C1 Film

 12th February 2025

film industry

lo: to research key terminology and context surrounding the film industry

key terminology:

franchise: collection of related films often sharing characters, settings and themes that are released over a series of instalments, based on original ideas or books.

distributor: a person/company responsible for marketing a film

hollywood major: large film company that dominates hollywood

teaser: short trailer or poster with limited information and small details

montage: editing technique of putting separate pieces of related film together in a sequence

ensamble cast: group of actors that have equal roles in a film

tentpole film: high budget film expected to be successful

high-concept: emphasis on a striking but easily comunicable idea to have a wide audience appeal

enigma: a question that encourages an audience to watch or read to get the answer to

industry:

• five major studios: Disney, universal, Sony pictures, Paramount and Warner bros 
• aim of film marketing campaign: to advertise and sell a film to potential audiences
• often used marketing techniques: adverts, interviews with cast, print media, articles, tv trailers
• what information does a film poster need to portray: let audience know the title, what the movie is about, when it'll be released, key actors, needs to be eye catching
• difference between teaser poster and theatrical poster: a teaser poster will be sparse and contain little information about film

• recent film franchise: marvel 

James Bond research:

• based off of any people Fleming met across his lifetime

• typical storylines: the main villain often captures Bond and, rather than kill him quickly, attempts a slow and protracted death, from which Bond always escapes
• main themes: 

Wednesday 26th February 2025

film industry

lo: to explore the process of film making

do now!

1)  collection of related films often sharing characters, settings and themes that are released over a series of instalments, based on original ideas or books.

2)  a person/company responsible for marketing a film

3)  large film company that dominates hollywood

4)  short trailer or poster with limited information and small details

5)  high budget film expected to be successful

production: a film or movie in the process of being made 

distribution: a person or company responsible for showing a movie 

marketing: how much money a movie makes or is put into

exhibition: 

vertical integration: a film production companies compete for a film 

pre-production- writing the script for the movie and how you want it to play out, create budget, hire crew, hire actors, costume, set

production- acting and recording of the movie scenes 

post production- editing and sound instalment

EP: executive producer-  oversee all stages and make sure everything runs smoothly 

honorary producer- puts name to film

produced by- works with director, watches editing and makes decisions on crew 

line producers- organises budget

producers control the film and everyone answer to the producer 

1) EON productions 

2) Danjak and MGM

3) highest production values 

4) MGM

5) 

6) £214 million

7) Italy, Jamaica, Norway, Faroe islands, London

8) 10 months March- December 2019

9) 

Wednesday 5th March 2025 

distribution and marketing

lo: to explore the process of film making

do now!

1) writing the script for the movie and how you want it to play out, create budget, hire crew, hire actors, costume, set

2) acting and recording of the movie scenes 

3) editing and sound instalment

4) EON productions

5) a film production companies compete for a film's rights

distribution: process of making copies, sometimes shown at festivals. need to stick to budgets, consider release dates and theatrical windows 

vertical integration: they delegate distribution to smaller companies they own 

movies market by: trailers, ads in papers and billboards, actor appearances 

Wednesday 12th 2025

marketing and promotion

lo: to explore marketing methods in NTTD

do now!

1) making copies of film

2) universal pictures

3) amazon 

4) April 2020

5) 30th September 2021

• cost more money for new date
• phone-tech not up to date- had to reshoot scenes
• extend hype 

explain why the delayed release of 'no time to die' was an issue for the team behind the movie?

the delayed release meant that that the technology used in some scenes would not be the most recent as bond is meant to have the most recent tech they had to reshoot a lot of scene which costed a ton of money, as well as go in and redo adverts and trailers which cost a lot more to have done. despite all this they had to extend the hype for the bond movie over a very extended time for the new date which cast quite a lot to move in the first place. 

product placement

• Aston martin cars
• nokia phones 
• triumph motorcycles
• omega watches
• toyota SUV

Teaser

• short paced
• action packed
• little to no information

Heineken

• Daniel Craig only referred to as James bond
• people only see him as James bond
• fame of bond
• funny

Music

• soundtrack by Billie Eilish 
• bond radio: week before release a radio station popped up only playing bond soundtrack songs 

Wednesday 19th 2025

circulation and regulation

do now 

1) selling the film 

2) covid lockdowns 

3) brands in filming, famous singers composing music, teaser trailer

4) Billie Eilish

5) bond radio: a radio station only playing James bond soundtracks

how do you watch films?

• DVD
• streaming services
• cinema 
• PPV

exhibition order:

1. cinema release
2. DVD release, pay per view
3. free to air (on TV channels) 

people now prefer streaming services as it is more accessible 

1. NTTD was in the cinema for one month
2. it made $774.3 million at the box office
3.  NTTD was released on DVD 20th December 2021, others on different dates
4. new years 2023
5. apple tv, amazon prime, youtube, PPV, google play
6. very successful sales

BBFC regulates film in Britain

U: suitable for all ages

PG: parental guidance is advised

12A: suitable for twelve and up but twelve must go with an adult

12: suitable for twelve and up on their own

15: suitable for fifteen and up

18: suitable for adults

1. age classification for NTTD was 12 A 
2. financial positives for NTTD having this age classification are a wider audience
3. Digital ratings for NTTD is a 12

a 12A is suitable for anyone under twelve but must go with an adult, a 12 can go by themselves without parental guidance.