C1 Film

 Thursday, 13th February 2025

Film Industry

L/O: to research key terminology and context surrounding the film industry

Franchise - Collections of related films - Marvel

Distributor - Someone responsible for marketing the film - Lionsgate

Hollywood Major - Movies produced through traditional Hollywood studios. The 5 Major studios -                               Universal, Disney, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros.

Teaser - A short promotional video - Like a trailer

Montage - A series of separate images edited together.

Ensemble Cast - A movie where characters have equal screen time - Knives Out

Tentpole Film - A programme or film that supports the financial performance of a film studio,                                 television network or cinema chain - Batman: The Dark Knight

High-Concept - A type of movie with a simple yet intriguing premise.

Enigma - A mystery within the movie that the audience must solve.

1. The Big 5 Hollywood Studios are Universal, Disney, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros.

2. The main aim of a film marketing campaign is to advertise the movie, so that people will feel        compelled to see it.

3. The marketing techniques commonly used are trailers, posters, social media, events

4. A film poster needs to convey vaguely what it is about, and the characters that are in it.

5. Teasers only give a vague outline of the movie and characters, but posters give lots more information about setting, side characters, and maybe storyline.

Theatric Poster                                                                                        Teaser

For example, in the Theatric Poster, there are multiple characters, including the protagonist in the centre.

In the teaser, we see a lot less characters, but we can tell that it is an action film.

6. Some recent franchises include Kingdom, Marvel, DC

James Bond

James Bond was first written by Ian Fleming, and people speculate that his inspiration came from secret agents he met as a Naval Officer in World War II.

There are 25 James Bond Films. The first one was Dr. No in 1962, played by Sean Connery, and the most recent one was No Time To Die, released in 2021, with Bond played by Daniel Craig. The most successful James Bond movie was Skyfall, released in 2012. 

27th February 2025

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1. A franchise is a series of connected films. ✅

2. A distributor is someone who provides a film for people to see. ✅ Markets the film.

3. A Hollywood Major is a movie made by one of the five main Hollywood companies. ✅ 

4. A teaser is a small way of promoting telling people vaguely what the movie is about. ✅

5. A tentpole film is a film that is made with a larger budget, and likely to make a lot of                    money. ✅

Film Industry

L/O: to explore the process of film making.

Production - The making of a film.

Distribution - How people can watch a new movie, and which cinema chains or streaming                             services can get it.

Marketing - How a movie gains publicity through adverts and reaches its target audience.

Exhibition - An experience relating to a movie?

Some big film companies (Conglomerates) will complete all three processes for a film themselves.

This is known as Vertical integration.

E.G:

1. Warner Bros produces it

2. Warner bros distributes it using Time Warner Companies (companies owned by warner bros.)

3. Warner Village Cinemas get the first rights and a longer time to show it than other cinemas.

This allows Warner Bros to make much more money, as they don't have to pay as much to external companies.

Pre-Production - Script writing, casting, set designing - planning stage Create costumes, find                                locations, hire crew, create production schedule

Production - Filming

Post Production - Editing, advertising, fix any mistakes, add visual effects, adjust colour                                         grades and mix audio        

Producers have to: 

Convince investors that a film we be successful to get them to fund it.

Secure the rights to a screenplay.

Manage the crew, cast and actors.

Manage location, equipment and schedules.

Manage any problems that occur.

Because there is so much to do, most films have an executive production team who delegate specific production jobs to other production companies.

e.g: If they are shooting part of a film in a different country, then a local production team would come on board to manage the shoot under the instruction of the executive team.      

                            

 No Time To Die

1. The executive production company is Eon Productions. ✅

2. They are owned by Danjaq. ✅

3. It is a studio film with high production values. ✅

4. Other involved production companies include Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer             and B25. ✅

5. Universal Pictures - Copyright holder

    MGM - Copyright Holder

6. The budget for production was between $250 million and $301 Million. $214 million

7. It was filmed in Jamaica, Italy, Norway, The Faroe Islands and The UK. ✅

8. It took 10 months to film. ✅

Thursday, 6th March 2025

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1. Pre production is the planning stage before the production starts. ✅ e.g: Storyboards

2. Production is the actual filming/making stage of a film.  ✅

3. Post production is the final stage, where editing and promotions happen. ✅ 

4. No Time to Die was produced by EON Productions ✅

5. Vertical integration is when one conglomerate owns all the means of production, distribution      and exhibit.

L.O: To explore the process of film making

• Distribution is the process of making copies of a film for different formats, including cinemas, DVD, and streaming.
• Sometimes, producers will show their films at festivals to persuade companies to distribute their films.
• Sometimes a conglomerate will delegate the distribution to a smaller company that they own - this is known as vertical integration.

Distributors need to:

• Work out budgets, and stick to them.
• Consider theatrical release dates and windows.

No Time To Die:

1. The UK distributor of No Time to Die was Universal Pictures, and in the US it was United          Artists Releasing.

2. Universal Pictures is in the conglomerate, Comcast, and United Artists Releasing is owned      by MGM

3. Yes, it means that the film's production and distribution is vertically integrated

4. The cinema release date was 30th September

    DVD - 20th December 2021 

    VOD - 9th November

    SDV - ?

Advertising and Marketing

- Posters

- Trailers

- Brand deals

- Social Media

- Talk shows

- Spreading the word, mostly from people with lots of followers

Delays:

- It cost between $30 and $50 million USD to shift its release from April 2020 to November 2020.

