Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Media Industry - Presentation
MEDIA INDUSTRY
Presentation
Conglomerates/Independent/Cross Media Convergence
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Creative Media Sector - Conglomerates
The Big Six Conglomerates
- Warner Brothers
- The Walt Disney Studios
- NBC Universal
- Columbia
- Paramount
- 21st Century Fox
Warner Brothers
Industry: Entertainment
Funded: April 4, 1923
Founder(s): Albert Warner, Harry Warner, Sam Warner and Jack Warner.
Products: Motion Pictures, Television Programmes and Video Games.
Location: America, California
Revenue: US$ 12 billion (2012)
Operating: US$ 1.2 billion (2012)
Independent: (1918-1967)
Website http://www.warnerbros.com
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Walt Disney
Industry: Entertainment
Founded: 1923
Location: America, California
Products: Motion Pictures, Music and Stage Productions.
Subsidiaries:
- Lucas film
- Pixar Animation Studios
- The Puppets Studio
Website http://waltdisneystudios.com
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Universal
Industry: Film
Product: Motion Pictures
Location: America, California
Product: Motion Pictures
Location: America, California
Founded: June 8, 1912
Founder's:
Carl Laemmie, Pat Powers, Mark Dintenfass, William Swanson, David Horsely, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel and Jules Brutalatour.
Website: http://www.universalstudios.com
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Columbia Pictures
Sony Entertainment
Product: Motion Pictures
Location: America, California
Founded: 1918 as C.B.C Film renamed Columbia
Founder's: Harry Cohn, Jack Cohn and Joe Brandt
Website: http://www.sonypictures.com
20th Century Fox
Industry: Film
Product: Motion Picture, television films
Location: America, New York (NY)
Founded: May 31st, 1915
Founder's: Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck
Paramount Motion Pictures
Industry: Film
Product: Motion Pictures
Location: America, Hollywood, California
Founded: 1912 as Famous players film company, 1914 renamed Paramount Pictures.
Founders: -
Website: http://www.paramount.com
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Warp Films
Warp Films
Warp films is an independent film company that was founded in 1989. The company is funded by EM Media and the National Lottery.
The founder's of the company are; Steve Beckett, Rob Mitchell and Robert Gordon.
Shane Meadow is the stock writer of Warp Films.
He is a writer and Director, known for This is England and Dead Man's Shoes.
He is a writer and Director, known for This is England and Dead Man's Shoes.
The genre of films they produce are various amounts of genres including; Action, Thriller and dramas. The style of films they produce, all seem to be gritty and have a Northern British element to them.
Warp films also are a Cross Media Conversion because of its record company Warp Records.
Warp films also are a Cross Media Conversion because of its record company Warp Records.
These's are some of the films they have created:
- This is England
- Four Lions
- Dead Man's shoes
This is England
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Four Lions
Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Dead Man's Shoes
A disaffected soldier (Considine) returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother (Kebbell) years ago.
Monday, 28 April 2014
My Dream Job
My Dream Job
A film Director is one of the main important role's in film making. The Director of the film is the 'vision'. The vision is practically the story that is formed into a visual idea, which the Director can visually capture and create the film within their imagination. With using their vision of the film, they can explain exactly what they are visioning for the scenes of the film.
The Director works in all of the film stages being; Pre-production/Production/Post Production. They work in all the stages of the film because of their main role of being the vision of the film. They would be hired within the pre-production stage because it is the start of the project. They would be gathering all ideas up to portrait on screen during this stage.
Once production has started they then would be involved within filming at this stage because they would be the lead role of making the film at this point because of the visual side of it.
The final stage post production, the Director would then be involved within the final aspect of the film which is editing the film. This would involve putting the film together and choosing which scenes/shots they should use and making it suitable for viewing.
To become a film Director, there are various ways of becoming one. One option is from gaining knowledge and an understanding of the film industry and the different techniques and styles of Directing. This would be referred as Education e.g. Courses on the subject.
Another way of becoming a Film Director is from knowledge and experience. With it being experience within film production and learning from others. Another option is from making your own peace of work (Film). This could work by receiving good responses of your work and could lead to more opportunities.
