BEN MOLYNEUX

Unit 26-Old Films For New

unit 26-Production Context And Factors Influencing That Contexts

Financial Determinants- This refers to the amount of money available to the filmmakers. For instance, if a firm such as Dream Works, the financial determents they have will be high and as a result they can be much more flexible with their finances compared to a lower reputation firm. Despite this, most firms tend to spend a little amount on their film so they can achieve the highest amount of profit as possible.
Technologies of production-Film Production Technology are the skills to within a filming production team, such as the director, screenwriter, editor, colourist, cinematographer and director of photography.
Distribution and exhibition- Distribution and exhibition is how the film itself is distributed/released. For instance most films are released via the cinema as people prefer to watch films and new films out at the cinema as the experience is better and people like to go for a ‘day out’ to the cinema. Furthermore, films can also be released via DVD, Blue-Ray and also online services such as Netflix etc.
Trends- Trends in the film industry is when a particular subject is changing or developing in some way. For instance, one trend within the film industry could be the fact that actors are more ‘wanted’ in the way that more film makers want well known actors in their films such as Kevin Hart, last year (2015) he was one of the most used actors in films due to the fact that people enjoyed watching him.
Genres- Genres are in a way categories of films and books, some of the most popular genres are Action, Horror, Drama, Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi and Thriller.
Stars- Stars within films are a huge part of the success of films, stars can be the actors or other crewmembers within a film. The majority of the time people watch films due to the fact that the actors within the film are good and have a high reputation of good films behind them, which leads people to believe the film is going to be good before they have even watched it.
Political and Regulatory issues- This refers to some of the issues that a film may face if it has explicit content. Explicit content such as abusive language or violent activities could result in potentially having the film banned in other countries or having the age rating set high to around 18.
Synergies between films- Synergy’s in films is when two or more companies work together to create a more successful product than if they worked alone. A synergy between two or more firms has many advantages such as profits will be increased, enhances a company’s image and many more. Film synergies are done quite often within the film industry, an example of a synergy in film is High School Musical and how they have promoted there film by having products such as a CD with all there songs on.
Vertical integration-This is when the production company completely owns the means of production which results in distribution and exhibition is done by the same company and therefore enables the firm to gain a greater profit as the company will receive all of the profits.
Horizontal integration-Horizontal integration is when a company decides to expand the company in to other areas of one industry which will enable the company which expands to develop in other areas of production.

The following notes are from Mark Kermode from the podcast with Mark Kermode himself discussing the following topis; The British and US film industry, Film Finance and factors that influence the success of films. The podcast is named "'The Business of Film with Mark Kermode'. You can find this website by clicking this link -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054cbnp

Mark Kermode Notes

The British film industry?

The UK is a ‘cottage’ industry

Within the British industry, Mark Kermode states “we kind of shy away from franchises”, last year’s highest grossing movies, the top 7 out of 10 highest were all sequels, such as Transformers, Age of extinction, and the hobbit.
About 70% of the market isn’t in the US
Raising finance for an independent film that isn’t a sequel can be very tricky, and also very expensive- another reason Film makers in the film industry I the UK prefer sequels.
82% of filmmakers in the UK who make a feature, will not make another feature within the next 10 years.
Compared to Hollywood films, filmmakers in the UK have a much smaller budget and try to make the most out of that small budget and do the best they can with a small budget
Independent films are financed through public TV shows such as Film 4 and BBC movies and ITV movies.
Film 4’s The Inbetweeners 2 broke box office records for a comedy by making £2.75 million on its opening day alone.
The percentage of women in film crews is about 26%

The US Film industry?

Focuses more on franchises, and less on sequels compared to Britain.
70% of the market is not in the USA, China, Korea, Japan and Russia all have large part of the market.
Most movies in the US are controlled and overtaken by male characters, middle-class, white, heterosexual viewpoints
The percentage of women in film crews in the Hollywood is 22%
Women set a bad example within US films such as:

People don’t like action films when women are in them
Finance within a film is poor when there is a female director

How films get the money?

The series “The Inbetweeners” gained the money from Channel 4 via a contract they had
Income money via countries such as Italy, Switzerland, UK and Germany.

