Jade's Blog: Vlog prep Unit 8 A3

Understanding TV and film industries
Television is made up of publicly funded channels, commercial channels and on demand channels. (ITV)
Radio is made up of local, commercial, national, community radio, world service, publicly funded and privately funded stations. (Capital Radio)
Film is made up of development, production, distribution and exhibition. (Disney)
Photography is made up of photo imaging - fashion photography, documentary photography, news photography, weddings, paparazzi and celebrity photography. (The School Photography Company)
Computer games are computer games, online games, publishing, development, distribution and hardware manufactures. (EA)
Interactive media is internet games, on demand and streaming services. (BBC iPlayer)
Press and publishing are newspapers, magazines, journals and books. (Penguin)
Advertising and marketing is made up of print, television, cinema, internet and radio. (Abbott Mead Vickers)

Commercial channels - Channel 5, ITV & C4 are funded by advertisers
Public service broadcasters - BBC are funded by TV licenses. £145.50

Understanding new technology
4K TV
Hi-Def 3D TV

New Technology

- 4K TV

- 3D TV

3D TV without glasses

- Curved TV

- The Hobbit using 48 frames p/s

- iMax

- Recording TV via an app

- Airplay

- Sky HD

- Voice command

- Streaming

Future technology

Future of the television industry

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The future is ever changing when it comes to new technology in TV and film with TVs like the top one which tells you where to sit and if you're sat too close it tells you to move further away - advising you on the optimal viewing position.

Also there's the Samsung flex smart phone which you can literally role even though it has an LCD screen. There's also been talk of a lazer projector where your film gets projected onto a wall in your home so you don't even need your TV to watch shows and films anymore.

Holographic TV - what's happening on TV is like extra 3D by it projecting the action/characters as a hologram.

An interactive TV where more and more games consoles are connecting to your TV allowing you to stream Netflix etc so you can watch movies in your bedroom.

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On the youtube video it said that basically the British TV industry will go to pot and the future isn't looking bright for it. Large Amercian companies are buying British ones almost wholesale. Public service broadcasters like Channel 4 and BBC are the only channels that aren't being dominated by the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Virgin Media owner John Malone.

What impact will US media companies have on the British TV industry?

The impact US companies could have are with the likes of the BBC, we might not have certain channels or programmes anymore. The BBC have to cater for everyone because it's a public service channel and if the US took over they could potentially change the content of the shows - making them more of an American style. The impact could also be paying for the channel, as it could be worth more to watch because of more channels and more content. I think the BBC will still always be around because it's a classic channel, I just think the public are going to go off it - BBC 3 has already gone online totally to keep up with the market at the minute as more and more people are going online and not watching TV news.

Sky - cross media - is the combination of two or more companies of different types usually involving a parent company.

BBC World service - world service - the international broadcaster is currently funded by grant-in-aid through foreign and commonwealth office of the British government.

The rise of the internet - globalisation - the process of international integration of world news, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.

Channel 4 - national - network is obliged to broadcast programming of public importance, including news, current affairs, children's religious programming as well as part election broadcasting on behalf of the major political parties and political events.

Harry Potter figurines - franchise - ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game and book etc.

BBC radio Manchester - local - usually refers to the local area.

4oD - on demand channels - a service provided by the channel so viewers can watch programmes from that channel online.

Walt Disney company - media conglomerates - when one company owns media services and products from different types of media.

BBC1 - public service broadcaster - owned, controlled or financially supported by the state.

BBC - publicly funded - funded through tax money i.e the public pay through their taxes.

ITV - commercial channel - funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisements.

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Television research

What if your favourite TV programme?

Gogglebox.

Which company makes it?

Studio Lambert.

What is commercial TV?

Television that's broadcasted by privately owned corporate media. Funded by advertising and sponsorship, sometimes included in a subscription.

What is publicly funded TV?

TV that's funded by the public, i.e taxes.

What is TV on demand?

TV you can stream and watch whenever you want.

How many people are employed in television in the UK?

50,600 in 2012.

Give an example of an independent TV company?

Roughcut TV.

Who regulates TV in the UK?

OfCom.

Film

What was the last film you watched?

Penguins of Madagascar.

Which company made it?

Pacific Data Images and Dream Works Animation.

Who owns that company?

Dream Works Animation.

Who are the 6 big film companies in the US?

Sony, Comcast, GE, Disney, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox. 90-95% of US media are owned by these companies.

Look at the top 10 films showing in the UK and find out which companies made them.

1. 50 shades - Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions and Trigger Street Productions.

2. Big Hero 6 - Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

3. Shaun the Sheep - Aardman Animations.

4. Kingman: The Secret Service - Marv Films and Cloudy Productions.

5. Jupiter Ascending- Village Roadshow Pictures and Anarchos Productions.

6. Peppa Pig: The Golden Boot - Astley Baker Davies and Entertainment One.

7. American Sniper - Village Roadshow Pictures, Mad Chance Productions, 22nd & Indiana Productions and Malpaso Productions.

