Media and technical convergence refers to how media companies produce and distribute content across multiple platforms using different technologies. Technological convergence allows content to be produced digitally and distributed through various devices. This benefits film companies like Warp Films and Working Titles by lowering production costs, enabling wider distribution, and providing access to cheaper special effects. Both companies also leverage cross-media convergence to market their films through various media like websites and social media.

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2. What is Media Convergence?What is Media Convergence?
Media Convergence is how Media Production companies
use a variety of Media to display their product. Magazine
company has a print version, a website and a Facebook
page. Cross Media convergence is usually possible
because of technological convergence.

3. What is TechnicalWhat is Technical
Convergence?Convergence?
• Technological Convergence is how technology
allows Media texts to be produced and distributed
on multiple media devices. The move from film to
digital means phones/i pads etc can be used to
show and market film specifically because film
takes up too much space but digital storage can
be tiny.

4. How does this impact on Working TitlesHow does this impact on Working Titles
and Warp Films?and Warp Films?
• Both Benefit from the technological convergence created by digital cinema:
• Warp benefits from cheaper production costs (give examples) and the ability
to distribute more effectively (give examples)
• Working Titles benefit from this too but also allows access to cheaper special
effects (give examples) and widescale DVD sales.
• Both benefit from cross media convergence as means to a market their
products.
• Warp benefit from the synergy of links Warp has with other production
companies and funding bodies (give examples). Also benefits from word of
mouth support of facebook/shortfilm/film websites/BBC films etc. Warp itself
works on the principle of Media Convergence – it was established as a music
production company and “converged” into music web site/music video/short
film and then film.
• Working Titles benefits from the whole marketing operation that Universal has
at its disposal. Films made by WT can be distributed on general release at
cinemas and on DVD, TV and Bluray. They can be shown on a variety of tv
stations owned by Universal use Universal’s connections with NBC to access
further TV stations both Nationally and Globally.

5. • CONVERGENCE (VIDEO) Convergence describes two
phenomena:
• First, technologies coming together, for example, a mobile
phone you can use as a still and moving image camera,
download and watch moving images on, use as an MP3
player and recorder and access the internet with.
• Second, media industries are diversifying so they produce
and distribute across several media—for example, a
newspaper with an online version and audio podcasts or the
coming together of videogames with films. We no longer live
in a media world where television, videogames, films,
newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.
• For this reason it is essential that you study the impact of
convergence on the film industry — the focus here is on the
contemporary.

6. • CONVERGENCE (VIDEO) Convergence describes two
phenomena:
• First, technologies coming together, for example, a mobile
phone you can use as a still and moving image camera,
download and watch moving images on, use as an MP3
player and recorder and access the internet with.
• Second, media industries are diversifying so they produce
and distribute across several media—for example, a
newspaper with an online version and audio podcasts or the
coming together of videogames with films. We no longer live
in a media world where television, videogames, films,
newspapers, radio, magazines and music exist separately.
• For this reason it is essential that you study the impact of
convergence on the film industry — the focus here is on the
contemporary.