Mr Turner was largely financed through international pre sales

What is a successful film?

It is difficult to say what will make a film successful
A film is successful if the investors get their money back and make a profit on the film
The audience liking the movie
A clever marketing team
Small budget films can also be successful

What factors influence, what makes a film a success?

If you were to bring out a Spider-Man, it would be expected to have a box office of 250-300 million dollars, which is a lot of money comparing this to the original film, which would have been a lot more unstable, and companies don’t like instability.
There is a system where you can submit your movie to a company and you can get 50% of your money back.

Advocates are what all film production companies aim to attract in the end.

references for definitions:

References:

https://bethhubbard15.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/financial-determinants/

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/9-mind-blowing-technologies-changing-the-film-industry%E2%80%99s-future--2

http://www.slideshare.net/jphibbert1979/synergy-6807548

http://www.imdb.com/search/name?gender=male,female&ref_=nv_cel_m_3

http://www.imdb.com/genre/

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration

Here is an image of my note making of me comparing the old Charlie and the chocolate factory (1971) to the latest Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005)

references

http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory#tab=summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_(film)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=charliechocolate.htm

BEN MOLYNEUX

Unit 26-Old Films For New

unit 26-Production Context And Factors Influencing That Contexts

Technologies of production-Film Production Technology are the skills to within a filming production team, such as the director, screenwriter, editor, colourist, cinematographer and director of photography.

Genres- Genres are in a way categories of films and books, some of the most popular genres are Action, Horror, Drama, Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi and Thriller.

Political and Regulatory issues- This refers to some of the issues that a film may face if it has explicit content. Explicit content such as abusive language or violent activities could result in potentially having the film banned in other countries or having the age rating set high to around 18.

Vertical integration-This is when the production company completely owns the means of production which results in distribution and exhibition is done by the same company and therefore enables the firm to gain a greater profit as the company will receive all of the profits.

Horizontal integration-Horizontal integration is when a company decides to expand the company in to other areas of one industry which will enable the company which expands to develop in other areas of production.

Mark Kermode Notes

The UK is a ‘cottage’ industry

Within the British industry, Mark Kermode states “we kind of shy away from franchises”, last year’s highest grossing movies, the top 7 out of 10 highest were all sequels, such as Transformers, Age of extinction, and the hobbit.

About 70% of the market isn’t in the US

Raising finance for an independent film that isn’t a sequel can be very tricky, and also very expensive- another reason Film makers in the film industry I the UK prefer sequels.

82% of filmmakers in the UK who make a feature, will not make another feature within the next 10 years.

Compared to Hollywood films, filmmakers in the UK have a much smaller budget and try to make the most out of that small budget and do the best they can with a small budget

Independent films are financed through public TV shows such as Film 4 and BBC movies and ITV movies.

Film 4’s The Inbetweeners 2 broke box office records for a comedy by making £2.75 million on its opening day alone.

The percentage of women in film crews is about 26%

Focuses more on franchises, and less on sequels compared to Britain.

70% of the market is not in the USA, China, Korea, Japan and Russia all have large part of the market.

Most movies in the US are controlled and overtaken by male characters, middle-class, white, heterosexual viewpoints

The percentage of women in film crews in the Hollywood is 22%

Women set a bad example within US films such as:

People don’t like action films when women are in them

Finance within a film is poor when there is a female director

The series “The Inbetweeners” gained the money from Channel 4 via a contract they had

Income money via countries such as Italy, Switzerland, UK and Germany.

Mr Turner was largely financed through international pre sales

It is difficult to say what will make a film successful

A film is successful if the investors get their money back and make a profit on the film

The audience liking the movie

A clever marketing team

Small budget films can also be successful

If you were to bring out a Spider-Man, it would be expected to have a box office of 250-300 million dollars, which is a lot of money comparing this to the original film, which would have been a lot more unstable, and companies don’t like instability.

There is a system where you can submit your movie to a company and you can get 50% of your money back.

Advocates are what all film production companies aim to attract in the end.

references for definitions:

References:

Here is an image of my note making of me comparing the old Charlie and the chocolate factory (1971) to the latest Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005)

references