Media Homework.

Emily Joanne Geraghty.

Media Homework.

Production.

Producing a film consists of many different stages. It starts off with an initial idea/story, and then the final idea/story is decided. It then goes on to the script stage, followed by drawing storyboards. Then you have to find the film funding, once you have found the funding for your film you can then go on to the cast and crew stage. When you have cast your roles, you can then pick your filming locations, come up with a shooting script, and scheduling for your shooting. Once you have finished your shooting, you can then move on to the editing stage, and produce your finished product. You can then move on to screening your finished product, and release it to the public. For example, in the making of ‘Twilight’, it follows some of the same stages in the production of the film. There were a lot of storyboards of different scenes and sets. They also took into careful consideration who they choose to play each character. There was also a lot of editing in the making of twilight as they had to add in a lot of special effects, and computer animations.

Distribution.

Films get from the edit house to the audience in many different ways. The most popular ones are through film trailers and the internet. There are also other ways such as, through press releases, magazines, movie sites and many more.

Marketing.

There are lots of different types of marketing. For example, posters, magazines, word of mouth, display boards on the sides of busses, leaflets, social networking sites, radio, TV adverts, merchandise, and many more. Films can be sold to more than one audience, for example, ‘Black Swan’, could be targeting young girls because it’s about ballet, however it could also be targeting men because of the sexual element of the film.

These posters are a type of marketing of the film ‘Black Swan’. By choosing this image you can see that it is about ballet, but because she is in black you can tell there is a possible dark side to it.

Exhibition.

People get to see films is various ways, for example, going to the cinema, watching online, buying a DVD, or watching a film on the TV. We engage with films today by going to the cinema, people go to the cinema as a social event or to get away from their normal lives for a bit to engage in a film they like, or feel they can relate to. People also engage in films today by watching them on the TV, this could be as a family event or just to relax and watch a film.