Blog Homework

 10 facts about the film industry -

 

 

. 29% of cinema audience are aged 15-24

. In 2012 the UK box office took over £1million.

. 646 films were released in the UK in 2012

. Saturday is the most popular day to go cinema 24%

. most popular genre action 34.5%

. second most popular genre comedy 17.5%

. most popular actor people went to see was Robert Pattison

. most popular movies avengers, the hobbit

. 4% of viewing is at cinemas

 

 

STEREOTYPES

Stereotypes are negative usually representations of people that rely on preconceived ideas about the groups that person is seen as belonging to. It is assumed that an individual shares personal characteristics with the other members of that group e.g. blondes are all dumb, accountants are all smart.

 

Media Production

Every media text begins with someone having an idea. This is a vital part of the process, and often the lengthiest. Research needs to be done into audience, and the idea fine-tuned to meet demand. Existing media texts that are similar in form or content are carefully examined. Each stage of production must be planned, with equipment, locations and personnel booked in advance.

 

Distribution

media production companies often sell the rights to their text to specialist distribution at this stage, e.g. HMV will take on all record companies' CDs, rather than them trying to open up record stores themselves. However, the distributor and the production company may be part of the same media conglomerate, so all the profit eventually ends up in the same place.

Exhibition

The most common way of watching movies was usually by going to the cinema but recently it has started to lose popularity as now only 4% of film viewing is seen within the cinema and this is down to the fact that more people are beginning to use the Internet for film viewing with increasing amounts of pirated films being available throughout the web.