Films Homework

What is the Process In Making a Film?

1. Writer has an idea
2. He creates an outline and use it to promote interest in the idea
3. A studio or independent investor decides to purchase rights over the film
4. People brought together to make the film (screen, writer, producer, director, cast, crew)
5. Film made sent to studio
6. The studio makes a licencing agreement with a distribution company
7. The distribution company determines how many copies print of the film to make
8. Distribution company shows the movie (screening) to prospective buying representatives the theatres
9. Buyers negotiate with distribution company on which movie they wish to lease  and terms of lease agreement
10. Prints sent to theatres few days before opening day
11. Theatre shows movie for specific number of weeks
12. Buy ticket watch film
13. End of engagement theatre sends print back to distribution company and makes payment on lease agreement

What is Film Distribution?
The distribution of a film or movie is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience. This task may be accomplished in a variety of ways, for example, with a theatrical release, a home entertainment release in which the movie is made available on DVD-video or Blu-Ray disc or as a TV broadcast. The distribution company makes a legal agreement with the creator(s) of film or movie enabling them full rights to the film ideas which lets them use the movie in anyway they wish.

The distribution company also brokers the deal with cinemas to make the number of copies of the film that the theatres need. This agreement  also includes the payment that the cinemas owe the distribution company for the possession of the film.

What is Horizontal & Vertical Integration?
Horizontal integration indicates the acquisition of competitors in the same section of an industry.

Vertical integration indicates the control of three main areas of production, distribution and exhibition. Such as the, Time warner and AOL merge.

What was the Hollywood 'studio system' like in the 1930's and 40's? 
The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Hollywood from the early 1920s through the 1950s. The term studio system refers to the practice of large motion picture studios. The first thing people think of is producers and how these people shaped Hollywood. The Studio System during the 1930s strangled independent cinema and took such great liberties to turn a profit that creativity was severely compromised. The Studio System was run by the producer's that worked within it, and the films that they produced were under their total control.