8. The Theory of Everything - Working Title Films, StudioCanal.

9. Selma - Cloud Eight Films, Harpo Films, Plan B Entertainment, Pathe.

10. Paddington - Heyday Films and StudioCanal.

Who are the biggest UK film companies?

1. Aardman Animations.

2. Bedlam Productions.

3. Marv.

How many people work in the film industry in the UK?

43,000 in 2012.

Who regulate film in the UK?

BBFC.

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Film Industry - Walt Disney

1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?

Box office results

Top Disney movies

2. Are they a conglomerate? What other companies do they own? Prove with examples.

They're a conglomerate being one of the 6 major studios. Assets Disney own

3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years

4. How much money are they worth?

$74 billion

5. What new technological developments have they made?
The quality of image have improved i.e the drawing of characters.
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Television – BBC

Where is the BBC located?

Its headquarters are in London.

What does BBC stand for?

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Who owns the BBC?

John Reith.

How is the BBC funded?

TV licenses.

List what type of programmes the BBC show?

Documentaries, dramas, sport, comedy, sport, radio.

Is the BBC a media conglomerate?

If yes explain, if no explain. No because a conglomerate means a company ones multiple companies in different sectors, which the BBC doesn't.

Is the company multinational, national or local? and give your reasons. Local, because it has local news. National because it's based in London and shown all over and it's international because it reports globally.

Activity 2
What is the ethos of the BBC?
To enrich peoples' lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.

What is the BBC for?
It's the outcome of the TV license being a public service broadcaster that provides us with various channels that show sport, news, documentaries and dramas etc.

What is the future of the BBC?

I think that the BBC will turn into a commercial channel, now that light is getting shone on the fact it's funded by the public paying the TV license fee and most people aren't getting anything out of it or watching any BBC channels or programmes, it will be stopped and funding will have to come from advertisers and sponsors.

Activity 3

Watch the You Tube video (http://youtu.be/D3X9rc0KXxU) on the BBC and answer the questions

What is the BBC for?

The BBC is there to provide a broad selection of programmes for the audience who are paying for the channel.

What does the video say that the BBC is doing incorrectly?

Using public money the wrong way and they're lost sight of their vision which has been proven from the past year which hasn't been a good one for them.

What does the article say about the funding in the future for the BBC?

The article says that the BBC should accept money from advertisers to fund the channel but it doesn't necessarily mean that this will introduce the use of ad breaks. This however would put them in direct competition for funding as the funding pot is limited and this is the only channel that doesn't use advertisers and sponsorships to fund their channel.

Activity 4

What, according to the article below, what is wrong with the BBChttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/14/itv-bbc-licence-fee-top-sliced
That they're using the money the public are paying in the wrong way to pay for copy cat TV shows that are spin offs of existing shows.
""People are right to be concerned that the BBC's news provision, [which] unless carefully monitored, risks the self-reinforcing dominance of a single editorial voice," said ITV."

Activity 5

What do you think are the advantages of having a public service broadcaster?
The advantages are that the television being produced by the broadcaster has to cater for a diverse range of people so there's something for everything. Rather than channels like the ITV who make soap programmes etc that are all aimed for a similar age bracket - public service broadcasters have to make shows for a wide range of people of all ages because it's the public who are paying for it.

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Vertical and horizontal integration

Vertical integration - "vertically integrated"

The way conglomerates are structured:

- When the two or three stages of a production are owned.

1. Production (making it)

2. Distribution (marketing it)

3. Exhibition (showing it)

Horizontally integrated

The way conglomerates are structured:

When one company owns a range of different companies in a different field of work. I.e newspapers, book publishers, online or music companies.

Script notes for film section of vlog.

1st. Introduce your film studio and what films they're famous for.

2nd. What were their successful box office films.

3rd. Who are their competition?

4th. How are they structured? Who is the conglomerate and how are they integrated? (examples)

5th. How successful is this conglomerate?

6th. What are the debates - pros and cons of a few media conglomerates owning the majority of the media?

7th. New subsection: What new technologies have improved our consumption of film? What is the future?

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Film Company - 20th Century Fox

1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?

Famous films - Avatar, Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith, Independence Day.

2. Are they owned by a conglomerate? What other companies do this conglomerate own? Prove with examples.

They're owned by 21st Century Fox and aren't a conglomerate as they don't own any other companies.

3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years

4. How much money are they and their conglomerate worth?

20th C/F - $10.7 b

Their conglomerate 21st C/F - $34.4 b

5. What new technological developments have they made?

20th Century Fox has been bought by 21st Century, they're now a company owned by them.

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Film Company - Warner Bros

1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?

Famous films: The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.