Film Industry and Regulation

Box Office Mojo

What film is currently on top?

Bad boys for Life

What company owns the film industry in 2020? 

Sony Entertainment

What film is the most successful worldwide in 2020?

The Eight Hundred

- The LEGO Movie came out of fan movies made around 2001. 

- 99% CGI, but respects Stop Motion rules.

- All movement mimics the actual lego bricks.

- The creators embraces the limited movement of LEGO.

- Early LEGO animations were called Brick Films.

Regulation - BBFC (British Board of Film Classification)

Why are the films regulated by certification?

So movies be regulated, for example how a film can influence younger ages through violence and harmful or offensive content. Harmful or any kind of problematic content must be resolved in a way.

What is the certificate for the The Lego Movie?

U

Identify the organisation that 'age rates' video games in the UK. (1)

VSC

Identify the two word phrase that describes when a single company both the production and supply of a media product? (1)

Vertical integration

Explain two advantages of being a media conglomerate. (4)

One advantage is that it can attract more audiences. This is because a conglomerate will own multiple subsidiaries that have different roles and may apply to different audiences. Another advantage is by increasing revenue. This is again due to the multiple subsidiaries that a conglomerate may own - being able to gain income from each of these is beneficial to the company as a whole.

Tent-Pole

This is a major motion picture which is expected to generate major income for a studio. This can be redistributed and used to support and fund other releases. This tent-pole- supports the whole tent.

- The LEGO Movie is a production from a major, global studio which illustrates its conglomerates (Warner Bros).

Advantages 

1. Higher production values as more money is being plugged into it.

2. Sequels made from the profit.

3. Other films are funded - may be able to experiment.

4. Merchandise funds as well.

The LEGO Movie is a big budget 'tent-pole' movie. Explain at least two benefits of this for Warner Brothers. (10)

One benefit is that the profit gained from the LEGO Movie can be used for a sequel. This is because the LEGO Movie was successful, and as a result benefited Warner Brothers as the profit gained could be used to make Lego Movie 2. In addition, this profit gained could be used by Warner Bros to experiment with the production of other media products, for example the LEGO Batman movie - taking the same concept of the original Lego movie, for a well known fictional character. 

Another benefit is that Warner Bros could use the profit gained from the LEGO movie to release merchandise or something similar. This is because as the Lego Movie was a successful tent-pole, they were able to use the profits made for external use, but still based around the movie. This not only includes clothing, but also of course lego sets using characters and buildings, and other similar toys influenced by the LEGO movie. Therefore this was beneficial as Warner Bros could maintain relevance and expand using the profits made from the LEGO movie to fund this.

www - explained the points very well

ebi - could've used more points

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