global production, distribution and circulation

Question 1

what does the bbfc stand for?

Answer 1

British board of film classification

Question 2

what does the bbfc do?

Answer 2

age rate film and video releases in the UK

Question 3

what rating did the theatrical release of SOC receive?

Answer 3

a 15

Question 4

what rating did the director’s cut DVD of SOC receive?

Answer 4

an 18

Question 5

who rates films in America?

Answer 5

the MPAA

Question 6

what rating did the MPAA give SOC?

Answer 6

a R -‘restricted’ under 17s can’t attend without a prent

Question 7

what country banned the film?

Answer 7

malaysia

Question 8

what country gave the film an 11 rating?

Answer 8

sweden

Question 9

when was the film scheduled for release?

Answer 9

august 2015

Question 10

when was the first trailer for the film released?

Answer 10

8th February 2015

Question 11

when was the second, global trailer released?

Answer 11

1st April 2015

Question 12

what film was the trailer released before the screening of?

Answer 12

fast and furious 7

Question 13

how did the film use viral marketing?

Answer 13

beats launched an app that allowed users to upload their own photograph, completing the straight outta logo with a location of their choice

Question 14

when was the film released in the UK?

Answer 14

28th august 2015

Question 15

when was the film premiered in LA?

Answer 15

11th august 2015

Question 16

how much did the film make?

Answer 16

over $200 million

Question 17

what was the film’s budget?

Answer 17

$50 million

Question 18

how was there synergy with the release of the film?

Answer 18

Dre released an album inspired alongside the film

Question 19

how was the film low risk for the producers?

Answer 19

the musicians from N.W.A were successful in their own right and offer a pre-sold audience for the product

Question 20

what are the processes of making a film?

Answer 20

pre-production
production
post-production

Question 21

describe pre-production

Answer 21

planning, scripting, storyboarding

Question 22

describe production

Answer 22

the actual shooting/filming

Question 23

describe post-production

Answer 23

editing, marketing

Question 24

what are the three stages of film creation?

Answer 24

production, distribution and exhibition

Question 25

describe the distribution process

Answer 25

link between the producer and the audience; it refers to all the strategies used in the release, marketing and promotion of the product

Question 26

describe the exhibition process

Answer 26

all the opportunities available to an audience to view a film, including multiplex and independent art house cinemas, at film festivals and online

Question 27

what was the agreement made between legendary and universal in july 2013?

Answer 27

that universal pictures will market, co-finance, and distribute Legendary’s films for five years starting in 2014

Question 28

how did the demographics of furious 7 benefit SOC’s trailer premiere?

Answer 28

furious 7 had a 75% non-white cast, so a crowd on the opening weekend of f7 could be more primed to see a historical biopic about “important” black musicians