Media Industries

 how the media industries processes of production distribution and circulation affect its products

PRODUCTION ---->DISTRIBUTION----->CIRCULATION

Circulation- the end point - how it gets around to people once released.

production-

*writing/scripting

*director

*casting

*filming

*post production/editing

Distribution-

*trailer

*deals to cinemas

*film festivals 

*streaming services

Circulation-

*WHAT TYPES OF FILM -HD IMAX 3D

*dvd

*cinema premires

MUSIC VIDEOS

Production-

*script

*record

distribution

*propmotion

*youtube ads

*teasers

circulation

*shared online

*streamed

IMPORTANT WORD---- OWNERSHIPPPPP

News Corp-

rupert murdoch- owns 19% of uk press

own the sun, fox, vogue, dailyn telegraph, gq, sunday times, sky

5 companies own about 71% of uk press

bbc acts as a counterweight

Disney

Owns many ciompanys including cruiselines, ESPN and even the creators of starwars, lucasfilm and marvel

-All over the world

Pros-

money, all in one streaming service, 

Cons- 

much higher release rate-saturated, less variety

Conglomerate- Business corporation formed by purchase of other businesses

Global Conglomerate- as above but across many countries 

Horizontal Integration- buying their rivals

Vertical Integration- buying suppliers/ companies that do part of their business

MCU-  

-spidermen

-guardians of galaxy

-shang chi

-hulk/shehulk

-avengers

-antman

-dr strange

-thor

-blpack panther

-iron man

-captain america

-moon knight

-hawkeye

David Hesmondhalgh-

Suggests that its difficult for companies to predict profitability o they rely on repetition to make profit

 I agree with him to a limited extent as while his words are true, he doesn't account for saturation or viewing fatigue. He also essentially invalidates the use of new and original ideas. As a percentage i would give my agreement about 65%. One example of his theories being disproved would be the bad reviews of the star wars sequels which caused a lower viewership as the 'repetition' of it became boring for the viewers.