2. What is Film Industry
The film industry consists of the technological and
commercial institutions of filmmaking. For example,
film production companies, film studios,
cinematography, film production, screenwriting,
pre-production, post production, film festivals,
distribution; and actors, film directors and other film
crew personnel.
3. Modern Film Industry
The major business centres of film making are in the United States, India and
Hong Kong. France, Germany and the United Kingdom in Europe are the
countries that lead movie production. Many films are produced in
countries, other than the one the company which pays for the film is
located, due to the costs of labour and infrastructure. Hollywood is the
primary nexus of the United States film industry and the U.S has one of the
oldest film industries. One of the largest producers of films in the world is
India. “In 2009, India produced a total of 2961 films on celluloid, that
includes a staggering figure of 1288 feature films. Indian film industry is
multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and
number of films produced and 2nd largest in terms of revenue.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_industry)
4. Majors Studios
The Big six Film Industries are Paramount, Warner Bros.,
Sony, Disney, Universal and 20th Century Fox.
Major Studios are part of massive media
conglomerates and to appeal to mass audiences
they have big blockbusters, high concept films and
marketed films. They have big budgets and the
business is to make money.
5. Independent Film Company
Independent film companies are not part od major
studios or conglomerates. Indie can sometimes mean
art film or non mass marketed film, so usually more
about a filmmakers artistic style or telling a story than
making money. They will often have to gain finance
from other sources and so the budget can be much
smaller. Many of the successful independents have
been taken over by major studios or conglomerates.
