Audiences and Institutions

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6

You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The

Big 6

One question: 45 Minutes

• The unit focuses on Media Ownership and the relationship with the audience.

• Students will demonstrate understanding of contemporary institutional processes of production, distribution, marketing and exchange/exhibition at a local, national or international level.

• Students will demonstrate understanding of British audiences’ reception and consumption.

Objectives

• You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6

• You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

• You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• Production• Marketing• Distribution and exhibition

• What do these words mean in the film industry?

• What do you know already about each stage?

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• Production – the concept of the film is developed from idea, to script, to filming to editing.

• Marketing – publicity for the film in all countries of release to create interest/hype in the lead up to theatrical release.

• Distribution – supplying the product/film to cinemas in hardware/software

• Exhibition – the showing of the film to audiences

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• Draw a flow diagram for the process of ‘film’ from start to end.

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• Film Production companies are the ‘people’ who fund the film.

• They sometimes fund a film individually, but commonly they ‘team up’ to create films together.

• Sometimes splitting roles e.g. one company funds the production, another the marketing and distribution.

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• List all the film production companies you can think of.

• Put a star beside the most successful/largest companies in your list.

• Underline all the American companies in your list.

• What is the outcome? What does it suggest about the western film industry?

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

Media Ownership

• Funding = power and success• Hollywood Conglomerates• Independent cinema

Major Film Studios• A major films studio is a film producer and distribution

company that releases a substantial number of films annually.

• The ‘Big 6’ studios are:• 20th Century Fox• Warner Bros.• Paramount• Columbia• Universal• Walt Disney Studio.

– Roughly 9/10 films in the UK are seen as a result of these distributers.

You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6

• Search ‘Major Film Studio’ in Wikipedia.

You Must• Make some key notes about the ‘Big 6’ You Should• Make a copy of the table that breaks-down the companies

and their subsidiaries.You Could• Print off the pages and highlight key information about

the development of the studios in the ‘History’ section.

I.S for next lesson

• Print off ‘High School Musical 3’ notes from the VLE.

• Print off ‘Walt Disney corporation’ read thoroughly – bring to lesson.

• Read them both before next lesson.

What did you achieve?

• You MUST understand the basics of film production and The Big 6

• You SHOULD identify the owner ship of The Big 6

• You COULD comment on the history and ‘make up’ of The Big 6