The Film Industry

The departments within the film industry

·      Wardrobe

·      Lighting

·      Sounds

·      Prompt

·      Editors

·      Actors/ actress

·      Director

·      Manger

·      Producer

·      Script writer

·      Set designer

·      Dancers / extra people

·      Make up

Production: making movies

Distributions: promoting films and getting them into cinemas and out on DVD, as well as any spinoffs / related media products

Consumption: people paying at the cinema, renting DVDs and downloading or purchasing related

Products

Film distribution

Key words:  

Distribution > meaning how you hand it out

·       Distribution, is the third part of the film supply chain , this is often referred to as “ the invisible art” a process known only to these within the industry , barely written about and almost imperceptible to everyone else

·       Distribution, is the most important part of the film industry , where completed films are brought to life and connected with an audience

·       In the practice of Hollywood, the phases of production distribution and exhibition operate most effectively

·       Vertical integration> the integrating of successive stage in production and marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization

Logistics > the organiser of supplies and marketing

·       The distributer will enter into an agreement with the cinema to screen the film on certain “play dates”

·       It’s the responsibility of the distributor to arrange the transportation of the film to the cinema, as part of its wider coordination of print use across the UK.

·       The logistics represents the phase of distribution at its most basic – supplying and circulating copies of the film to theatres of tapes and DVDs to shop.