Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Cinemas in Norwich
Active Research
Have a look at the films listed as showing at The Odeon, Riverside.
What sort of films dominate The Odeon schedule?
Have a look at the films listed at Cinema City, Norwich
What sort of films dominate the Cinema City schedule?
Discussion
What are the similarities and differences between the films on offer at the Odeon and the films on offer at Cinema City?
Cinema City receive funding from the Lottery; how can they justify this payment? What do they offer that is different to the Odeon? Follow this link http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/About_Us/ to find out more.
Active Research and Synthesis
Research one film that is ONLY available at Cinema City. What is the film about? Who stars in the film? Who is the film aimed at - use the plot summary and BBFC classification and make an educated guess based on the plot and genre. What film production companies produced and distributed the films? Which film would you pay to watch and why?
Have a look at the films listed as showing at The Odeon, Riverside.
What sort of films dominate The Odeon schedule?
Have a look at the films listed at Cinema City, Norwich
What sort of films dominate the Cinema City schedule?
Discussion
What are the similarities and differences between the films on offer at the Odeon and the films on offer at Cinema City?
Cinema City receive funding from the Lottery; how can they justify this payment? What do they offer that is different to the Odeon? Follow this link http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/About_Us/ to find out more.
Active Research and Synthesis
Research one film that is ONLY available at Cinema City. What is the film about? Who stars in the film? Who is the film aimed at - use the plot summary and BBFC classification and make an educated guess based on the plot and genre. What film production companies produced and distributed the films? Which film would you pay to watch and why?
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Tent Pole and Event Movies
Tent Pole and Event Movies are mega-budget films. Tent-pole movies are usually $100 Million + in terms of budget. Tent Pole movies have a huge marketing and promotional budget and have associated merchandise, including video games. Tent pole movies have become increasingly important to the major film production companies as they are seen as a good way to 'securitize' money spent on a film. In other words, tentpole films tend to be popular with audiences, which leads to good box office and DVD, Blu-Ray sales and downloads. They also attract 'tie-ins' with fast food chains like McDonalds and other brands that want to be associated with the film franchise.
Go to the web site http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php
Produce
Look at the record-breaking budgets for the movies listed. How many of the movies on the list would you describe as 'tentpole' or 'event'movies. Create a Tentpole movies Mood-Board (a mood-board is a visual prepresentation of a research topic - similar to a visual collage), that illustrates some of the tentpole movies of the past few years and a few that are forthcoming.
Tentpole research project
Choose one tentpole film that was released in 2012. Find out how much the film made at the Box Office. Find out the tie-ins and merchandising for the film. Find out how many hits the trailers attracted on You Tube. Find other examples of ways in which the film would generate money for the Film Production Company.
Based on your research and the Resource Pack below present a written response of 300 words to the following statement:
"Tentpole and Event movies are a good way to securitize investment". To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Resource Pack:
Go to the web site http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/budgets.php
Produce
Look at the record-breaking budgets for the movies listed. How many of the movies on the list would you describe as 'tentpole' or 'event'movies. Create a Tentpole movies Mood-Board (a mood-board is a visual prepresentation of a research topic - similar to a visual collage), that illustrates some of the tentpole movies of the past few years and a few that are forthcoming.
Tentpole research project
Choose one tentpole film that was released in 2012. Find out how much the film made at the Box Office. Find out the tie-ins and merchandising for the film. Find out how many hits the trailers attracted on You Tube. Find other examples of ways in which the film would generate money for the Film Production Company.
Based on your research and the Resource Pack below present a written response of 300 words to the following statement:
"Tentpole and Event movies are a good way to securitize investment". To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Resource Pack:
Friday, 4 January 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Independent Film Company
AS Film Studies: FM2 Producers and Audiences
Researching an Independent Film Production Company
What is an Independent Film? Wikipedia 'Independent Film' for a definition.
Why are film festivals important for Independent Films?
Go further down the Wikipedia page and you will find a list of Independent Film Production Companies (the list starts with Film4 Productions).
Choose an Independent Film Production Company to research.
Does the company specialise in any film genre or style?
Does the company produce high budget films?
How does the company finance it's films? (Co-productions? Government funding? BFI? Regional Funding? Private Investors?)
Is the company Vertically Integrated?
Is the company Horizontally Integrated?
What are the advantages of being an Independent Film Production Company?
What are the disadvantages?
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