Media IndustryAS 90599

Demonstrate understanding of a specific media industry

AchievementExplain how a specific media industry is organised and controlled.

Achievement with MeritAnalyse how a specific media industry is organised and controlled.

Achievement with ExcellenceAnalyse perceptively how a specific media industry is organised and controlled.

Definitions of Industry

the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

Movie Industry: What is it?

Film Industry: Hollywood

Film Industry: HollywoodThe Hollywood film industry is an amalgamation of technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking. It generally consists of film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, actors, directors, and film personnel.

Levels of achievementExplain: clarify with reasons. Why? How?

Analyse means a detailed examination that could include carrying the study to wider implications. So what?

Analyse Perceptively: personal conclusions/ insights drawn from their analysis, ability to evaluate significance and/or relevance and the ability to construct and sustain a clear and coherent argument

Features commercial considerations

Market Demands

Industry Practices

government, industry regulations & standards

Talent

technologies

Industry structure

and ownership

Big QuestionsConsider the NATURE of the industry and the ways in which the different features influence this industry What is it? Why?

What issues are important to the industry that could create points for discussion, debate or analysis? So what?

Create questions or discussion points around these. Find evidence to support the arguments.

Feature: Industry Structure and

OwnershipWhat is the nature of this Industry?Who controls it?How big is it?What is it exactly?What effect does this have on the nature of the films offered? What is available and how?

NZ Film

FinanceMoney

Commercial considerations

Organisation and control

Box Office Mojo

NZ Film

http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/FilmCatalogue/Statistics.aspx

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

Hollywood Money

Link to NYT Box office flows

http://tinyurl.com/363q6r

Also try my Delicious links:

http://delicious.com/teachermap/hollywood

I am Legend: Trailers: Need for promotionhttp://tinyurl.com/yaayblqHow movie marketing works: http://tinyurl.com/ydc95zm

Link to MGM potential bankruptcyhttp://tinyurl.com/yanpqdu

New Zealand money Feature: Market demand

and commercial considerations

Feature: Government, Industry regulation and Control

Role of NZfilm Commission: What is it??

Try their site: http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/

This ppt is a reworked version of the one I did at inmedia 09 at Christchurch NZYou had to be there to get the gist of it, as it was a conversation between myself and Jeremy Macey from the NZ film CommissionI have put in all the internet links as I have saved this as a PDF rather than a PPT However the general discussion about Industry and the Level 3 Achievemnt Standard is apparent in the slides.

EnjoyJosephine Maplesdenmaplesjb@hghs.school.nz