An Introduction to Film

International Pictures. In a very real sense, these central producers and others had made themselves almost superfluous. Second, ...

continues to do with a much different set of studios. The package-unit system, controlled by a producer unaffiliated with a stud ...

ket for its product. Now, by contrast, an independ- ent producer makes one film at a time, relying on rented facilities and equi ...

rights amid the movie industry’s conversion to dig- ital production. In addition, because of the uniquely collaborative nature o ...

not artistic merit, are the basic measure of success in the movie industry, using the word academyto describe the activities of ...

506 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FIGURE 11.4 Producers’ Credits on Gods and Monsters UNIVERSAL [Titl ...

three more names. Each person receiving credit as a producer was affiliated with one of the six entities listed at the beginning ...

508 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TABLE 11.3 Summary Budget for Casablanca Subtotals Totals Grand Tot ...

homogeneous audiences must attract them through publicity generated by media coverage, festival screenings and awards, and audie ...

510 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TABLE 11.4 Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide Rank Title Year Worldwi ...

ticket prices, length of run, up-front guarantees, and box-office grosses. The latter do not reflect what a theater or studio ea ...

Once initial marketing and distribution deci- sions have been made, all that remains is to show the film to the public, analyze ...

TABLE 11.6 Hollywood Studios and Independent Production Companies Today MAJOR STUDIOS Major studios and owners 20th Century Fox ...

However, the major studios accounted for 80 per- cent of that gross income, a percentage that would be even greater if the gross ...

TABLE 11.7 Production and Distribution Data for the 2011* Oscar Nominees for Best Picture Number of Coproduction Title Producers ...

Me Kate(1953), the M-G-M musical with Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel. In 2011, some 38 feature movies were released in 3-D, wit ...

on the universal appeal of the science-fiction story—as well as the overall appeal of the G. I. Joe franchise in toys, comic boo ...

518 CHAPTER 11FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Thinking about Filmmaking Technologies and Production Systems Under ...

Questions for Review What are the key technological milestones that laid the foundation for the invention of the movies? How do ...

The Last Tycoon(1976). Elia Kazan, director. Lone Star(1996). John Sayles, director. Mardi Gras(1958). Edmund Goulding, director ...