Production, Distribution & Marketing and Exhibition

Production
The stages involved in producing a film are pre-production, production and post-production.

In pre-production this is where planning for the project takes place. Scripts are written, cast and crew, location, props, setting, costumes, schedules etc are all produced and selected during pre-production as it is the preparation for beginning the project.

The production stage is when all the filming for the project takes place. Everything that was devised during pre-production is put to works to film for the project. Cast and crew are taken to the locations planned and filmed. The pre-production stage means the production stage can run more smoothly as everything has been planned before hand. During the production stage the director of the film may want to film scenes more then once and can do this a number of times.

The post production stage  is when the editing of the film happens. The film editor creates a 'rough cut' in which they put the best shots in order as a basis for the editing. They then move onto fine cutting the film by going back through the clips and editing them so they flow smoothly. This is also when trimming the film clips and adding effects like sound, graphics etc takes place. When the fine cut has been screened and approved by the director it is then locked, meaning no further changes can be made.

Distribution
Once the film is complete the studio makes a licensing agreement with a distribution company. The distribution company will determine how many copies of the film to make. The distribution company will show have screenings of the movie to potential buyers representing cinema's. The buyers will then negotiate with the distribution company on which film[s] they wish to lease and the terms of this. The copies are sent to the cinema's a few days before opening day and the shows this film for a number of weeks.

Marketing
The different types of marketing are trailers, bus ads, happy meals, apps, competitions, tv ads, posters, newspapers, magazines, radio, billboards, word of mouth etc.

Exhibition
The film value chain is the different formats that a film can be released in as theatrical launch is only one of these formats. There is also non-theatrical license where the audience can watch the film on an aeroplane, at a hotel or on a coach. There is home entertainment, subscription TV, free to air TV and licensed merchandising. We can also view films via the internet.

Youtube swede!

I was browsing around YouTube looking for swedes to get some inspiration for a sewed I'll be creating and hopefully sharing on this blog a little later on. Looking through YouTube I have to admit it's almost impossible to find any swedes! Everything is now in the format of a 'Parody' which makes it impossible to find a good old classic swede. However I did come across this one video which is defiantly not the classic swede ,but I guess it would have to do.


Click the link below to view the swede.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZcGBMBvDv4

Keep tuned for my post on the Film industry.

This Week's Film Releases!

Here are several films released this week - from 27th September 2013:

ALL these films are Hollywood films and each have different budgets. Some have bigger budgets than others, which can be seen on the left.

10 Fun Facts about the Film Industry!

1. The most popular genre of film is ACTION with 34%.
2. Sunday is the second most popular night to go to the cinema with 17.6%.
3. 40% of the cinema's profit comes from refreshments ALONE. 
4. 14% of retail buyers bought a film they had previously seen at the cinema.
5. The average number of people who go to the cinema together is 3 people per party. 
6. The Top 3 films in 2012 were Skyfall, followed by Dark Knight Rises and then Marvel Avengers Assemble.
7. The genre Rom Com is the least popular at the Box Office with only 1%. 
8. Bollywood movies accounted for 1.1% of UK Box Office in 2012.
9. People are persuade to watch  movies with Twilight actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart because of their big reputation. 
10. In 2012 over £300million was spent on  P&A- prints and advertising by film distributors. 

The RetArds ;D