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1. Discuss the issues raised by media ownership within a
media area you have studied
Introduction: I will be looking at the British film industry in which I will show
the contrastand comparison of two films for example guardians of the galaxy
and pride this will determine and show whatmakes a British film.
The movie pride is an independent studio because it has been produced from
a small company. A disadvantagethat an independent studio that produces
films like pride has over a conglomerate is that they don’t have as big of a
budget this means that they won’tbe able to use as many special effects, less
money for locations and not as well-known actors to play parts. The budget for
this film was $1,446,634. However thecompany Marvelis a conglomerate
studio. The budget for the film guardians of the galaxy’s was 170,000,000 this
is a big sum of money that was used to employee well-known actors and for
the special affects like the use of animation used throughout. The company
Marvel is a cross media convergencethis gives an advantage over the
independent studios becausethis means that they will be able to keep mostof
the money. However for an independent studio this is not the case because
they are not cross media convergencewhich means that most of the money
will be needed to pay the staff. For a company like Marvel they have
established audiences in which they can always counton to watch their films
like a fan base that the audience they aim at will guarantee a return of money.
However an independent studio like pride have less established audiences that
means that they won’thave as many people watching their content because
people aren’tfamiliar with it which means that they won’t makeas much
money as a larger studio becauseof the lack of familiarity. In conclusion I
believe that it is better to be a conglomerate studio becausethis means that
you are most likely to get your money back produced will get more
recognition although pride made £3,265,317 and guardians of the galaxy made
$774,176,600
Feedback (by Matthew Meleady):
WWW: Clearintroductionandconclusion.
Good pointsaboutandaccurate figures(forthingslike the money).
EBI: some thingswronglike:Pride isafilmnota studio(“anindependentstudiolike pride”).
Do anotherpoint/make itlonger.
Can’tgive a level due toitbeing short(whatyoudidwas goodbut it wouldhave tobe a low mark).