The training that can be involved is gaining knowledge of the role and techniques. Training can also come from experience this is one of the most important parts of training for this role. You can gain a lot from experience because you could learn styles and techniques and also get the gist of being in that role and learning to have the responsibility of it.
The Director would work closely with the Producer/Cinematographer/Camera Operator/Make up & Costume Designers and could also work with the Scriptwriter. It is important that these roles work together with the Director so that the Director can make sure that he/she gets their point across to them, visually.
The employment for this job role can be; A Freelance, Contract, Work patterns and Fixed term.
A Freelance can be a self employed or hired to work for a company. Contract is where you would be paid for the duration of the project/ Film. Work patterns are days and working hours for a job. Fixed term can be a contract that is carried out to a pre-arranged time period.
The personal skills need for this job can be; Confidence, creative vision and ideas, leadership skills, standard communication skills, knowledge of the film industry and teamwork skills.
Technical skills for a Director could include; Good research skills, Knowledge of equipment and a Knowledge and good understanding of visual techniques and styles.
The experience needed to progress into this role can include, experience on other film sets and maybe having a role of being a camera operator/cinematographer/editor. Qualifications need for this role could be; A BA Film Production or Film Festival Awards.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of this job can be; An advantage could be getting your dream job, Being able to work in the Film Industry, Being able to show your visions and Ideas, Being able to work with other people who have similar interests, Being able to work as a team, Gaining experience and knowledge of the film industry, Being able to have your dream job.
The Disadvantages of this job could be time consuming, could be stressful, might not get on with other co-workers, Failing to succeed in the line of work.
The Director works in all of the film stages being; Pre-production/Production/Post Production. They work in all the stages of the film because of their main role of being the vision of the film. They would be hired within the pre-production stage because it is the start of the project. They would be gathering all ideas up to portrait on screen during this stage.
Once production has started they then would be involved within filming at this stage because they would be the lead role of making the film at this point because of the visual side of it.
The final stage post production, the Director would then be involved within the final aspect of the film which is editing the film. This would involve putting the film together and choosing which scenes/shots they should use and making it suitable for viewing.
To become a film Director, there are various ways of becoming one. One option is from gaining knowledge and an understanding of the film industry and the different techniques and styles of Directing. This would be referred as Education e.g. Courses on the subject.
Another way of becoming a Film Director is from knowledge and experience. With it being experience within film production and learning from others. Another option is from making your own peace of work (Film). This could work by receiving good responses of your work and could lead to more opportunities.
The training that can be involved is gaining knowledge of the role and techniques. Training can also come from experience this is one of the most important parts of training for this role. You can gain a lot from experience because you could learn styles and techniques and also get the gist of being in that role and learning to have the responsibility of it.
The Director would work closely with the Producer/Cinematographer/Camera Operator/Make up & Costume Designers and could also work with the Scriptwriter. It is important that these roles work together with the Director so that the Director can make sure that he/she gets their point across to them, visually.
The employment for this job role can be; A Freelance, Contract, Work patterns and Fixed term.
A Freelance can be a self employed or hired to work for a company. Contract is where you would be paid for the duration of the project/ Film. Work patterns are days and working hours for a job. Fixed term can be a contract that is carried out to a pre-arranged time period.
The personal skills need for this job can be; Confidence, creative vision and ideas, leadership skills, standard communication skills, knowledge of the film industry and teamwork skills.
Technical skills for a Director could include; Good research skills, Knowledge of equipment and a Knowledge and good understanding of visual techniques and styles.
The experience needed to progress into this role can include, experience on other film sets and maybe having a role of being a camera operator/cinematographer/editor. Qualifications need for this role could be; A BA Film Production or Film Festival Awards.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of this job can be; An advantage could be getting your dream job, Being able to work in the Film Industry, Being able to show your visions and Ideas, Being able to work with other people who have similar interests, Being able to work as a team, Gaining experience and knowledge of the film industry, Being able to have your dream job.
The Disadvantages of this job could be time consuming, could be stressful, might not get on with other co-workers, Failing to succeed in the line of work.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
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