Lesson 6 New Task 1, Deadline 13/03/14

Full Assignment here

The aim of this session is to give you the grounding to produce the evidence required to complete task 1.

We have rewritten task 1 please see below

Task 1 (LO1 AC 1.1) Understand the institutional context on Film Noir or another Film movement  and its influence on production

You need to demonstrate your understanding of the 4 headings applied to one of the film movements listed below, or of your own choice. 

Movements in cinema that you might look

• Film Noir
• French new wave
• British Cinema 60s
• British Cinema 80s
• 80s Hollywood
• 90s Hollywood
• Early Hollywood silent film including WW2 
• Soviet Cinema 
• Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

With your chosen movement you need to write about it using the following headings.

1. Sector industries: film; television; radio; publishing; audio recording, eg music, audio books, audio guides; interactive media; computer games; emerging industries, eg cross-platform
2. Control: corporate control; access to distribution; international distribution; sources of income; regulation; legal constraints; self-imposed controls
3. Distribution models: cinema (Hollywood, Bollywood, world cinema, mainstream, independent); multiplex and art house cinema; broadcast television (public service, network, free to air, subscription, analogue, digital); radio (national, regional, local, restricted service licence, closed environment, digital audio broadcast, analogue); print (national press, local press, magazines); music (major labels, independent labels, retail, download); new media (internet, mobile); computer games industry (gaming on demand (GoD), electronic software distribution (ESD), game publishing, retail); global and local distribution; language communities
4. Marketing: corporate and brand identity; single and cross-platform advertising; viral; sponsorship; product placement; impact assessment, eg sales figures, ratings, circulation figures, number of hits, consumer awareness 

 

Evidence

You will present the results of your research in any of the following formats, detailed notes, a video, presentation etc. These must contain academically referenced research using the Harvard Style Reference System