Ex Machina - trailer

Suicide Sqaud - trailer

Two case study PowerPoint

Film industry case study - Ex Machina and Suicide Squad from isabelle humm

2015 film statistics

film chain

The film chain are the different processes that happen when making a film. These processes consists of the following: 

• Production 
• Marketing
• Distribution. 

We started off by coming up with the idea of the film. This took us a while as we wanted to choose a film that majority of people would know. We then sorted out our cast and started to film. We had limited time to get our filming done, but we had got enough footage to work with. The technology that we used for filming was only a camera and this was a canon 550D. The next stage was editing and this took around 2 hours. We noticed that we lost a crucial part of film, but we did not have enough time to film it again so we had to deal with what we had. When editing we added things such as sound effects and slow motion. Moreover, the technology that we used to distribute our swede film was YouTube, and this was very successful. The film was left up on YouTube for just around a week ad during that week we came up with some advertisement ideas. These ideas consisted of an Instagram page, a website and poster, all of which did help, but the thing that helped us the most was the shoutout from Zara’s brother. He had 2000 people on his snapchat, and this helped to raise our views from 89 to 426.        

Swede film - Fault in Hamsterdamn

This is our swede film.

swede film - Powerpoint

Fault in hamsterdamn powerpoint from isabelle humm

This is the powerpoint for our swede film 'Fault in Hamsterdamn'. In this powerpoint I have talked about production, marketing, distribution and exhibtion. I also talked about what I had learnt from this expereince in making a swede fim. 

exam prep #1

• the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
• the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
• the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
• the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences (i.e. digital technology);
• the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences: the internet, digital downloads, DVDs, High Definition, CGI, etc.;
• the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
• the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.

(These are the only questions that they can ask you in the exam). 

When writing the exam essay - you should look for modern examples in the industry and be able to write a paragraph about:

• the processes of production – how the product is created
• the methods of distribution – how does the product reach its audience marketing
• methods, and processes of marketing as they relate to the institutions
• the way audiences consume the product
• the relationships between audiences and institutions
• issues raised by media ownership within your topic
• convergence and new technologies in production, distribution and marketing and its importance for institutions and audiences
• issues raised by global institutions targeting British audiences

Key Principles

1. Have you got contrasting films you can use as case studies e.g. big budget Hollywood v low budget British indie which allow full range of issues to be discussed?

2. Have you got contemporary examples - the best are almost always live case studies of films on release at the moment so that the material is out there to be grabbed (marketing, distribution, exhibition data, etc)?

3. Can you grasp the seven bullet points from p.19 of the spec, from which all exam questions will be drawn?

Candidates should be familiar with:

• the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
• the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
• the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
• the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
• the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
• the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
• the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.

Film distribution

Film distribution from isabelle humm

Ex Machina - Film case study

Ex machina – film case study from isabelle humm

Suicide Squad - film case study

Suicide squad – film case study from isabelle humm

Representation of race in a TV drama

Representation of race in a tv shows undercover from isabelle humm

In this I talk about how the colour of you skin could affect how you were treated. I also talked about a British TV program which includes race.

EON Productions - Film industry

British Independent Film Company


The British independent film company that I have chosen to research is Eon Production. This film company is based in London's Piccadilly and also operates from pinewood studios. This British independent film company is most famously known for making the bond series.
The people who started of this company was Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. This is a family corporation that has been going on since 1961. As I have said before, this film company is most famously know for the James Bond series, but when they were no longer apart, Broccoli made Chitty Chitty Band Bang, which was released on the 16th of December 1968. Broccoli had been intrigued in the bond films for many years, but his partner was never into getting them done. After a while Saltzman and broccoli stopped working together as partners, which allowed broccoli to create the bond novels into films that he has been wanting to do for years. The first bond film was released in 1962, the next in 1963, then 1964, then after that the fourth was in1665. The last Bond film that Broccoli made was released in 1966, and this was sadly before he passed away in the same year. Eon productions was then passed onto his daughter Barbara Broccoli, and his stepson and half-brother by actress Dana Wilson Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson. The production company is still owned by the broccoli family today, and the family carried on making all 24 Bond films.