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:
Saturday, 5 January 2013
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?
Monday, 27 February 2012
Oscars Research Task
Who were the big winners in last night's Oscars?
What film won Best Film?
Who won in the major categories?
Was it a good night for the British Film industry? Give reasons for your answer.
Look back on your Golden Globes research notes. What films did well at both the 2012 Golden Globes and the 2012 Oscars?
Did any film do well at the Oscars, but was not nominated for a Golden Globe?
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Mark Kermode on Digital Distribution and Exhibition
Have a listen to Mark Kermode reading extracts from his book 'The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex' at http://www.onlyamovie.co.uk/audio/
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