The document discusses various aspects of film production and distribution. It defines key terms like independent production, distribution, film festivals, film chains, marketing, exhibition, box office, and cinema income. It also mentions some major film studios and distributors like Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, and The Weinstein Company.

2. Production

3. Main distributors of films in America
The company specializes in horror films,
particularly remakes
On October 7, 2009 Paramount
Pictures announced a first-look deal with
Platinum Dunes. They plan to branch out of the
horror genre into action and thrillers with this new
deal.
American film production and distribution studio of
the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. a division
of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the
Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the
leading film studios in the world
a mini-
major American film production and distribution
studio formerly owned by The Walt Disney
Studios and now owned by The Weinstein
Company

4. Independent Production
 a film production resulting in a feature film that
is produced mostly or completely outside of the
major film studio system, in addition to
being produced and distributed
byindependent entertainment agencies.

5. Distribution
 the action of sharing something out among a
number of recipients
This is normally the task of a professional film
distributor, who would determine the marketing
strategy for the film, the media by which a film is
to be exhibited or made available for viewing

6. Distribution
 I believe that the traditional way of distributing a
film would be to release it in cinema
 A newer way of doing this may be to present the
product on tv or online

7. Film Festival
 an organized, extended presentation of films in
one or more cinemas or screening venues

8.  Competition from other distribtors can effect the
release date of a film because if two films are
showing the films at the same time one will surely
be affected when it comes to the box office this is
called counterprogramming

9. Film chain
 Distribution is important to the film so that it is
shared efficiently to gain maximum publicity and
for the film to get more box office sales

10. Marketing
 Marketing is action or business of promoting and
selling products or services, including market
research and advertising
 Distribution is the action of sharing something out
among a number of recipients

11. Exhibition
 Ways we engage with films today
 Cinemas
 Online Streams
 Online Downloads
 DVDS

12. Box Office
 the amount of business a particular production,
such as a film or theatre show, receives

13. Cinemas Income
 Cinemas have 3 major sources of revenue: the
movie tickets, the concessions, and the onscreen
advertisements

14. BFI(British Film Institute)
 promotes and preserves filmmaking and
television in the United Kingdom
 They help to increase the audiences who can
view them