This is all about PRODUCERS and AUDIENCES.
You must respond to case study material and bring in your own examples to help you to answer the question.
Useful sources to find out a bit more about the film industry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/subjects/VGVmL3N1YmplY3QvYnJpdGlzaCBjaW5lbWE
This Radio 4 source allows you to listen to a range of programmes concerning the world of cinema.
Other ways to revise and prepare:
- Watch some film trailers for 4 films due to be released this month. How are they advertised? Who is their target audience? How do they appeal to the target audience?
- Visit this link (Pearl & Dean and remind yourself about cinema audiences) http://business.pearlanddean.com/audience_profile
- Go over your Winter's Bone notes from the Roy Stafford event. He told you some very important and useful facts about cinema, distribution, audiences and exhibition.
- Look at earlier posts on this blog for actor rates, British film information, marketing.
- Look at this weeks listings for Showcase (Stockton) Cineworld (Middlesbrough) and the Arc (Stockton) to see what choice and variation the cinemas have to offer. Compare these to what films are showing in London, Manchester, Bradford to get a sense of audiences being catered for.
- Use your own blogs to revise: You should have a completed british film case study, Paul marketing information, new Hollywood information, BBFC information.
- Revise using class notes. We have covered Hollywood studio system, New Hollywood, New New Hollywood, High Concept films, Hays Code, BBFC, Internet marketing and Word of Mouse, new media technology and film, festivals, multiplex and film choice and experience, independent film and cinemas, British film companies, piracy, Straight to DVD, TV film screening, awards ceremonies, stardom, fandom, Orange Wednesdays, Where film ideas come from, Opening Weekends, case studies include Birdemic, Christian Bale bad publicity, Blair Witch Project starting Internet marketing revolution, more recent examples include Cloverfield, but also think about Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Harry Potter, Paul, Oscars 2011, Pi Faith in Chaos (Aranofsky), Garden State (Zac Braff), The Last Broadcast (Avalos)
