Institutions – Film Industry

Institutions – Film Industry

Warner Brothers - history

Studio system 2oth Century Fox, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Warners Brothers, Disney, Sony (MGM)

Mini-majors – dreamworks, Lionsgate, Weinstein

Golden Age of Hollywood

Genre films

Development of Horror or Development of film noir

Key landmarks / films

Distribution

Exhibition

Global market

Effect of online media on institutions

Convergence

Cross media ownership

Synergy

Digital technology - effect on film-making

Box office figures for similar films

Big studios and smaller partners

Case study

Working Title

Universal  $600m deal in 1999

Warner Brothers Leavesden Studios, Hertfordshire (Harry Potter)

Elstree

Pinewood (James Bond)

Case study :research a similar film and compare

Sin City (2014) (Weinstein) Miramax

LA Confidential (Waners Brothers 1997)

Blade Runner (Warner Brothers 1982)

Annabelle - Warner Bros (2014)

Ouija - universal

Box office

Production company

Audience

Top 10 highest-grossing films at global box office 2014

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction, $1.087bn

2. Guardians of the Galaxy, $772.3m

3. Maleficent, $757.8m

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past, $746m

5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier, $714.1m

6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, $709m

7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, $708.3m

8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, $641.6m

9. Interstellar, $636.2m

10. How to Train Your Dragon 2, $618.9m