Introduction to the Film Industry

Introduction to the Film Industry

  • Every media product exists for the soul purpose of making money. And without money the media product can not exist.
  • Media products can in rich our lives, yet they are all ways to part us from our money.
  • Media products also exist to push ideologies onto the viewer.
  • Facts about the birth of the film industry...
    • The earliest films in int 1890's were less than a minute long.
    • In 1927 motion pictures were made with sound.
    • The first film was to settle a scientific debate.
    • Eadweard Muybridge was the first person to make a film.
    • 'The Jazz Singer' was the first sound film in 1927
    • 'The Great Train Robbery' was the first narrative film
    • The first film studio was build in 1987
    • The firstHollywood film was filmed in 1910 it was called 'In Old California
Le Jardinier et Le Petit Espiegle
  • It was the first ever film made
  • It was taken all within one shot.
  • The idea of going to see something on a screen was great enough, no one thought films had to be made any longer.
Facts about the film industry
  • Early film editing and producing was seen as girly, it was an art form, so everything was female dominated.
  • Yet now computer work and editing is man dominated, as money got involved, men took over and women fizzled out of the industry.
  • How to know if its a classical Hollywood narrative
    • We always know where the characters are, we know how far they are from one and other.
    • We know the timeline, and what order everything is happening, e.g we know when a flashback is shown by a slight factor such as a line as 'I remember...'
    • If a film is confusing then people would get bored, leave then ask for a refund.
    • The film must be realistic and can't make reference to other films or popular styles. 
    • The is also known as 'Obvious cinema'
    • Films need to make a lot of money, as they cost so much to make and advertise.
  • The studio system
  • Production
      • Making a media product.
  • Distribution 
      • Getting the product out there.
  • Conglomeration
  • Vertical/horizontal integration
  • Digital technologies
      • Technologies made possible through computers. 
  • Convergence
      • Two separate media industries come together. E.g music video, film and music.
  • Regulation
      • Keeping something the same or comfortable, the rules and restrictions of media products.
  • Exhibition
      • The showing of the media product. E.g Cinema, Youtube, TV.

  • More digital technology has changed the way we watch films, such as we watch films online for free.
  • You can now download films. 

Key Theory 14- The cultural industries-David Hesmondhalgh
  • Horizontal integration
    • Where a company buys another company in the same sector to reduce competition.
    • For example Disney bought Lucas Films to own star wars and make a lot of money.
  • Vertical integration
    • Where a company buys other companies involved in different stages of the production and circulation.
    • E.g Paramount owns a lot of cinemas, yet they still have to show 60% none Paramount films, as it would not be fair to all of the other film companies.
  • Conglomeration
    • A conglomerate is a corporation that consists of a group of businesses dealing in different products or services.
    • Conglomeration is the process of a conglomerate being formed.
    • For example, Disney also sells toys in the Disney store, you can also buy clothes, games, music, theme parks, movies, TV channels.
Universal Pictures
  • Their intro song of the earth is an indent, it identifies the film as a Universal film.
Film poster cliches
  • Similar film genres use similar film posters, as that what the distributors know will sell.
Key Theory 12- Power and Media Industries- Curran and Seaton
  • That the media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the profit and power.
  • Media concentration limits varitey, creativity and quality.
  • More socially diverse patterns of ownership can create more varied and adventurous media productions.
























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