Monday, 26 September 2011

INFO TRAC EXERCISE FOR FILM STUDIES STUDENTS

We learnt to use InfoTrac, this is a programme of which you can research certain items that have been produced in magazines, newspapers, academic journals, within this i have learnt that an average comedy film will take in a profit of $2 billion.
we were set tasks through out the process, for example the first task we were set we had to search for kill bill in the first box and in the second box we had to search for Tarantino the results were given magazine articles that had both subject links attached to them.
By doing this we have learnt to catagorise our searches and find the articles that may contain contents that will become useful when planning and making our film.

Monday, 19 September 2011

Work from Monday 19th September 2011

Production (actors, scripts, making of the film.)-----------Distrubution------------Exibition

FDA
Supporting, promotion, and representing the range of generic interests of uk theatrical film distributors.
President--Lord Puttnam
FDA established 1915
Today 22 member companies
Whose releases account for 96% of UK cinema going.

THE ENGINE OF THE FILM BUISSNESS.
Film distributors deliver the audience.
Film Maker---Distributors---Cinema---- Audience.
Acqusition- Slates or single films from a parent studio or independently via a sales agent or production company.
Stratagy- Plan the release decisions- when?, who? ,how?, And where promoted?
Creativity- Advertising, publicity, promotional/media partners, premieres, online content, making and supplying 35m and/or digital prints, film by film.
Accountability- Acting under license, report back to rights holders.

THE FILM VALUE CHANGE
Theatrical launch
non theatrical launch license(Hotel, coaches, schools, clubs)
Home entertainment (dvd/ blue ray, downloads)
Television (PPV/VOD, pay channel, free to air terrestrial)
Licensed merchaindise
NB:single target threat is film theft(approx £100m loss to uk theatrical section)

UK THEATRICAL MARKET 2008
- 531 films released- product- highly competitive and risky.
-164.2m admissions- 2.7 per year.
-£854m box office- world top 5 theatrical market
- Economic multiples:
for every £1 spent on cinema ticket, an additional £2 is spent on related items- food, drink, transport, other leisure.
- Theatrical distributors invest £300m+ P.A to punch and sustain their releases.
-4+ films per week released with digital ST+AD
-UK DVD market:£2.5bn

Comedy

Genre-comedy
Examples and information found on IMBD...
Horrrible Bosses
Listed as: comedy/crime
Released:22nd July 2011
Production companies:new line cinema
Distrubutors:warner bros
Budget:$35,000,000
Box office:opening weekend:$29,000,000
Majour hollywood stars:colin farrell,jennifer anniston,jason bateman
Motion picture ratings:15
Length:106 mins
Bridesmaids:
Listed as: romatic/comedy
Released:24th June 2011
Production companies:universal
Distrubutors:universal

Budget:$32,500,000
Box office:opening weekend:$27,000,000
Majour hollywood stars: kristen wigg, matt lucus
Motion picture ratings:15
Length:125mins
Just go with it:
Listed as:comedy/romance
Released:11 February 2011
Production companies: Columbia pictures
Distrubutors:Columbia pictures
Budget:$80,000,000
Box office:Opening weekend:£31,000,000
Majour hollywood stars:Adam sandler,jennifer anniston
Motion picture ratings:12A
Length:117 mins
The inbetweeners:
Listed as: Comedy
Released: 17th August 2011
Production companies:Bwark Productions/young films
Distrubutors:Aurum
Budget:£3,500,000
Box office:opening weekend: £13,200,000
Majour hollywood stars:Simon bird, James Buckley, Blake harrison,Joe thomas
Motion picture ratings:15
Length: 97 mins
The hangover:
Listed as: Comedy
Released: 12th June 2009
Production companies: Warner Bros
Distrubutors: 20th century fox
Budget:$35,000,000
Box office:$45,000,000
Majour hollywood stars:Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms,Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha
Motion picture ratings:15
Length:100 mins