conglomerate hollywood Flashcards
what are the elements of a movie production chain?
writer - producer - financier - distributor - sales agents - director - casting
what are the elements of a value production chain?
theatrical window
DVD / blu ray
Pay per view
Streaming
Cable
the decline of theatrical film is due to…
social change
cultural change
digital technologies
piracy
pandemic
what is distribution gross?
the economic incoming resulting from distribution
what is producers share?
the amount of revenue that corresponds to a producer once a film breaks even = net profit
what is vertical intergration?
owning/controlling competing products
Who were the Big 5 of the 1920s?
Warner Bros
20th Century Fox
Paramount
Mom
RKO
what decree limited vertical integration?
1948 Supreme Court Paramount decree forced studios to sell theatres
what is a tent pole?
a film that is expected to be very successful and will have the funds to support the financial performance
name strategies that are used in tent pole films
star system
sequels
3D, IMAX, special FX
global power of franchises
market spending
Who are the Big 5 of the 21st century?
Universal
Paramount
Warner Bros
Walt Disney
Columbia
