Film

Something new spreading

fast – an example is social

media

A large organisation that

owns many subsidiary

companies

A conglomerate that can

produce its own

merchandise, video games,

music, comics, books, sell

them on their own website,

shops/parks. This is called…

When companies come

together this is called…

When a film is marked

across many different

platforms this is called…

This stage involves getting

the green light, budget, star

appeal, repetition and

difference, technology,

cast & crew – experience

and film rights

This term means that a

person creates their own

forms of media

When a person watches a

film on any platform they

are called…

Dreamworks SKG and

Lionsgate are examples of

this. Not pat of The Big 6

but are regarded as…

The change is audience

patterns suggests which

age group is going to the

cinema the most

Some say that the British film industry is

approaching its death. Do you agree?

• Does your case study prove the industry is dying or is it successful?

• Do the classifications of British films offer any help to rejuvenate the

industry?

• Would Doyle and Lord Smith agree or disagree with this statement?

• What has helped or hindered the film’s success?

• How has the changing ways institutions can market the film been

exploited by your case study?

• The British film industry is mostly independent.

• Inbetweeners 2 - How was the film’s success boosted by the TV

programme and the first film (pre-audience)?

Level 4

Explanation/analysis/argument (16-20 marks) Shows excellent understanding of the task Excellent knowledge and understanding of institutional/audience

practices – factual knowledge is relevant and accurate A clear and developed argument, substantiated by detailed reference to

case study material Clearly relevant to set question

Use of examples (16-20 marks) Offers frequent evidence from case study material – award marks to

reflect the range and appropriateness of examples from case study and/or own experience

Offers examples which are clearly relevant to the set question

Use of terminology (8-10 marks) Use of terminology is relevant and accurate

Complex issues have been expressed clearly and fluently. Sentences and paragraphs,

consistently relevant, have been well structured, using appropriate technical

terminology. There may be few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• Category A: films made with British money, personnel and resources.

• Category B: films co-funded with money from Britain and from foreign

investment, but the majority of finance, cultural content and personnel are

British.

• Category C: films with mostly foreign (but not USA) and a small British input,

either financially or creatively.

• Category D: films made with the UK with (usually) British cultural content, but

financed fully or partly by American companies.

• Category E: American films with some British involvement.

What impacts the way films are produced,

marketed, distributed and viewed by

audiences?

TerminologyIndependent company, commercial institution, studio system, social media,

audience consumption, technological convergence, digital revolution

• There is no coherent British film industry in the way that radio

programmes or books are produced, distributed and sold in Britain.

• There is no large film company which can, from its own turnover and

backers, finance movies – least of all for distribution on a global scale.

• Finance for British films is cobbled together from a variety of sources.

Predominantly, money comes from the US majors.

• Television may also provide some funding. Channel 4 has been a

relatively significant supporter of low-budget British films.

• The BBC puts only 1 per cent of its budget into film production.

• The British National Lottery has also given some money, to be

administered through the UK Film Council.

• What are legally defined as British films (and so eligible for certain tax

concessions) may be made largely by British workers, but often are

funded by US money – companies such as Miramax.

Doyle (2002)

‘The small size of the domestic UK market

and the disaggregated structure of the

industry prevent the indigenous

production sector [British film makers]

from growing beyond a cottage

industry.’

Doyle v The Lord Smith Report 2012

LORD SMITH REPORT (2012)

Bring film education into every school.

Encourage major broadcasters (on TV) to invest more in the screening,

acquisition and production of independent British films.

Stage an annual "British film week".

Ensure a more collaborative approach between producers, directors

and distributors and reinvest money from successful movies into further

production.

Strengthen investment in training and skills development.

Broaden access to films in remote and rural areas by providing

equipment and facilities to local film societies and community halls.

Renew efforts to combat piracy.

Doyle: the British film industry will never grow; it is a ‘cottage industry’.

Assessed homework task

Some say that the British film industry is

approaching its death. Do you agree?

• Does your case study prove the industry is dying or is it successful?

• Do the classifications of British films offer any help to rejuvenate the

industry?

• Would Doyle and Lord Smith agree or disagree with this statement?

• What has helped or hindered the film’s success?

• How has the changing ways institutions can market the film been

exploited by your case study?

• How was the film’s success boosted by the TV programme and the first

film (pre-audience)?

• The British film industry is mostly independent. Is Bwark typical of an

independent film maker?

1000 words, 12pt typed by Friday 13th February, 2015

Who are The Big 6 & mini

majors?

What are their subsidiary companies?

