6. Following It’s run in cinemas, the film is released in subsequent windows (Home entertainment, television) and quality becomes a catalogue title.
Films run extends any number of weeks subject to demand, which may be augmented by additional marketing
Film prints/disks Including the British board of Film Classification certificate are delivered to cinemas a few days before opening
Distributors' marketing campaign aims to create a ‘want to see’ buzz among the target audience and launches the film
Distributer presents the film to exhibiters and negotiates bilateral agreements to have it shown in cinemas
Distributor develops relapse strategy considers release date and takes delivery of master print of the finished film.
Principal photography takes place in studios and/or on agreed locations followed by some months of post production, editing and scoring
Production finance and cast and crew are confirmed
Screenplay is developed by one or more writers
Producer/Company acquires rights to film story or treatment
10. Digital films are basically big computer files
Can be written to DVD-ROM
Sent via broadband
Transmitted via satellite
Virtually no shipping costs
Not much more expensive to show in 100 cinemas as 1
Film prints are very expensive (£1500-£3000 per print)
Expensive to ship heavy reels of film and then to collect them when film
finishes itsrun
Digital films can be opened simultaneously all over the world
11. A good analogue film projector produces a clear, crisp vibrant image but every
time the print is projected the film is damaged.
A digital projector produces a high quality image and sound every time.
The 1000th view is a good as the first!
A digital projector does not need a trained projectionist!
Staff could be cut to a bare minimum.
