• You must show me two / three detailed case studies that contain details and actual facts around these areas:

    Ownership:

     Which companies produced these films?
    Do they operate globally or nationally?
    How are these companies structured?
    Are they vertically and horizontally integrated?
    What examples of synergy can you find with other companies?


    Production:

    Who produced it? Which companies were involved?
    What are the issues raised by  media ownership for this film? 
    Budget?
    Equipment used?
    What cameras did they use?
    What other technology did they use in production?
    How important was technological convergence as synergy in the production?
    Who were the cast and how much did they get paid?
    Where did they shoot the film? Over how many days?
    How big was the crew?
    Who was the director? What did they say about the production?
    How was it created? Who wrote the script? Where did the idea come from ?

    Any other information about the production process, what helped it or made it difficult to produce?

    Distribution:

    Which companies distributed the film?
    How was it distributed globally?
    Did it have any tie - ins with other companies?
    Is the company intergated vertically or horizontally?
    How was it marketed? What was the budget?
    Did it have a range of advertising?
    Did it have merchandising?
    Did they use technology and the internet to market and promote the  film? How?
    What were the reviews like?

    Exhibition: 
    How many screens did it get shown in?
    What are the box office details for the film ? Did it make a profit?
    How many countries did it show in?
    Was it considered a success?
    What was its release strategy? Did it have a 'simultaneous release' or a 'staggered release'?
    Did it have any problems with piracy?
    Has it been released through netflix or other online services?

    An excellent dark knight case study is here:


    A great independent British film case study is here:






    THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE FOR THE SELFISH GIANT:

     http://haggerstonmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/year-12-case-study-british-independent.html


    and a field in england here:

     https://filmstudiesredrup.wordpress.com/fm2/section-a/case-studies/case-study-a-field-in-england/






    Some good examples of smaller case studies around new distribution methods are here: (these are excellent for general comments and your conclusion of your essay)
    http://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/lottery-funding-distribution/insight-reports-case-studies-audience-research/new-ways-reaching-audiences-distribution
  • Why Fonts Matter, and how they impact your mood: _Typography might just help you date, solve obesity and impact your mood; so we’ve learnt from type fanatic Sarah Hyndman. We’ve 'previously dubbed her':http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-type-taster “the one woman tour-de-force behind the Type Tasting enterprise”, which looks at the power typography has over our lives and senses. She’s now published a new book on the subject,_ Why Fonts Matter, _and has kindly offered us an extract looking at the effects of typography on our emotions._
  • Great article here about the twitter user who is exposing the total lack of adequate roles for women in the film industry.

    http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/11/blonde-fit-smokin-hot-hollywood-producer-shares-sexist-scripts-on-twitter

    It really does show how different it is for women in the industry when you compare these examples to the range of roles available for male actors.

    Maybe we need more female writers:

    http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jan/10/television-comedy-why-women-are-taking-over





  • Some good culturally appropriated resources here, especially around Q1a and creativity! Enjoy

    http://mrswilliamscriticalperspectives.blogspot.co.uk/p/tasks-to-prepare-your-exam-answer.html
  • Three incredible websites:  We-media and Sound.


    I will talk about these in our next lesson - you have been warned..

    http://listen.hatnote.com/    - listen to wikipedia!

    http://youarelistening.to/  - this combines ambient music with live feeds of police radio from major US cities

    http://everynoise.com/engenremap.html   - all genres of music mapped!
  • Go to this blog and answer the following questions:

     http://patcm2015.blogspot.co.uk/

    Name 5 examples of crowdfunding in news and journalism?

    How is crowdfunding an example of we media in action?

    Why does the British press have a problem? Can you find examples of the british press acting a negative way?

    What would Adorno think about crowdfunding?

    How does crowd funding fight against the ideas in Gramsci's hegemony theory?

    What does Foucault think about all this / how do pluralists view crowdfunding?

    Can you explain Castell's theory of the networked society?

    Why is a democratisation of the news important?


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