Reflective Analysis

Due: TODAY – Along with corrections to your Storyboard

FM2 – Section A

• ALL OF YOU WILL develop your understanding of the HOW Hollywood and the UK Film Industry differ.

Research the Hollywood Studio System Era –

Key Term: Vertical Integration

WHAT did you manage to find out?

WHAT forced Cinema ticket numbers to decline?

Title: Hollywood Global Dominance

Monday 8th December 2014

Unit FM2: Section A –Producers & Audience

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning of some of the important areas we have covered so far:

• ALL OF YOU WILL develop your understanding of the HOW Hollywood dominates the film industry, particularly in the UK.

• MOST OF YOU will be able to recognise the “CONTROL” and the Oligopoly of Hollywood.

• SOME OF YOU will be able to recognise HOW the case studies compare to your own you have researched.

• Review the Learning.

AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the film industry.

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FM2 – Section A

• MOST OF YOU will be able to recognise the “CONTROL” and the Oligopoly of Hollywood.

% - Films that Hollywood have “exploited” (Buckland – 2009) from an established entertainment franchise.

YOU MUST determine how much Hollywood utilized this strategy in 2013.YOU SHOULD address this in a % figure and use a calculator if necessary.

65% of the UKs Top 20

FM2 – Section A

• MOST OF YOU will be able to recognise the “CONTROL” and the Oligopoly of Hollywood.

% - Country of Origin

% - “Big 6” Distribution

% - 500+ Cinema Screens

% - CGI/Action/Superhero films

YOU MUST determine how much Hollywood dominated the UK Film Market in 2013.YOU SHOULD address the %areas above.

FEEDBACK% - Country of Origin

% - “Big 6” Distribution

% - 500+ Cinema Screens

% - CGI/Action/Superhero films

100

95

80

60

HOW much of this remains in the UK?

Using the handout provided, YOU MUST highlight some of the statistics that establish Hollywoods dominance of the film industry.YOU SHOULD be prepared to feedback your views to the rest of the class.

FEEDBACK

Accounted for $25billion of the $35billion in Global Box-Office sales last year –

71%http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/business/media/hollywood-works-to-maintain-its-world-dominance.html?_r=0

Big 6

Case StudyKey term: Multi-Media Conglomerate

• Owned by News Corporation – who also own Sky Television, the “red top tabloid” newspapers in the UK such as The Sun and other huge TV Networks in the US and around the World.

WHY is this important?

‘Pearl Harbour’ (2001 – Dir. Jerry Bruckheimer)

Case Study

Distributed by: Production Budget: $151.5mBox-Office Takings: $450m

The return on the investment occurred over an 8-10 year period in the form of:

• 22% - US Theatres• 22% - International Theatres • 22% - US Video and DVD Sales• 14% - International Video and DVD Sales• 12% - Domestic Television (US)• 8% - International Television

Plenary –What have you

learnt?

• Review the Learning.

Key Term: Hegemony

Hollywood is the Global and Dominant force in the Film Industry –To what extent do you agree with this view?

YOU MUST support your opnion with at least x2 statistics from todays lesson.YOU SHOULD aim to include more than x2 statistics.

Homework

Due: Next Lesson – Tuesday 9th December – Period 3

Go to the link:

WHAT emerging film markets are threatening the dominance of Hollywood?

Write your views on ½ a page in your exercise book.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/business/media/hollywood-works-to-maintain-its-world-dominance.html?_r=0