Movies today are extremely expensive to make and distribute across the globe. Both studio companies and independent film companies rely heavily on investors to support their movie. Funding also can come from the film studio system themselves as well as producers. Almost every film however, is backed by a combination of all three types funding. This is where the difference in the studio system and independent film companies come into play. The studio system relies on a general manager, who consults with the director and a production team to determine the film’s budget. The budget is broken out into two levels, direct and indirect costs. The direct costs is usually about 80% of the budget. This includes art direction, cinematography and insurance. …show more content…
The producer or a member of their production team prepares a budget with the assistant director. The budget is broken down into two categories, 30% below-the-line costs and 70% above-the-line costs. The below-the-line costs include the cost of production and postproduction stages and the crew. The above-the-line costs include preproduction stage, producer, director, cast, screenwriter and literary property (where script was developed). (Barsam, Monahan 479) The studio system, because of its size and popularity have the largest financial backing and are able to have more funding for securing better cinematography and casts. Studio system producers predominately will have enough start-up financing to ensure that preproduction can proceed with key people involved. Some films and a lot of independent films will not have the necessary funding upfront and will rely on presenting investors with information on targeted audiences and projected profits before they have secured funding. (Barsam, Monahan …show more content…
During that time period we were selected to see a private viewing of a documentary that was due to be released that summer. The documentary film was called Somewhere Between. The theatre was filled with many people that we knew who were either foster parents already, in the process of being a foster parent or have adopted children both domestic or internationally. The true story follows the lives of 4 teenage girls that have been adopted through China and their story to find their birth families. Us as a targeted audiences were able to provide feedback after we viewed the film. This was done through an online
Filmmakers that have a multiple picture deal with a studio are guaranteed the financing to produce the films expected. Independent non-contractual filmmakers must worry about finding funding through other sources if they cannot afford to pay out of their own pocket. According to Hamlett (“How to F...
The childhood of the subjects of the interviews, and the authors, lives differed drastically from mine, yet somehow managed to be the same in ways I did not expect. Having to set up a radio listening
The director of this film shows how the babies develop from infancy to toddlerhood at different developmental stages. As you watch the film, you see the babies develop physically, socially and cognitively. Culture and socioeconomic status provided these families with the
Now that we have a script, and we'll cut out the process of submitting it to movie studios, the next step would be pre-production. For this purpose, we'll use a fictional studio and call it L 0 L studios. This studio, after accepting the script, would hire a producer. Let's use a name here, like Richard Donner. His job is to hire a director, audition a cast, find a location to film, or decide if it can be done on a sound stage (possibly both), and try to keep it all under budget. Our director would be James Cameron, because with his success recently, his name alone would bring people to see this movie, which is the whole goal of the project. Casting is difficult, because certain factors have to be looked at, such as looks, (do they look the part?
Suddenly, I wasn’t the girl everyone already knew who liked to dance, enjoyed going to the beach, and was adopted. I became the “new girl.” No one knew that my parents were white. They only knew that I was Asian. I soon began to question my assumption that being adopted was so great. People at Stafford saw me differently. They made assumptions about me. I knew in my heart that something was changing, but it took me a while to understand what it was.
The Studio System Key point about the studio system could be: Despite being one of the biggest industries in the United States, indeed the World, the internal workings of the 'dream factory' that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business. The Hollywood Studio System: A History is the first book to describe and analyse the complete development, classic operation, and reinvention of the global corporate entities which produce and distribute most of the films we watch. Starting in 1920, Adolph Zukor, head of Paramount Pictures, over the decade of the 1920s helped to fashion Hollywood into a vertically integrated system, a set of economic innovations which was firmly in place by 1930.
Unless you despise babies or children, there is a huge audience for this movie. The intended audience is not just those who have fostered a child, but those who are interested in what it means to be a human, discover new things, and witness miracle after miracle. Thomas made the documentary without a narrator, without subtitles, and without interference, letting the images he filmed sp...
Budgeting Assignment A company's budget serves as a guideline in planning and committing costs in order to meet tactical and strategic goals. Tactical goals such as providing budgetary costs for daily operations, and strategic objectives that include R&D, production, marketing, and distribution are all part of the budgeting process. Serving as a guideline rather than being set in stone, the budget is a snapshot of a manager's "best thinking at the time it is prepared." (Marshall, 2003, p.496)
While in the process of making a film, the financing largely determines the outcome of a production. With a small budget, a producer is limited to locations and assets. Good producers manage to take advantage of money saving opportunity programs while working on small budget project to help stretch out there budget. For example, Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson were director and producer of the film District 9. With only $30 million, an incredibly small amount for a feature film, Blomkamp and Jackson took advantage of local tax incentive programs, these programs lowered taxes on purchases and rentals. By doing this it gave Blomkamp more freedom to extend his budget. Recently, the United States has adopted tax incentives to encourage growth in the film industry however; there is controversy over whether or not these incentives are as effective as they appear. This raises the question: Should tax incentives be used as a method to encourage the production of films?
A crew includes a screenwriter, whose job it is to provide the written blueprint version of the entire film. This is basically the starting point for any movie. Next there is the producer. There are many types of producers; executive producers, co-producers, assistant producers and line producers. They all do very different things. Some are the producers are responsible for raising the funds for the movie while others are responsible for the production that goes on during the filming of the movie and still other producers are in charge of what physically goes on the set. Then it is time for the director. The director is in charge of the actors. The director works with the actors to visually bring to life what was written on the screenplay (Fortunato, Who Does What on a Film). Now the idea needs to come together. The idea of writing, “what you know” is not always true and writing, “what you come to know” is in fact a more accurate way to write. Other good ways to formulate ideas are to use existing plays, novels, short stories, life stories, new articles, or even past TV shows and film. When using existing work a person needs to make sure that one secures the copyrights before starting write. Securing the copyrights does not mean one is finished yet. Now a person needs...
The Golden Age of Hollywood began in the late 1930s with five major film studios at the lead. MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, RKO and Fox studios were considered the “Big Five” of all studios, and they controlled the studios like efficient factories that have produced some of cinemas greatest films. The studio system as it was called was a system that managed with, expert efficiency, a studios workforce including but not limited to contracted laborers and had complete control over studio talent. Part of this studio system was the vertical integration of theatre houses that monopolized the film industry and ensuring film distribution to central cities. These practices monopolized the film industry for the Big Five leaving minor movie studios and independent movie houses to unfair practices.
and decide on the size, cost, and content of a production. They hire directors, principal
The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.
...rding to the US Economic Census, motion picture and video production in the United States as a whole generated revenues of $20.15 billion in 1997, with Hollywood alone being responsible for close to 60% of this total.” (US Census) Hollywood’s success has come with no great competition to push for more, and with the emergence of film globalization, it should be very interesting going forth seeing if they can maintain the ideal motion picture headquarters. Its unique pool of talent drawn from many different countries cultural impact of Hollywood films is now felt in all parts of the world.
the studios. There are outside investors who invest in film making because they can make a