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Film Industry - Key Theory DAVID HESMONDHALGH

'Classical Hollywood narrative.' - used to describe the classic era of Hollywood film production.

Spatial continuity - the audience always knows where they are at any times

Temporal continuity - the audience always knows in what order the events have transpired, and any flashbacks and so forth will be clearly signposted. The film must be realistic and must not make reference to any other filmic or popular texts.

The Studio System -

Production - Making a media product

Distribution - The spreading of a media product through different forms of advertising

Conglomeration - A corporation that consists of a group of businesses dealing in different products or services. The process of a conglomerate being formed.

Vertical/Horizontal Integration - When a company gets another company

Digital Technologies - Anything which involves computers

Regulation - A rule that has to be followed

Convergence - The coming together of different media products

Ways film distribution/exhibition have been affected in the last two decades

Social media allows a film to be advertised effectively

Netflix

Cinema (Traditional way. Theatrical release)

Online Piracy:

-123movies
-Popcorn
-Putlocker

Digital Technology:

- Phone
- Laptop
- Cameras
- DVDs
- VHS Tapes
- Blu-Ray

DAVID HESMONDHALGH

Horizontal integration - where a company buys other companies in the same sector to reduce competition.

Vertical integration - Where a company buys up other companies involved in different stages of the production and circulation.

Company Ident - producer identification

 Universal Pictures;


Universal Pictures is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Universal Studios is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Universal was founded in 1912 by the German Carl Laemmle (pronounced "LEM-lee"), Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour. It is the world's fourth oldest major film studio, after the renowned French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé, and the Danish Nordisk Film company. Six of Universal Studios' films; Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Furious 7 (2015) and Jurassic World (2015) achieved box office records, with the first three (which were directed by Steven Spielberg) all becoming the highest-grossing film at the time of its initial release.


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