Distribution, production, exhibition

Distribution:

Creating the hype for the film to become an event- posters, trailers, 

Trailers, and pay to stream

Web distributor- Netflix, love film instant

Legal processes to protect from fraud and protect your franchise 

DVD retailer

Merchandise 

The distributing company 

Exhibition: 

pay to stream

Cable and satellite TV: licensing through TV operator

DVD retailer

Artists and designers

Multiplex cinemas 

Production: 

Carry our research into audience preferences 

Film lab is essential for processing the footage and making it 3d

Vfx studio- make your own cgi sequences 

Legal processes to protect from 

fraud and protect your franchise 

The producer and writer 

Artist and designers 

Contextualise

Ecomic: 

merchandise 

Franchise

Moral reflection of their time

Made millions

Smashed all budgets 

Made billions since the premiere (mostly merchandise)

Social: 

70's year of independence 

Big actors to attract audience

Stock characters to widen audience 

Vietnam war (historical context)

Unrealistic (fun and entertainment)

Massive fan base

Massive massive hype 

Huge event movie (huge marketing)

Event movie  (watch with other people)

Technologies:

Flash Gordon

Lots of special effects 

Futuristic costume 

Not ahead of time

Development if visual effects 

Psychological effect 

VHS developing (less cinema tickets bought) 

Experience of cinema and audio

Film flop formula

Box office-cinema attendance 

Budget-production (+100m)

Budget-marketing (hype)

       (Fear)

They wanted to see the film to be part of the event

     (Financial)

Economic recession ( disposable income) 

Jaws and Star Wars made money 

Blockbuster formula 

Multiplexes are outlets to show their films. Exhibitions 

Refurbished fleapits

Multiplexes are in retail. (Economic)

Cross promotion (adverts In cinemas)

Jaws

Jaws used very little visual effects, but used a robotic shark, so the use of artificial action is still in place. There was also a clear divide between good and bad (bad being the shark). And the film also had a sequal (jaws 2)

An example of a blockbuster in cinemas now is the hunger games mokingjay.

 

The hunger games:

-contains sequal and trilogy

-promotes merchandise such as t-shirts, toys, soundtracks and themed lunch boxes

Block buster

Is the blockbuster formula still working 

- must star an A list celeb

- can't be a comedy 

- must double what it cost in order to be not a flop

Task 1

Jaws used very little visual effects, but used a robotic shark, so the use of artificial action is still in place. There was also a clear divide between good and bad (bad being the shark). And the film also had a sequal (jaws 2)

An example of a blockbuster in cinemas now is the hunger games mokingjay.

 

The hunger games:

-contains sequal and trilogy

-promotes merchandise such as t-shirts, toys, soundtracks and themed lunch boxes

Budget: $125,000,000

Opening weekend:121,897,634

                  

Shown at multiplex cinemas mostly, and is accompanied by some independent and some other blockbuster films