Media Production
What does Pre-production mean?
Pre-production is the pre-planning and the arrangements made to prepare for the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance. There are three parts in a production: pre-production, production, and post-production. Pre-production ends when the planning ends and the content starts being produced.
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Black Widow
Black Widow is an action-packed spy thriller directed by Cate Shortland from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures Studios. It is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is set after the events of Captain America Civil War ( 2016) and then film sees Natasha Romanoff face her past. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as Natash Romanoff/Black Widow and Florence Pugh, David Harbour and Rachael Weiz. Filming took place from May to October 2019 in Norway, Budapest, Morocco, Pinewood Studios in England, and in Atlanta, Macon, and Rome, Georgia.
On February 6, 2019, Production Weekly listed that filming was expected to begin in June in the United Kingdom and wrap in September. It was reported that filming would begin on June 3, 2019, and would last until September 2019. On September 23, 2020, it was announced that the film had been pushed back from its November 6, 2020 release date to May 7, 2021, more than a year after its initial release date.
On March 17, 2020, it was announced that the film would no longer be released on May 1, 2020, with its release date being indefinitely postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.On April 3, 2020, it was announced that the film's new release date would be November 6, 2020.On September 15, 2020, Variety reported that the film's release date would likely be delayed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
On September 23, 2020, it was announced that the film had been pushed back from its November 6, 2020 release date to May 7, 2021, more than a year after its initial release date. On March 23, 2021, it was announced that the film had been pushed back from its May 7, 2021 release date to July 9, 2021 and that it would be released simultaneously in theatres and on Disney+ with Premier Access.
Vertical Integration is where a media company own different businesses in the same chain of production and distribution.
Horizontal integration is the process of acquiring or merging with competitors. For example, a media company could own a magazine, radio or newspaper company to make more money.
Producers and Distributors
Little Women was produced by Columbia Pictures and then distributed by Columbia Pictures
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was produced and distributed by Warner Bros
​Avengers Age of Ultron was distributed and produced by Marvel Studios and Disney
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix was produced and distributed by Warner Bros
Mamma Mia was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures
What is Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is a global American crowdfunding platform focused on creativity and merchandising. Kickstarter is used so then fans can fund people's projects. For example arts, films and music.
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Veronica Mars (2012)
Veronica Mars was produced by Kristen Bell, Dan Etheridge, Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright. It cost £6 million to make Veronica Mars. It was only possible due to Kickstarter.
The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook was only possible because of crowdfunding. They managed to film the majority of the film but they needed funding for the special effects and the art department. The filmmakers here needed to convince donors to give them money for a movie that was already almost done. To attain the funds for the sets, they launched the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in June 2012, with a target of US$30,000. Their funding goal was reached on 27 September 2012 through pledges from 259 backers raising $30,071.
London to Brighton
London to Brighton was produced by Ken Marshall and Paul Andrew Williams. Steel Mill pictures produced the film and they have produced other films such as The Cottage and Song for Marion. The distribution company was Vertigo. The film took 19 days to film and was £80,000 to make the films. London to Brighton teaches us about funding film projects as it explains that films with not a big budget can do better in cinemas than other films with an even bigger budget. It also teaches us that you can make a great film in a short amount of days.
Shifty
Shifty was produced by Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken and the production company Between the eyes. The other films are Lifting, The Hungry and The Field. Shifty's budget of £100,000. The name of the distribution company for Shifty is Metrodome Distribution. The Microwave scheme is a lottery base funding scheme to fund the British film industry and Shifty was made in 18 days. Between the eyes changed to 42 because of the success of Shifty and they are a bigger company now. They then went on to make Sandcastle and The Titan. Metrodome spent £50,000 on prints and advertising and had a viral advertising campaign.
Life in a day
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Life in a day was produced by Liza Marshall and Ridley Scott and the production company was Scott Free productions. The film was distributed by National Geographic. On July 24th 2010 internet users sent in videos of their lives on that date which were then entirely made of crowd-sourced material. Over 80,000 users sent in videos of their lives and it made $257,788 in the box office.
The Theory Of Everything
The Theory Of Everything was produced by working title films they also produced films such as Last night in Soho. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The Theory Of Everything soundtrack was licensed under universal music operations. The working title had a universal take over the music section of the film. It cost $15,000,00 and it was aimed at fans of Stephen Hawking. Working Title films are owned by Universal films. Universal films are part of Vivendi Universal.
Vivendi Universal is a giant name in the world of the privatised water industry all over the world, from Brazil to the UK. They can produce their own TV shows and films at Universal Studios and have exclusive distribution rights of Working Title films and soundtracks. Synergy means the interaction or cooperation of two or more organisations to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
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Why is preproduction important?
Titanic
Titanic is an American epic romance and disaster film written, directed, produced and co-edited by James Cameron. Director James Cameron didn't realise how big of a project Titanic was as he started to film as it was made in the 90s. Titanic featured lots and lots of water and because of this, it means meant that many cast and crew members caught the flu from being submerged in freezing water. Separately 50 crew members were sent to the hospital when the productions catering company were served chowder that was spiked with PCP a hallucinatory drug. This then caused it to go 138 days over schedule which then caused Titanic to become the most expensive film at the time. ​
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In the making of Harry Potter The Yule Ball was held to celebrate Christmas and the Triwizard Tournament Costume Designer, Jany Temime designed over 300 costumes for the Yule Ball which required over 100 extra costume staff to help create. Creating Hermione’s iconic Yule Ball gown took three months to be created, the final dress was made of yards of pink silk and 12 metres of chiffon, layered to form a beautiful gown.
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What is a Storyboard?
Storyboards entail images or sketches to show different ideas for a film and they also show the camera angles and the timing for the films.
What is a Script?
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What is a risk assessment?
A script is a document that comprises the setting, characters, dialogue, and stage directions for movies, TV shows, and stage plays. In film and television, scriptwriters are called screenwriters.
Risk assessments are extremely important during the pre-production processes as it ensures the companies are being safe during production and ensure the other production companies on the site the risk of severe injuries is low.
What is a budget report?
When reporting the budget of the film. The amount of the budget represents the gross budget, which is the grand total of the actual spending to produce the project.