Frozen (2013) (Disney – The Walt Disney

Company) $1,274,219,009

Transformers 4 (2014) (Paramount –

Viacom) $1,091,405,097

Fast and Furious 7 (2015)(Universal –

NBC) $1.1 billion worldwide

A Field in England (2013)–

Channel 4 & Rook Films

$32,846 13 cinemas

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

(2013) Baby Cow Films

$9,727,099 22 theaters

The Worlds End – Working Title –

Universal

$46,089,287

The Theory of Everything (2014)–

working title – Universal

$121,201,940

Whiplash (2014) Bold Films,

Blumhouse Productions, Right of

Way Films. Distribution – Sony

$13,092,000

Saving Lincoln (2013) Pictures from

the Fringe Lane Street Pictures

(budget $700,000)

TV Drama

Representation

Name the groups that could be on the exam

What are the stereotypes for these groups consider

Representation in

micro elements

Editing Sound

Mise-en-scene Cinematography

Vertical

Integration

Technological

Convergence

Web 3.0 Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

Exhibition Sundance

Festival

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Fast &

Furious 7

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Box Office

Mojo

3D Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

Sony Playstation

4

BFI

Tyneside

Cinema

Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomer

ate

Disney Viral/ARG Production Paramount

Pictures

The World’s

End

Saving

Lincoln

Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Big Hero 6 VOD Mulitplex Rook Films

Marvel Inbetweeners 2 Exhibition Sundance

Festival

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Multiscreen Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney The Dark Knight Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

3D Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash iPhone 6 Synergy UK Film

Council

Warp Universal Exhibition Twitter BFI

Vertical

Integration

Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production Box Office

Mojo

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Golden

Globes

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Oscars Whiplash VOD Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Fan Base Exhibition The

Theory of

Everything

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Time Warner Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG CBS A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Web 2.0

Synergy Whiplash Viacom GE UK Film

Council

Marvel Prosumer Exhibition Sundance

Festival

BFI

Web 2.0 Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Consumption

Disney Prosumer Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Rook Films Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Ownership Whiplash The Riot Club Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

Exhibition Sundance

Festival

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Technological

Convergence

Tyneside

Cinema

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Odeon Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

Imax

Aspect ratio 3D Horizontal

Integration

Gross Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Synergy UK Film

Council

Box Office

Mojo

Cross Media

Convergence

Bollywood Sundance

Festival

BFI

Inbetweener

s

Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomer

ate

Disney Paramount

Pictures

Production Transformer

s

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Multiscreen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Synergy Publicity

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

Sundance

Festival

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Web 2.0 Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Below the line Horizontal

Integration

Frozen

Distribution Whiplash Synergy UK Film

Council

Above the

line

Cross Media

Convergence

Promotions Sundance

Festival

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Odeon Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Tyneside

Cinema

Movie Pass Viral/ARG Production Warp The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Web 2.0 Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash Vertigo Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Hollywood Exhibition Sundance

Festival

BFI

Prosumer Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Consumption Blu-Ray Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Piracy UK Film

Council

iPhone Cross Media

Convergence

Streaming Marketing BFI

Film Rights Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Star Wars A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Vue

Distribution Whiplash VOD Web 2.0 UK Film

Council

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

Exhibition Sundance

Festival

Box Office

mojo

Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomer

ate

Disney Paul Walker Production Gross The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Horizontal

Integration

Domesitic

sales

Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Transformers Opening

Weekend

Synergy UK Film

Council

Inbetweener

s 2

Cross Media

Convergence

Exhibition Playstation

4

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Star appeal Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomer

ate

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

Prosumer

Aspect ratio Web 2.0 Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Whiplash VOD Consumpti

on

Marketing

Web 3.0 Cross Media

Convergence

Below the line Sundance

Festival

BFI

Consumption Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Prosumer

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Piracy Proliferation downloads Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Playstation Marketing VOD Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Cross Media

Convergence

iPhone 6 Sundance

Festival

BFI

Gross Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Box Office

Mojo

Disney Web 2.0 Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Proliferation Web 3.0 Frozen

Distribution Odeon Tyneside

Cinema

Synergy UK Film

Council

Marvel Bollywood Exhibition Time

Warner

BFI

Vertical

Integration

Above the line Convergent

Technology

Vertigo Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

DVD’s Publicity Horizontal

Integration

Frozen Digital

Screen

Network

Distribution Below the Line VOD Synergy Blu-Ray

Piracy Cross Media

Convergence

Exhibition Prosumer BFI

Consumer Technological

Convergence

Convergent

Technology

Bollywood Conglomerat

e

Disney Viral/ARG Production A Field in

England

The World’s

End

Aspect ratio Opening

weekend

Gross Frozen Distribution

Box Office

Mojo

Consumption VOD Web 2.0 UK Film

Council

The Theory of

Everything

Cross Media

Convergence

Prosumer Sundance

Festival

BFI