Ch 12 Film Industry
Who are the big 6
-Warner Bros. Pictures. Warner Bros. ... -20th Century Fox. -Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures is the longest operating major studio in Hollywood. ... -Universal Pictures. -Sony Pictures Entertainment (earlier known as Columbia--Tristar Pictures) -Walt Disney Studios.
Party for cast on day of premiere with press in attendance, interviews with actors, previews of the film on youtube and Facebook.
P&A
in the motion picture industry Guilds operate
as unions
a deal in which a production firm convinces a famous actor or director to take a lower salary in exchange for getting a percentage of the money that the production firm receives from the distributor is known as
back end deal
Films that bring in more than $200 Mill. at the US box office.
blockbusters
the practice of releasing blockbusters on the same day around the world is called
day and date releases
Hollywood majors against other countries' measures to promote domestic film industry
distortion in positive trade balance
The release of a film to only a handful of carefully selected theaters around the country.
exclusive release
An agreement between a distributor and an exhibition firm that specifies the date on which the distributor will make the film available to the exhibition firm's theaters, the number of weeks the theaters agree to run the film and when and where competing theaters can show the same film.
exhibition license
a release date is the day a film appears on DVD
false
executive releases try to reach as wide of an audience as possible
false
hollywood produces a high number of blockbusters each year
false
the amount of profit that movie theatre owners make for exhibiting a film about 40% of ticket price
false
when you see the phrase "A Warner Bros theatrical Release" you know that the film was produced by Warner Bros
false
companies that develop stories, hire scriptwriters, and hire other personnel are called
film production firms
a movie that fits a classical storytelling formula is called a
genre film
A term used to describe production and distribution executives approval of the making of a particular film.
green light
as unions that guarantee minimally acceptable working conditions for products crews
guilds
The total cost of making and editing the movie.
negative costs
The percent of box office revenues received by a distributor from a movie theater after the operating costs of the latter have been calculated.
percentage above the nut
foreign movies doing so well hollywood distributors bring it to US and distribute here
pick ups
which is not one of "the majors"
pixar
Releasing a movie first in selected cities, with the goal of generating "buzz" about that productions before it is released in the rest of the country.
platform release
A type of concept testing that takes place after a film is completed but before it is formally released.
previewing
the Paramount Consent Decree of the late 1940's....
prohibited vertical integration
story is successful someone else decides to copy it and make it here with american twist
remakes
a preliminary version of a film is called a
rough cut
The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.
saturation
individuals who represent creative personnel are called
talent agents
the six most powerful companies in hollywood because of their distribution power
the majors
which of the following statements are true about independent producers
they help reduce the risk of the big 6, they are not owned by a distributor, they have harder time generating production investment capital
Conducting interviews with filmgoers in shopping malls and other public places to determine the most alluring name for an upcoming picture
title testing
The past achievements or performance of a company that conditions their ability to get money to make films
track records
Research on the public's awareness of and interest in a film, beginning two weeks before the film's release and continuing through the film's first month of release.
tracking studies
US comedies are not historically successful in foreign markets and therefore are budgeted in order to make profit on US revenue alone
true
in 2011 the largest demographic group to watch theatrical releases in movie theaters was 12-24
true
independent producers are production firms not owned by distributors
true
Which os the following distribution patterns is the most popular in the US
wide release
Writing a script for a film without a contract to do so, with the hope that when the script is passed along to various production firms by the script writers agent, it will be bid for and purchased.
"on spec" scripts
which of the following age ranges is the most frequent among movie-goers
12-24, 35%