Film Studios 26/11/12

The aim of this lesson was to be able to indicate how films are produced and distributed. We also needed to research and decide upon the film studio's we would be using to produce and distribute our film Call Me Mr. Teddy.

We began by listing as many film studios as we could:
- Warner Brothers
- Universal
- Columbia Pictures
- Pixar
- Walt Disney
- 20th Century Fox
- Lionsgate
- Spy Glass
- Lakeshore
- Sony
- MGM
- Touchstone
- Paramount
- Happy Madison
- eone
- New line cinema

Main studios operating today:
- 20th Century Fox
- Columbia/Sony
- Paramount
- Universal
- Walt Disney
- Warner Brothers

What is a film studio and what does it do?
A film studio is a company that produces and/or distributes motion pictures.

Keywords:
Niche - A small group of people with a particularly shared interest.
Synergy-The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects - this saves money.

                                                                   Production System                                             

 What does a distributor do?

The distributor company is in charge of getting the film out to audiences, this involves organising for the film to receive an age certificate by regulation bodies, such as the BBFC and MPAA; arranging exhibition outlets globally and DVD/television rights; arranging for prints of the film, marketing and gaining publicity, and the promotion of the film.