Production
In the production the film is created or shot. Then, more people are recruited at this stage such as videographers, filmmakers, script supervisor etc. A normal day begins when the crew are called in and actors have their own call-in time since makeup and costume take up many hours of the day.
The assistant director says 'picture is up' which signals for everyone to start acting.
The shot is over when the director yells cut and camera and sound stop recording.
At the end of the day, the director approves the next day's shooting schedule and a daily progress report is sent to the production office. This includes the report sheets from continuity, sound, and camera teams. Call sheet are distributed to the cast and crew to tell them when and where to turn up the next shooting day. Later on, the director, producer, other department heads, and, sometimes, the cast, may gather to watch that day or yesterday's footage, called dailies, and review their work.
With workdays often lasting 14 or 18 hours in remote locations, film production tends to create a team spirit. When the entire film is in the can, or in the completion of the production phase, it is customary for the production office to arrange a wrap party, to thank all the cast and crew for their efforts.
Distribution
This is the final stage, where the film is released in the cinema or after a few months, on DVD such as Blue ray etc. The film is duplicated as required and distributed to cinemas for exhibition (screening). Press kits, posters, and other advertising materials are published and the film is advertised and promoted.
Film distributors usually release a film with a launch party, press releases, interviews with the press, press preview screenings, and film festival screenings. Most films have a website. The film plays at selected cinemas and the DVD typically is released a few months later. The distributor and the production company share profits.
The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor. This task may be accomplished in a variety of ways; for example, with a theatrical release, a home entertainment release or a television program.
Marketing
Film promotion is the practice of promotion specifically in the film industry. Film studios will invest in expensive marketing campaigns to maximize revenue early in the release cycle. Marketing budgets tend to equal anywhere between half or three times the production budget. Publicity is generally handled by the distributor and exhibitors.
Here are a few examples...
Marketing like this applies to the younger audience (happy meals, and bus ads), but can also apply to an older audience who are driving past or walking past a billboard (Insidious 2 for example.)
Films are sold to different audience in accordance to the way they portray it. For example, scenes of a sexual/violent nature will never be shown to children, normally under the ages of 12.
Exhibition
Exhibition is the retail branch of the film industry. It involves not the production or the distribution of motion pictures, but their public screening, usually for paying customers in cinemas etc. What the exhibitor sells is the experience of a film. Because exhibitors to some extent control how films are programmed, promoted, and presented to the public, they have considerable influence over the box-office success and, more importantly, the reception of films.
The Film Value Chain
An industry value chain or system could be summarized as a connected series of
activities, that combine to create and deliver a product (or value) to customers. These
activities could include research and development, manufacturing, packaging,
marketing, and distribution.
With workdays often lasting 14 or 18 hours in remote locations, film production tends to create a team spirit. When the entire film is in the can, or in the completion of the production phase, it is customary for the production office to arrange a wrap party, to thank all the cast and crew for their efforts.
Distribution
This is the final stage, where the film is released in the cinema or after a few months, on DVD such as Blue ray etc. The film is duplicated as required and distributed to cinemas for exhibition (screening). Press kits, posters, and other advertising materials are published and the film is advertised and promoted.
Film distributors usually release a film with a launch party, press releases, interviews with the press, press preview screenings, and film festival screenings. Most films have a website. The film plays at selected cinemas and the DVD typically is released a few months later. The distributor and the production company share profits.
The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor. This task may be accomplished in a variety of ways; for example, with a theatrical release, a home entertainment release or a television program.
Marketing
Film promotion is the practice of promotion specifically in the film industry. Film studios will invest in expensive marketing campaigns to maximize revenue early in the release cycle. Marketing budgets tend to equal anywhere between half or three times the production budget. Publicity is generally handled by the distributor and exhibitors.
Here are a few examples...
Marketing like this applies to the younger audience (happy meals, and bus ads), but can also apply to an older audience who are driving past or walking past a billboard (Insidious 2 for example.)
Films are sold to different audience in accordance to the way they portray it. For example, scenes of a sexual/violent nature will never be shown to children, normally under the ages of 12.
Films are sold to different audience in accordance to the way they portray it. For example, scenes of a sexual/violent nature will never be shown to children, normally under the ages of 12.
Exhibition
Exhibition is the retail branch of the film industry. It involves not the production or the distribution of motion pictures, but their public screening, usually for paying customers in cinemas etc. What the exhibitor sells is the experience of a film. Because exhibitors to some extent control how films are programmed, promoted, and presented to the public, they have considerable influence over the box-office success and, more importantly, the reception of films.
The Film Value Chain
An industry value chain or system could be summarized as a connected series of activities, that combine to create and deliver a product (or value) to customers. These activities could include research and development, manufacturing, packaging, marketing, and distribution.
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