Film industry revision

Genre: Different types of category for film e.g horror
Genre theorist: Steven Neale - he believes that people want a sense of repetition and familiarity in the genre

 

Genre stages:

 

Primitive - When the genre is in its infancy, when its characteristics have not been defined, when the genre is not yet accepted as popular

 

Classical - When the characteristics have been defined and people know what to expect of the genre e.g horror

 

Revisionist  - Change-up of what is typically expected of a horror movie. They add in more to the mix.

 

Parodic - One that completely changed the formula of what is expected from a horror film. Horror genre mixed with elements of comedy. The makers will rip off parts from other well-known horror movies e.g Scary Movie 3, which includes The Ring, The Others, Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

Iconography - Mis-en-scene of the movie
Structure - From geek to princess
Theme - The need to belong to a group

 

Big Six:

• Disney
• Universal
• Warner Bros
• Fox
• Sony
• Paramount

 

Media Plurality - A diversity of viewpoints across media

 

Budget expenditure $60-100 million can be spent on:

• cast
• story rights
• producer+director fees
• VFX
• music rights

Vertical Integration: Production, Distribution and Consumption
Production means the making of the film
Distribution means marketing the movie;

Distributors will acquire a film for a fee and gain the rights to sell it (normally on all platforms)*

A % of box office will go back to producers (after they get back all the money they spend)

They will pay for the marketing of the film.

This marketing budget can vary massively. The last Transformers film cost $210m to make and $200m to market. Low budget horror films like The Purge were cheap to make (under $5m) but costly to market (more than $20m)

Consumption means exhibition, the cinemas, how the audience consumes it: licenced products(merchandise)
Synergy:  always mention when something is synergistic to something, e.g Merchandise is synergistic to a movie:

Fordism: Standardising the product, assembly line production


Antitrust laws in link to Vertical Integration - In the late 1940s, the US government brought an end to vertical integration and forced the studios to sell off their cinemas.

 

 

 

Snow White: Produced by Disney and distributed by Disney

Black Panther: Produced by Marvel, distributed by: Disney

You will be examined on:

• The methods of production, distribution and exhibition
• The ownership of the film industry
• The role of new technology in the film industry
• The role of regulation in the film industry
  Exam structure:
  • Intro - define key terms, explain case studies - indicate key differences (3 mins) (¼ page?)
  • Main Body 1 - SWSD background in p,d,e (7 mins) (¾ page?)
  • SWSD
    
    
    How was it produced?
    
    
    How was it distributed?
    
    
    How was it exhibited?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  • Main Body 2 - BP detailed examples (10 mins - in comparison) (1 page?)
  • BP
    
    
    How was it produced differently?
    
    
    How was it distributed differently?
    
    
    How was it exhibited differently?
    
    10 mins
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Conclusion - Bring together and answer question (what main differences, any similarities?) Future question? (5 mins) (½ page?)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    What are the main differences?
    
    
    What are the main similarities?
    
    
    What does the future of the film industry hold? (1 sentence)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  Explain the differences in production, distribution and exhibition between SWSD and BP
  
  
  Keywords to define.
  
  
  Explain case studies (1 sentence)
  
  
  Outline key differences (1 sentence)