Institutions and Audiences Topic List

• BIGGEST ONE Understand how all aspects of the media (websites, newspapers, television etc) are used to market a film and show you understand how companies work together to produce and distribute (and market) films.
• How film4 works with different companies and what those companies are
• What synergy is and how all the companies in your case studies make use of it and why they do
• Who are young bwark and why are they important.
• How your production companies have changed their production styles and methods of making films and why.
• How Film4 works as a company and its links to C4 – the particulars of the remit and it’s history
• The involvement of large non-British conglomerates in British companies and works and whether this is a benefit or a hindrance.
• How media convergence has affected your production companies (Warp, Celador and Film4)
• How changes in exhibition (all avenues including cinema, dvd, internet etc) have affected your companies?
• The rise of new media and how your companies have dealt with it – issues and benefits.
• The success of the smaller independent company and maintaining independence (and whether this is a good thing or a bad thing)
• How audiences respond to the products made by your companies and the different levels and types of audience (ages, classes etc)
• What has happened to Celador Productions and Warp Films recently.
• How your production companies have dealt with the rise of the internet.
• The conglomerates involved with all three films for all their aspects.
• How audience’s consumption of media has changed and how technological changes have impact on this (considering the home market as well as the cinemas)
• The different types of marketing used for both Four Lions and Slumdog Millionaire and the different types of advertising.
• How technological improvements have impacted the viewing experience, at home and in the cinema.
• How the increase and improvements made in technology are affecting the ways that films are made and distributed.
• How global institutions target national audiences.
• Why both films are considered successful.