Tee - This week's film releases

This week's film releases

The majority of film releases are American, Hollywood movies where as British films, Bollywood films and Art house films are not as common. 3D films are not very and they are rarely released.

The following information was gathered from http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/now-showing/new/

1) Runner Runner
2) Blue Jasmine
3) Girl Most Likely
4) Greedy Lying Bastards
5) Its A Lot
6) Prisoners
7) Saturday Night Fever
8)Warning 3D

In the above list 6/8 are American, Hollywood movies and 1/8 (Its A Lot) is an English movie and 1/8 (Warning 3D) is an Indian, Bollywood movie. Only one of these films is a 3D film and one is an Art house movie. This shows, generally, how film releases are in the UK. The films released this week are dominated by Hollywood movies. British movies and Art house movies are not common.

Runner Runner trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFPqyNvNzvU
Blue Jasmine trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FER3C394aI8
Girls Most Likely trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qADHVt5v54Y

Tee - 10 facts about the Film Industry

10 facts about the Film Industry

1) The most frequent cinema goers tend to be students, teenagers and young adults.

2) 64% of cinema audiences are aged 7-34.

3) 646 films were released in the UK in 2012, that's over 12 new titles per week.

4) Saturday is the most popular day to go to the cinema.

5) Action in the most popular film genre.

6) Think like a man, The Hunger Games and then The Avengers were the most tweeted movies in 2012.
Think like a man trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7VmU8aHAt

The Hunger Games trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9a5V9ODu

The Avenger trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrNdBpGMv8

7) About 40% of cinema's profit comes from refreshments.
8) Bollywood movies accounted for 1.1% of UK Box office.

9) 3D accounts for just £1 in every £5 spent on cinema tickets

10) 14% of retail buyers bought a film they had previously seen at the cinema.

Gizem homework.

Stages of Production

PRE-PRODUCTION
This is the stage in which all the planning for the project takes place. During pre-production, the production is broken down into individual scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are identified. The script, if not already complete, is written at this stage.This is the stage at which all the filming is carried out. All scenes planned out in pre-production are filmed at the relevant locations. Each scene is filmed as many times as the director deems fit, to ensure the best quality scenes will be used to construct the film. This is where the strength of the pre-production work is put to the test. Great care must be taken to make sure that all the filming is done correctly and all necessary shots are taken, as it is sometimes difficult or impossible to go back and repeat certain events if the filming is incomplete when it comes to the post-production stage.

POST-PRODUCTION
This is the stage in which the film is assembled by the editor. The first job of the film editor is to build a rough cut taken from sequences (or scenes) based on individual "takes" (shots). The purpose of the rough cut is to select and order the best shots. The next step is, to create a fine cut by getting all the shots to flow smoothly in a seamless story. Trimming – this is the  process of shortening scenes by a few minutes, seconds, or even frames – this is done during this phase. Also, the editing of footage, all music, graphics, menus etc are added in this stage. After the fine cut has been screened and approved by the director and producer, the picture is "locked," meaning no further changes are made.

How do films get from the edit houses to the audience?

-They can appear on theatres.- Television and radio.

- Print, newspapers etc.

Exhibition

How do audiences get to see the film?

Theatre: Most theaters use buyers to represent them in negotiating with the distribution companies. Large chains such as United artists employ buyers while small chains and independent theaters contract with a buyer. The buyers often will accept a movie that the theater is not very interested in to make sure they get a film they really want. Distributors try to balance the movies they release to theaters in the same local area to make sure all of the theaters will continue to work with them. Sometimes a theater will get an exclusive or special engagement to premiere a movie in its area. Once a buyer is interested in a movie, the lease terms are discussed

Television and radio:  the film often gets advertised on different channels which spreads the promotion all over the world being watched by different people therefore this is how people find out about new movies etc. 

Merchandising: A well-designed visual merchandising strategy is one of the best ways to optimize your eCommerce site and ensure sales growth for your online business.  Eg. If you walked into a shop that had dull displays, no promotions and unappealing product arrangements, unfortunately, you’d probably turn around and walk out again without any interest. Whilst eCommerce sites don’t have a physical space for the customer to step inside, they still need to work hard to draw the user in and prevent them from leaving. Successful visual merchandising provides eye-catching displays and engaging promotions, helping to attract – and hold – the customer’s attention. A good visual merchandising strategy will improve conversion rates, optimize sales and increase revenue.

Print and newspaper advertising: Helps corporations towards promotion of their goods and services and are generally for larger budget clients. By advertising on a newspaper, more audiences will be gained because the e.g. the movie will be promoted to a wide range of community and people from different age groups.

Gizem and Brandy - This week's film releases

THIS WEEK'S FILM RELEASES


This week's film releases reflect what was discussed in the previous blog post and the idea that hollywood dominates the film industry, especially with the weekly film releases. This week we have noticed that the majority (generally 90%) of the film releases were American with one British release.

This was accessed by the following website : http://www.timeout.com/london/film 

This week's film releases :

1. The Great Beauty (American, Hollywood)

2. Upstream colour (American, Hollywood)

3. About Time (British)

4. The way, way back (American, Hollywood)

5. Now You See Me (American, Hollywood)

6. Rush (American, Hollywood)

7. Diana (British)

8. Blue Jasmine (American, Art House)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oPRXf9
LxRU (Diana, British trailer)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJNYYkkhzc (Now You See Me, American trailer)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FER3C394aI8 (Blue Jasmine, American, Art House trailer)


From this information we can see that there is a variation of film releases including British films and Art House releases, however, in general, the most dominant is from Hollywood.

Gizem and Brandy- 10 facts about the film industry

10 FACTS ABOUT THE FILM INDUSTRY!

1. 

64% of cinema audiences are aged 7-34.

2. 

When it comes to online content, 60% of 16-30 year olds believe that film content should be free when accessed online.

3. 

Think like a Man, The Hunger Games then The Avengers were the most tweeted movies in 2012.

4. 

 People spend on average 16 mins in the foyer as a result of this, on average, 40% of a cinema's profit comes from refreshments. Typical refreshments include drinks, popcorn and candy.

5.

 top 3 films in 2012 were Skyfall, Dark Knight Rises, Marvel Avengers Assemble. 

6.

The top 3D releases of 2012 were Marvel Avengers Assemble, The hobbit: An unexpected journey, Prometheus, The amazing Spiderman and Life of Pi. However, 3D only accounts for just under £1 in every £5 spent on cinema tickets.

7.

 646 films were released in the Uk in 2012, that's over 12 new titles per week. 

8.  

In general, cinema going experience is shared experience with an average of 3 people per party. However, this may vary, especially depending on the time of year. It may be dates or big groups of friends/family.

9. 

Top 3 films of 2012 were accounted 18%of all Box office spend about £1 in every £6 spent. 

10. 

The main stars of 2012 include:

       

 - Robert Pattinson - Twilight films, Bel Ami and Cosmopolis

        - Kristen Stewart - Twilight films, Snow White and the Huntsman and On the Road

        - Emily Blunt - The Muppets, The five year engagement

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