Intro to WJEC FM 2 Producers and Audiences

1. Lesson Aims
To understand the requirements of Section A
Producers and Audiences.

3. 20%
Working on your own write down as many British films that you
HAVE seen…… You will have 5 mins
Working on your own write down as many American that you
HAVE seen…… You will have 5 mins

4. Why is Hollywood Film so dominant?
Genre models
Stars
Power and Heavy
marketing and cross
promotion strategies
Targeting audiences
Financing

5. The Exam – 2 ½ hours
60%

6. 20%
Two questions one will be audience based the other will be
industry based.
Select one question using the stimulus material as you need to
spend 45mins doing the following:
1. Analysing the material and explaining how it highlights
some of the issues you have covered.
2. Bringing in your wider knowledge of case studies (in class
and your own)
3. Your own experience of film consumption and using all of
these points to answer the question set.

7. 20%

8. 20%

9. 20%

10. 20%

11. 20%
Key information I must know about to answer this
question.
Industry Audience
How the US
Film Industry
operates in
particular
Hollywood and
the impact of
this on UK
Audiences
How UK and US Films finance,
distribute, market and exhibit films
using specific case studies. How they
target international, national, and local
audiences
How the British
Film Industry
operates and
maintains
independence,
and
profitability
Film demand
and supply in
the UK today
Film consumption by
audiences, cinema
going, home cinema
and the internet,
digital technology
The
importance
of genre
and stars
for
audiences

12. INSTITUTION
Film
AUDIENCE
How do audiences
‘read’ films? Attraction of stars
and genres?
How does the industry
perceive audiences?
How do they reach their
target audiences

13. Key information I must know about to answer this
question.
Industry Audience
The relationship between the two and who is
more powerful in driving the industry.
The impact of new technologies in the industry
The effect of other industries and the
availability of British and US films,
Independent and Low Budget films

14. There are six majors that operate in Hollywood :
Major film studio is a movie production and distribution
company that releases a substantial number of films
annually and consistently commands a significant share of
box-office revenues in a given market.
In the North American,
Western, and global markets, the major film studios, subsidiaries
command approximately 90 percent of the U.S. and
Canadian box office
Hollywood Film Industry

15. The top ten films at the UK
box office:

16. Task
Task: Look at the three Items of stimulus material in
PART Band create a ‘thought shower’ about how you
could answer the following questions. Think about your
own film experiences as well.
How far are new technologies changing the way
audiences watch film