5. DEL

Audience Appeal

Entertainment – watching it – Action - Driving/Car chase 

Film Posters - Information 

Film Trailers - Entertainment

Website - Information

Merchandise - Personal identity

Billboards (bus stops/busses)

The theory of U&G identified entertainment as appeal to the audience because its action packed and can be an escape to our everyday lives

We can see this in NTTD trailer through

This shows that the theory of entertainment in U&G applies to NTTD trailer because

Do Now

Thursday 8th May 2025

1. 

2. Merchandise

3. Film Trailers

4. Website

5. 

Film industry audience expectations

Trailer

Information

Posters

Merchandise

Having actors from previous films is appealing because the audience would want to watch

Phoebe Waller Bridge second female to work on a bond script

Do Now

Thursday 15th May 2025

1. EON Productions and MGM

2. Universal Pictures and United Artists 

3. 12A

4. 12

5. Wider audience and don't put off adults

 

Film Industry Exam structure

3A. Who produced NTTD?

EON Productions

3B. Briefly explain what a media conglomerate is.

A company that owns other companies.

An example of this is warner bros who own

3C. Convergence is Media - multiple devices

EG. Watching a film, tablet or TV

4D. NTTD is promoted through posters

Technology is used in films to appeal to the audience because 

We can see this in NTTD through

This shows that the technology helps to appeal to the audience and promote the film because

4A. 

4B. NTTD targets the audience through their website 

4C. The theory of U&G identified entertainment as appealing to the audience because 

Do Now

Thursday 22nd May 2025

1. Large company that owns other companies

2. Merging of two media forms

3. Age, gender, ethnicity etc

4. Action, traditional roles, spy, thriller

5. Personal identity, Information, Entertainment, Social interaction

Set text and audience expectations

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. its unrealistic such as the plane turning into a sub

7. 

8. Car chase scenes and action

9. 

10. 

Do Now

Thursday 5th June 2025

1. Warner Bros

2. Warner Bros

3. EON

4. 

5. 

1. Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Sony Pictures

2. The main aim of a film marketing campaign is to increase awareness of a movie and encourage audience members to see it, ultimately driving ticket sales and maximising profit.         

3. Poster Campaign, Trailers