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Straight Outta Compton Marketing

Marketing is a_part_of_a_film_s_distribution_and_is_the_responsibility_of_the_film_distributors from JoshuaDudusola

Gender Norm

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Production and funding

Production funding.pdf from JoshuaDudusola

Historical and Contemporary task.

Historical Task: One example from the cover of Women’s Realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limited by the narrow range of magazine distributors during the time period, can be found in the cover lines of the edition. These cover line only feature articles and products about homemaking, children and gardening. This supports the idea because there is no variety as all the cover lines are a stereotypical view about what women can do. Another example from the cover of Women’s Realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limited by the narrow range of magazine distributors during the time period, can be found in the cover lines of the edition. The brown/ creme theme isn't very appealing and eye catching which isn't the norm for magazines as successful magazines aim to sell by catching the audience eye. An example from the contents page of Women’s Realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limit...

What are the three stages of production? Production and Distribution Comparison.

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Film Industry Podcast Notes

Ep1: Hollywood film producers find a formula for film production that works and follow it. People fear investment in new and independent productions so funding can be very difficult In the UK the biggest funders are the BFI who wish to grow film talents in the UK. I ndependent films in majority tend to fail, or if they succeed it is then unlikely the creators will produce again. Hollywood wants to invest in the UK due to tax rebates so films are subsidised. There are over 700 films a year made in the UK. Getting films financed is harder than ever. It is a challenge even to find a way to distribute a film. Even with the best story without the right people, e.g. actors, directors, producers, a film can fail. Women only contribute to 22% of jobs in the film industry. Cinemas will show whatever sells. Audiences are too generalised. Ep2: Development hell is when you produce a film on a topic that was hot one week but the next week the films no longer hot and the film...

Media Conglomerate

What is a media conglomerate? A media conglomerate, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, theme parks, or the Internet. What are the 6 major media conglomerates operating today? In the 2016 Forbes Global 2000 list, Comcast was America's largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue, with The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner, CBS Corporation & Viacom (both are controlled by National Amusements th rough super-voting shares), and  21st Century Fox  comprising the top six. What companies are owned by Disney? Pixar Walt Disney Production Animation. Lucasfilm Ltd. Marvel Studios. Disney Publishing Worldwide. A&E Networks. ABC Entertainment Group. ABC Family Worldwide. ABC Owned Television Stations.