The UK film industry has six main components: development, production, facilities, distribution, exhibition, and export. It is made up of production companies, distribution companies, and exhibition companies. In 2007, 516 films were released in the UK, a 58% increase over the prior decade. The three largest film studios are Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Film4. Universal Studios is owned by Comcast, 20th Century Fox by 21st Century Fox, and Film4 by Channel Four Television Corporation.

1. FILM
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UK's film industry is part of a constantly evolving creative
media landscape.
•When we talk about the film industry, we're referring to its six
different component parts:
Development, Production, Facilities, Distribution, Exhibition and
Export.
•The nature of the industry means production companies are
often set up for a specific production and then close down when
production is complete.

2. SIZE, SHAPE AND STRUCTURE
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Of the companies existing today, we can say
approximately 43% are production, 13% are distribution and the
remaining 44% are exhibition companies.
516 films were released across the UK in 2007, a 58% increase over the
decade. UK films, including co-productions, accounted for 21% of releases and
29% of the market by value.
The UK film industry has a total workforce of around 27,800 people. The vast
majority (62%) are in exhibition, with a third (34%) in production and the
remaining 4% in distribution.
Around 9% of people in the film industry are from a Black, Asian or
Minority Ethnic (BAME) background.
Overall representation of women in film stands at around 43% which is
slightly greater than representation across the rest of the creative media
industries (42%).

3. EXAMPLES OF FILMS
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Universal Studios Inc - is an American motion picture studio, owned
by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of
the six major movie studios.
Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal
City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York
City
Film4 is a digital television channel available in the United
Kingdom and Ireland, owned and operated by Channel Four Television
Corporation, that screens films.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation also known as 20th Century Fox,
or 20th Century Fox Pictures, is one of the six major American film studios as
of 2011. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly
Hills

4. OWNERSHIP OF THESE COMPANIES
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The Owner of 20th Century Fox is 21st Century Fox which is a
American multinational mass media corporation. It is one of two companies
which succeeded News Corporation (as founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1979).
The Founder of Universal was Carl Laemmle who was in Los
Angeles, California) was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of
one of the original major Hollywood movie studios – Universal
The owner of Film4 is Channel Four Television
Corporation (informally Channel Four) is a publicly owned media company
headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its original and principal activity is
the British national television network Channel 4.

5. WHAT OTHER COMPANIES/MEDIA INTEREST DO THESE
COMPANIES OWN
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Channel Four Television Corporation also owns other channels like :
Channel Four
4 seven
E4
More 4
4music
Universal Founders (Pat Powers) also owned
Walt Disney
Pat Powers responded by signing Disney's head animator Ub Iwerks to
an exclusive deal to create his own animation studio

6. ADVANTAGES OF FILMS
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Films as mass medium have similar advantages as television as far as motion
and manipulation of time are concerned.
Technically, film allows a wider range of colors than video; furthermore, the
colors vary more in terms of hue and portray a greater range of contrast then
television
Films can be used for variety of purposes such as entertainment, education,
persuasion, changing motivation and opinions.
Film is a versatile medium. If lends itself to instructional use in both large and
small groups, and for individual study
The emotional impact left by films helps in shaping personal and social
attitudes. They present the situation in a dramatic, recreation form which
brings reality