Production Companies

The most important production companies.

Top 5

Warner Brothers
Paramount
Universal
20th Centry Fox
Disney

- Lionsgate.

Less important production companies
- WARP
- Vertigo Films.

Art/Indie Cinemas
- Curzon.
- Genesis.
- Picturehouse.
- Ritzy.
- Everyman.
- Rio.

Streaming, Netflix & Lovefilm are different ways to watch the films when they are still out in cinema, if you do not want to go and watch the films.

Terminology

Mainstream - safe genre films that are distributed to mass, national and often international audiences

Independent - films that have more localised appeal and niche audiences and that often utilise digital technologies to create 'brand awareness'. Independent films do not have access to extensive distribution networks.

Production - the physical film making process

Distribution - getting the films out to cinemas and paying for the advertising and marketing

Exchange - OCR's commonly used terminology

Multinational Conglomerate - large organisations whose business interests are global, utilising synergy and convergence and also cross media ownership.

Monopoly - where one company dominates the market

Oligopoly - where four or more companies dominate the market

The Big Six - the four international organisations that dominate film distribution and form the oligopoly of ownership (owned by multi national conglomerates

Globalisation - where films are distributed around the work through elaborate cross media networks

Horizontal Integration - where one media company acquires another media company in the same sector eg Vue acquiring Warner Village Cinemas in 2003

Vertical Integration - where the means or production and distribution are controlled by one company

Digital technologies - primarily this refers to how the internet has changed the industry including advertising through and on websites, online distribution, streaming, legal and illegal downloading eg. through YouTube (file sharing)

Synergy - where two or more compatible products sell each other eg. a film and CD (8 Mile)

Merchandising - where the popularity of film are manipulated through the sales of spinoff goods eg. t-shirts and associated clothing, wristbands, stickers, badges and mugs

Cross media ownership - where companies have interest in a range of media eg Sony and Gaming, film Distribution, electronic (media related) devices

Convergence where film is advertised using a range of media platforms but also becomes available on one platform - the internet.

Independant cinemas

Warp

Warp films were first launched in 2001.
Warp film productions include films such as; Dead man shoes, This is England.
For the films such as This is England the budget of the film was £1,472,500.
Dead mans shoes budget was £723,000.
By looking at each of the budgets you can see straight away which is going to be the better film because of the amount of money that was meant to make the film.

 

Vertigo Films

Vertigo films Productions are included in the films Horrid Henry and Springbreakers.
For the film Streetdance 3D the budget was £3.5 million.
For the film Springbreaker the budget was $5million This is the money that is spent on the film to be made.

The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant

Uk release date?
25th October 2013
Institutions behind the films production and disturbution ?
whats the films production budget?
£1.4million
Nationality of the film?
British
What kind of production is it?
Small independent UK film.
Any connections with other films?
cartoon version of the film.
Whos the director?
Clio Barnard
Any star names in the cast?
Conner Chapman,
Shaun Thomas,
Sean Gilder.
Whats the films about?Cannes film festival, the selfish giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old arbor. excluded from school and outsiders in their neighborhood. natural gift with horses. keen to impress him and make some money.
Who will the film appeal to?
The film appeals too teenagers over 15. This film is certificated 15.

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Youtube reviews & Interviews



Trailer

Blockbuster Hunger Games Catching fire.

Hunger Games Catching Fire

UK release date?
21st November 2013.

Institutions behind the films production and distribution?



Whats the films production budget?
$130-$140 million.

Nationality of the film?
American.

What kind of production is it?
Lionsgate

Any connections with other films?
Hunger Games 1.

Who's the director?
Francis Lawrence.

Any star names in the cast?
Jennifer Lawrence
Josh Hutcherson
Liam Hemsworth
Woody Harrelson
Elizabeth Banks.

Whats the film about?
People fighting to survive in an arena.

Who will this film appeal to?
The film is certificated 12A

Reviews

Youtube reviews and interviews  

 

 

 

Marketing

 

My Swede Idea

The film i want to swede is Step Brothers.

 Setting - The setting would be in the brothers house, When the brothers are laying in bed talking to eachother. Either this or when one one brothers touches someone else's stuff and the other brother goes mad.
Props and costume - The props that i would need would be beds for when the brothers are talking, or when they are touching each others things, could use an xbox or other console. The costume that would be needed would be casual clothes depening on what scene would be sweded. Other scenes such as when they are being interviewed they are wearing suits.
Dialogue -

Dale Doback: The only reason you're living here is because me and my dad decided that your mom was really hot, and maybe we should just both bang her, and we'll put up with the retard in the meantime.
Dale Doback: Hey man. Did you touch my drumset?
Brennan Huff: [Brennan nods his head]
Brennan Huff: Nope.
Dale Doback: It's just weird, 'cause, it seems like someone definitely touched my drumset.
Brennan Huff: Yeah, that is weird, 'cause I didn't touch 'em.
Dale Doback: [Dale throws Brennan's feet off the couch]
Brennan Huff: Hey!
Dale Doback: [angrily] Did you touch my drumset?
Brennan Huff: Hey, knock it off!
Dale Doback: I know you touched my drumstick, 'cause the left one has a chip in it
Brennan Huff: Are you fucking crazy, man? You sound insane. Do you realize that? You should be medicated.
Dale Doback: Fuck you Brennan! I know you touched my drumset, and I wanna hear that dirty little mouth admit it.
Brennan Huff: Get out of my face, or I'm gonna roundhouse your ass!
Dale Doback: You swear on your mom's life that you didn't touch it then!
Brennan Huff: I don't have to swear to shit!
Dale Doback: That's 'cause you fucking touched my drumset! 'Cause I know COPS doesn't start 'till 4:00!
Brennan Huff: [Brennan begins to leave the room]
Dale Doback: Where you going?
Brennan Huff: I'm going upstairs... 'cause I'm gonna put my nutsack, on your drumset! Okay?
[Brennan continues to walk upstairs towards his drumset]
Dale Doback: If you do that - I'm warning you, right now! If you touch my drums, I will stab you, in the neck, with a knife!

Swedes

This is one of the swedes that i like. The film that is being sweded is Mean Girls. Which is a teenage chickflick. i like this swede as it pretty much tells you the film and acts out one of the scene. The characters can be acted by both genders even though the actors in the actual film are all girls. This video had 589 views.


This is another swede hat i like. The film that is being sweded is Step brothers. Step brothers is a comedy film. i like the swede because it relates a lot to the film, if they couldnt use the props that were in the actual film they thought of others that could realte and were appropriate to be in the swede. This video has 397 views.


This is another swede that i liked. The film was Charlie and the chocolate factory. The way they acted this out and tried to make the characters like they were in the actual film fitted well. They worked well on the props and made them appropriate and the same as they would be in the film. The facial expressions of the characters looked like they were having fun, this would be the same in the original film. This video has 155 views.