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. 

Thursday 24th April 2025

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1. Circulation is how a film is released in different formats. ✅

2. Cinema, DVD, Free to air TV

3. No Time To Die was in cinema for one month. ✅

4. The age classification was a 12. ✅ 12A

5. This was to secure a wider/younger audience but not put off adults.

Audience Appeal

L.O: To explore the uses and gratifications of films

Uses and Gratifications Theory:

An active audience is one that makes choices!!

Personal Identity:

- The ability of media products to produce a topic of conversation between other people.

- Use of media to reinforce personal values by coming closer to similar and desired people/ products.

Information:

- Any information can be learned through different forms of media.

- Media allows the audience to gain an insight into other peoples lives.?

- The media keeps the audience informed with current events.

- People can acquire information, knowledge and understand through media products.

Entertainment:

- Use of media to escape the humdrum of their boring everyday lives.

- Access media forms to forget about worries and troubles for a while (escapism)

- To give a sense of happiness and release from the daily 'grind'

Social Interaction:

- Media products allow audiences to find role models and other people with similar values.

- Media products allows audiences to break down barriers of time/ distance to communicate with others.

In the Uses and Gratifications theory, personal identity is stated to be one of the reasons that people interact with media. For example, this can be seen in gaming, as people use it to escape their daily lives. This can be seen in multiple games, including Fortnite, as players can choose skins to be. Furthermore, the game lets players shoot each other, something that cannot be done in real life. This links to personal identity because they can take on the role of being someone that they are not.

In the Uses and Gratifications theory, information is stated to be one of the reasons that people interact with media. For example, this can be received from the news, as it tells people about events from all around the world, allowing people to have a better understanding of current affairs. This links to information, as people are learning something new, and becoming more aware of issues around them.

Thursday 8th May 2025

Do Now

1. Marketing with other companies, posters and trailers were used for No Time To Die. ✅

2. Personal Identity works as people feel as if they can resonate with the characters. ✅Good      vs Evil

3. Entertainment works as it requires an active audience to choose the film, and watch it, as          well as creating an escape from real life. ✅

4. Information works with No Time To Die, as it can People can learn about other characters in      the franchise.

5. Social Interaction works as fans can talk with other fans about the films. ✅

The Uses and Gratifications Theory identifies entertainment as a reason that media appeals to an audience because it gives them an escape from real life. For example, the James Bond film: No Time to Die is a fictional action film. This allows people to transport themselves into a different reality, without feeling the restrictions of real life. Furthermore, it requires an active audience, to choose the movie, and so they will be more engaged in what is happening. Moreover, the deep and detailed plot keeps people on edge, and wanting to find out what happens next. This shows that the Uses and Gratifications theory links to No Time to Die, as it grabs people's attentions, taking them out of reality, and providing them with an entertaining experience.

Another reason that media appeals to an audience, is through social interaction.This can be seen in No Time to Die as it is a hugely popular, large franchise that has been running for a long time, and has am extremely large fanbase. This links to social interaction, as fans can talk about the franchise together, both online, and in person. This links the Uses and Gratifications theory, as people can bond with each other over a common interest in the James Bond franchise.

Film Industry: Audience Expectations

L/O: To consolidate our knowledge of the film industry.

- Character Information

- Products to buy

- Promotions for upcoming events/ films

- Trailers

- Posters

- Links to social media platforms.

Having actors from previous films is appealing because it can bring fans of past Bond films back to watch the new ones. It creates a sense of familiarity for fans.

Phoebe Waller Bridge - Only the second female to work on a Bond script.

Thursday 15th May 2025

Do Now:

1. EON productions and MGM was the production company for No Time to Die

2. No Time to Die was distributed by Universal pictures and united artists.

3. In cinemas, No Time to Die was a 12A ✅

4. The certificate for No Time to Die's home release was a 12. ✅

5. The age certificate appealed to the audience as it allowed kids to see it with their parents in the cinema ✅ To not put off older audiences.

Film Industry Exam Structure

L/O: To apply our knowledge to exam style questions

3a) EON Productions

Explain - example is needed

3b) A conglomerate is a large company that owns other companies. An example of this is Warner brothers, who own other production and distribution companies.

3c) Convergence is when multiple different platforms are capable of providing the same piece of media. For example, films can be watched on multiple devices, including phones, TVs or computers.

3d) 

- Trailers

- Posters

- Product collaborations with other brands

- Music

Technology is used in films to appeal to the audience as it can be spread easily. For example, in the Heineken advert, we see that James Bond is used to humour the audience. The advert makes fun of Bond's actor, Daniel Craig, saying that he won't be known as anyone other than James Bond. This appeals to the audience through technology, due to convergence. The advert is available on youtube, which can be accessed by people using any device, anywhere across the world.

Another way that technology is used in films to appeal to the audience is through music and the radio. This can be seen from No Time to Die, as it is a franchise known by its fans for its music. In the week running up to its release, there was a radio station dedicated to bond music. Furthermore, synergy with Billie Eillish allowed younger to people to become interested in the franchise. This appeals to the audience through technology as people all across the country could access the music.

4a) Two says that media producers categorise audiences is through age and gender.

4b) One way that No Time to Die targets audiences is as it follows conventions of the spy thriller genre. For example, the movie has many action packed scenes, which allows not only people who are already fans of the series to be interested, but also brings in new fans that may already be fond of the genre. Another way that No Time to Die targets audiences is through the website...

4c) One way that users visit the No Time to Die website is for social interaction. An example of this is through the use of links to various social media platforms. This links to social interaction as fans can interact with other fans of the franchise, and express their thoughts and opinions.

Thursday 4th June 2025

Do Now

1. A film studio includes Universal Studios. Warner Bros Pictures  

2. A distributor is MGM? Warner Bros Pictures

3. EON Productions produced No Time to Die ✅

4. MGM distributed it? Universal

5. Amazon has the cinema rights for No Time to Die

 

Film Posters

1. The big 5 major Hollywood studios are Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures.

2. The main aim of a film marketing campaign is to connect to the audience and get them excited to watch the film, and buy tickets to see it.

3. Some common techniques include posters, trailers, social media, behind the scenes and collaborations with other brands.

4. A poster should include the release date, credits, the films title, images of the characters.

5. Teaser posters contain small pieces of information to get the audience excited. whereas theatrical posters provide more information, to make the audience want to watch it.

6. A recent film franchise includes Marvel.

In this poster, it is obvious as to who the main characters are. We can see this as James bond is the largest character there, so he is clearly the focus, and the protagonist. The serif font hints to the film's genre, as it has connotations of formality, linking to bond's occupation as a spy.

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