- It was then hit with two more delays, until finally getting its release date.

- An ad played at the Super Bowl in February 2020, when the film was expecting to come out two months later, that reportedly cost $4.25 million USD to create and distribute.

Thursday, 13th March 2025

Do Now

1. Distribution is the way a film is released on different formats, such as DVD, VOD, in cinema. ✅

2. EON distributed No Time To Die Universal

3. Amazon own the digital and television rights to James Bond? ✅

4. It was due to be released in 2019. April 2020

5. It ended up being released in September 2021 ✅

Marketing and Promotion

L/O: To explore the marketing methods of No Time To Die.

The delayed release of No Time to Die was an issue for the team behind the movie, because they had to keep people interested in it. Because it was delayed by over a year, old adverts and marketing campaigns would have been forgotten by the audience.

Another reason that it was a problem was because of the money issues. It cost between $30 - $50 million USD to push the release back from April 2020 to November 2020; and that was only one of the delays. There were two more delays before it was finally released in September 2021. Furthermore, money spent on adverts and marketing would have been completely wasted, as audiences would not still remember it over a year later.

A third reason that it was a problem, was due to James Bond's image of always having new, and up to date technology. Over its time being delayed, lots of new things would have been created. and would make the technology in No Time To Die seem outdated.

Some promotion for No Time To Die includes teasers, trailers, and collaborations with other brands or companies.

Some brands with the film include Aston Martin and Adidas, Heineken, Omega, Land Rover.

These would benefit both brands. For example, Aston Martin would give cars to the production of No Time To Die, in return for being in the film, and being in adverts for the film.

No Time To Die's intro was created by Billie Eilish, who is under a record label owned by Universal, allowing the film to keep its vertical integration.

On the week leading up to the release, there was a Bond Radio, that played songs from James Bond films 24/7.

Thursday 20th March 2025

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1. Marketing is how the film is promoted and advertised. ✅

2. No Time To Die's release was delayed due to covid. ✅

3. They had collaborations with other companies, such as Aston Martin, and Adidas. ✅

4. Billie Eilish created the films's soundtrack. ✅

5. The soundtrack was promoted by having a radio station play all the songs on the week leading up to its release. ✅ Bauer Radio

Circulation and Regulation

L/O: to explore circulation and regulation in the film industry.

Circulation is the process of exhibiting the film across a range of different media platforms.

Exhibition takes place in this order:

- Cinema release

- DVD release, Pay Per View, Video on Demand

- 'Free to air' television (Standard TV Channels)

1. No Time to Die was in UK cinemas for A Month

2. It made $774.2 Million ✅

3. DVD - 20th November 2021 / Digital download - 9th November ✅

4. It was first on free TV on 8th December 2022 New Years Day - ITV

5. It is available on Amazon Prime with a subscription ✅ Apple TV, Google Play, Youtube

6. DVD Sales - $9.8 Million ✅ Very successful.

Regulation

BBFC 

1. No Time To Die was a 12A in cinema, and a 12 on DVD, for "Moderate violence and infrequent strong language". ✅

2. The financial positives of being a 12A is that they can make more money as people under 12 can go with parents. ✅

3. The digital age rating is a 12 ✅

Thursday 3rd April 2025

Do Now

1. Industry is a category of entertainment? Varied collection of organisations that share the production, publicationand distribution of media texts. E.g Music industry, film industry, radio industry✅

2. Industries that we have studied include radio industry, gaming industry and film industry ✅

3. Audience is who a media form is aimed at. ✅

4. We have studied the audience of The Archers, of middle aged women living in the countryside. ✅

5. 1 minute per mark. ✅

3a) EON Productions produced No Time to Die.

3b) Media convergence  is the process by which media technologies are brought together into one computerised device. For example, smartphones can do the jobs which newspapers, GPS and telephones used to accomplish separately.

3c) A conglomerate company that owns other companies involved in media - 1 mark

Refer to a conglomerate example or the benefits of being a conglomerate in terms of production for profit and control of production. - 2 marks

3d) Target 3: More examples and more coverage of all marketing methods and distribution,

Another way that the film industry uses different platforms for marketing through the use of the movie's music. For example, In No Time To Die, Billie Eilish created the soundtrack for it. Because she is a well known artist, with an audience of mostly younger people, and so it brings in new fans to both parties, as James Bond fans will be more likely to listen to Billie Eilish, and Billie Eilish's fans will be more likely to watch No Time To Die. Furthermore, the Bouer Radio Station had a station dedicated to James Bond music, in the week leading to No Time To Die's release. This created a sense of excitement around the upcoming film, and brought in both older fans and younger fans, of people tuning in for the nostalgia, or because the songs are by artists that they enjoy. This meant that the audience for the film was extremely wide, and people may watch the film, even if they hadn't watched previous James Bond films, or been hardcore fans of the series.

4b) Another way The Archers target audiences is through the large range of different characters and storylines, which ensures that the audience is always interested in the show.

4c)  One reason that audiences visit The Archers website is to gain information and personal identity. Audiences can do this because the website features lots of facts about storylines, and characters. This allows the audience to resonate and relate to characters within the show, creating a sense of personal identity. Furthermore, the website allows the audience to catch up, if they have never listened to The Archers before, or fans from a long time ago, wanting to catch up with what they missed.