The document discusses the process of film production, distribution, and exhibition. There are three stages of film production: pre-production which involves writing the script and planning logistics, production which is the actual filming, and post-production which is editing the film together and adding music and sound. Distribution is releasing the film commercially and getting it to theaters. Exhibition is the final stage where the film is screened publicly in movie theaters, generating revenue from ticket and concession sales. Exhibitors influence the commercial and critical success of films through how they program and promote movies.

1. Luke Rimmer. How films are produced distributed and exhibited? A film is initially by created a story idea, typically a film involves a large number of people and can take anywhere between a few months to several years to complete. There are three stages of producing a film, the pre-production, production and the post production. The pre-production stage is the script writing which then has to be drafted into a workable print for the film. The finding of the location, getting together the actors and also all of the crew that they are going to use for the filming. Production is the stage where the film is actually recorded; this takes a while to be done and has to be done well to get all the best shots. The post production is the final stage in producing the film, this is the film is put together; this involves the editing, then to put the music onto the film. Also the dialogue needs to be edited. Distribution is about releasing and sustaining films in the market place. In the practice of Hollywood and other forms of industrial cinema, the phases of production, distribution and exhibition operate most effectively when 'vertically integrated', where the three stages are seen as part of the same larger process, under the control of one company. In the UK, Exhibition is the retail branch of the film industry. It involves not the production or the distribution of motion pictures, but their public screening, usually for paying customers in a site devoted to such screenings, the movie theater. What the exhibitor sells is the experience of a film and, frequently, concessions like soft drinks and popcorn. Because exhibitors to some extent control how films are programmed, promoted, and presented to the public, they have considerable influence over the box-office success and, more importantly, the reception of films.