C1 Films

                                                                                                                       Thursday 13th February 2025

Film Industry

L.O: to research key terminology & context surrounding the film industry

franchise - an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, for example acting as an agent for a company's products.

distributor - the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.

Hollywood major - a broad range of courses related to the history, theory, social impact, and the production of cinema and digital media arts.

teaser - a short introductory advertisement for a product that stimulates interest by remaining cryptic.

montage - the technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole.

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2. to attract an audience
3. trailers
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James Bond

• Fleming based his fictional creation on a number of individuals he came across during his time in intelligence.
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• Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig.
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                                                                                                                       Thursday 27th February 2025

Do Now

1. a series of films based on an original idea
2. markets the film and organisers the distribution of the film
3. a large production company that dominates Hollywood
4. a snippet of the film
5. High budget film that is expected to be very successful so it supports smaller riskier productions

Film Industry

L.O: to explore the process of film making

Production - the film

distribution - 

marketing - advertising it

exhibition -

Vertical integration

e.g

1. warner bros produces it
2. warner bros distributes it and markets it using time warner companies 
3. warner village cinemas get the first rights and a longer window time to show it than other cinemas

Productions

pre-production - planning / thinking - casting - sets/costumes - locations - schedule

production - filming it 

post-production - putting it all together  - cutting and editing - fix mistakes - mix audio 

produceres have to :

• secure the rights for screenplay
• manage locations , equipment and schedules
• manage crew , cast and directors
• manage any problems that occur
• secure funding

No Time To Die

                                                                                                                             Thursday 6th March 2025

Distribution and Marketing

• work out and stick to budgets 
• consider release dates and theatrical windows

                                                                                                                           Thursday 13th March 2025

Do Now

1. Making Copies
2. Universal
3. Amazon
4. April 2020
5. September 2021

Marketing and promotion

L.O : To explore the marketing methods in NTTD

Explain why the delayed release of 'No Time To Die' was an issue for the team behind the movie.

The delayed release meant that they had to keep advertising the film which costed them a load of money.

 heineken

Aston martin

omega

the soundtrack was by Billie Eilish

there was a radio station that only played bond music for a week 24/7

                                                                                                                           Thursday 20th March 2025

do now

1. Selling the film
2. Covid pandemic
3. Heineken Advert, Teaser trailer
4. Billie Eilish
5. Bauer radio dedicated station to bond music

circulation and regulation

exhibition takes place in the following order:

1. cinema release 
2. dvd release
3. free to air tv

1. a month
2. 774.2 million USD
3. no
4. in the UK it was shown on ITV on New years day 2023
5. PPV, apple tv, google play, amazon, prime and youtube 
6. very

regulation 

bbfc

1. 12A
2. they get more money
3. 12

                                                                                                                               Thursday 3rd April 2025

do now

1. .
2. radio
3. people who view it
4. 12-25 fortnight
5. 1minute per mark

eon productions/mgm

media convergence is the process by which multiple media technologies are brought together into one computerised device. for example, smartphones can do the jobs which newspapers, gps's, and telephones used to accomplish separately.

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

areas to discuss for marketing

the film industry markets and distributes  a film through                                                                                                                                                                      

the archers website appeals to users through     

                                                                                                                             Thursday 24th April 2025

Audience Appeal

L.O: to explore the uses & gratification of films

Uses and gratifications Theory

Active - audience - choices

Personal identity

• Media products allows audiences to find role models and other people with similar values

Information

• Any information can be learnt through different forms of media

Entertainment

• Use of media to escape the humdrum of their boring everyday lives

Social interaction

The Theory of uses and gratification identified entertainment as appealing to the audience because they can escape the boredom of everyday life

We can see this in gaming through Fortnite where players can play as different skins in different realities

This shows that the theory of entertainment in U&G applies to gaming because many audiences use games such as Fortnite as an escape to entertain themselves

                                                                                                                                 Thursday 1st May 2025

Audience appeal

social - tell friends about it - online - fan group - review - comment

marketing methods

film posters -

film trailers -

website - information

merchandise - personal identity

billboard (bus stops/buses) -

sponsership -

the theory of uses and gratification identified entertainment as appeals to the audience because it lets them escape reality

we can see this in the NTTD trailer through all the things that isn't possible in real life

This shows that the theory of entertainment in U&G applies to the NTTD trailer because

                                                                                                                                 Thursday 8th may 2025

film industry audience expectations

to consolidate our knowledge of the film industry

having actors from previous films is appealing because 

phoebe waller bridge is the second female ever to work on a bond script

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thursday 5th June 2025

Do Now

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Film Posters introduction