What is the purpose of any media product?
- To be sold.
Classical Hollywood narrative - refers to several characteristics that typified film making ideology at the time:
- Emphasis of spatial continuity - the audience always know where they are at any time
- Emphasis on temporal continuity - the audience always knows in what order the events have transpired, and any flashbacks and so forth will be clearly signposted.
- The film must be realistic, and must not make any reference to other filmic or popular texts.
Film Industry key terms:
The studio system -
Production - creating the film/media product.
Distribution - Giving something out.
Conglomeration -
Verticle/horizontal intigration -
Digital technologies -
Convergence - The coming together of the different media industrys.
Regulation - A rule that has to be followed.
In what ways has film distribution and exhibition changed in the past 20 years?
- Social Media - advertised by celebrities or
- The internet
- Traditional way in which film is distributed is in the cinema - theatrical release
- Online Piracy: Putlocker and TorrentBay
- Netflix
A lot of people think that physical media will dissapear soon enough
Digital Technology :
Mobile Phones
Digital Cameras
Computers
Laptops
Ipad
Ipod
Printer
Digital technology is anything which involves computers to function.
DVD is more compact
VHS - home media products
Netflix
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