Introduction to the film industry

Industry is something that makes something; the process of making a media product.

BBFC - British board of film classification

The purpose of a media product is to make money 

The birth of film was in the late 19th and very early 20th century, one of the first films was called Le Jardinier et le petit Espiègle, which was released in 1895 and was similar to a famous genre of film later found, slap-stick comedy as the film contained comedic values, with a boy stopping the water flow until the older man pointed the hose towards his face in which the boy took his foot off the pipe. the film has similarities to films now; there were actors, it was a comedy which is still a popular genre today, it has a storyline, it has violence and conflict. The ideology of the producer in the film is to not mess around, the boy gets smacked multiple times after messing around. 

Classical Hollywood cinema  - cinema as a production line; film making practices, particularly those implemented in Hollywood, saw film making become a finely honed industrial process. When describing the 'classic' era of Hollywood production, we often use the term 'classical Hollywood narrative'. 

The studio system - a method of film production dominated by a small number of major studios in                                      Hollywood.

conglomeration - a media conglomerate, media group is a company that owns numerous companies                                involved in mass media enterprises such as television, radio, motion picture, etc. a                                collection of things.

exhibition - to present or to show your media product.

convergence - 

distribution - getting your media product out there to the audience; could be physical or digital.

digital technologies -

regulation - rules that a media product must follow; the age indication 

production - the process of making a media product.  

post production - editing, re-recording, sound effects, etc.

Recent developments in film distribution and exhibition : 

- new technology; digital cameras; digital technology is any type of technology that uses a computer§

- companies like Netflix allow people to watch films much easier 

- things like DVD's are outdated now

Key theory 14 - the cultural industries - David Hesmondhalgh:

Horizontal integration - where a company buys other companies in the same sector to reduce the                                               competition for audiences; Curry's buying PC World to own more of the                                               market; Apple; Disney

Vertical integration - Where a company buys up the other companies involved in different stages of                                      the production and circulation, now illegal in the UK for the film industry;                                            incredibly uncompetitive.

Conglomeration - A conglomerate is a corporation that consists of a group of businesses dealing                                       products  or services; conglomeration is the process of a conglomerate being                                         formed; Disney is a huge example of a conglomerate.

Universal pictures:

Universal pictures is a famous film studio currently, with it's latest releases being the new Johnny English, Halloween, Mamma Mia and loads more. It was founded in 1912 and now serves worldwide, having a revenue of $4.2 billion in 2011, its parent is NBCUniversal and owns multiple companies including DreamWorks animation, High Top releasing, Amblin partners. It was founded by Carl Laemmle and a group of others. Universal's highest grossing film was Jurassic world, which grossed a total of $652 million after its release in 2015. it's parent, NBCUniversal, is an American multinational media conglomerate owned by Comcast and headquartered in New York. 

Legendary Pictures:

Founded in 2000 by Thomas Tull and concluded an agreement in 2005 with Warner Bros and Universal pictures to co-produce and co-finance films. Since 2016, Legendary has been a subsidiary of the chinese conglomerate Wanda group.