Production ,Distribution ,Marketing and Exhibition in the Film Industry !

I am going to be talking about the ways in which Production, Distribution, Marketing and Exhibition are used in the film industry 

       Production

When producing a film the production plays an important part to it there is 4 stages when producing a film which are;

Development of the film: This is where the film producers come together to start building initial ideas that could be used for the film as well as the main moral of the film. During the development of the film a storyboard is produced enabling the producers to think about various things that will be needed in the film in order to make the production of the film run successfully and smoothly such as the dialogue, props that will be used, the plot of the film, the ending to the film, music soundtrack, characters in the film and who will perform these characters in the film when deciding on actors they usually will go for well known actors that they feel the audience will enjoying watching such as Angelina Jolie incredibly performance in Salt winning the movie many awards once the producers have done all of this it allows them to go onto the next stage of the production.

Pre-production: This is where the story is finalized with the film producers where a set release of when the film will be launched for the audience to watch and a brief budget is set, of how much they will need in order to produce the film and pay their actors. Actors are then introduced to their roles and start to prepare for the filming as well as a recruitment team which help on the set for the filming in many different ways Makeup artist, Director. Once these are all finalized we are then able to start the process of filming the different scenes for the film. 

Production: This is where all the actors and recruitment team are set to start filming the film different scenery and props are used throughout the filming , In Nollywood movies the filming is done at the actual location unlike American and British movies where there are green rooms which are used for filming then the setting of the film is added into the background.  During the production of the film you will see the director onset directing the actors about how they want the outlook of the film to be like, directing them as well as correcting them if they make any mistakes when acting. Once all the filming is done the film is then took to be edited in order to make the film ready in order for its release.

Post production : This is where the film is took to be edited deleting any unneeded scenes adding animation or 3-D effects if the movie is a 3-D film also music from the soundtrack which has been produced by a music artist of the film producers choice that they believe there music or singing/rapping technique will fit with the movie. Eventually the film is ready to be released for premiere where celebrities and audience attend to see a preview of the film before it is later on played for the whole world to see it the cinema.

Distribution:Films can be distributed through movie websites such as Netflix, LOVE FILM, compared to Nollywood movies where we are found them being distributed on

Afrotainment.tv

Irokotv.com

IROKING.com

Where African music and movies are distributed fast and simply to use to movie lovers that love watching African music and movies. 

Marketing: Films are usually marketed on buses as there adverts, TV adverts where a quick 10-1 min snippet of the film is played enabling the audience to find out the release date, age of being able to watch the film, billboards in some cases in some music videos the movie is played in the video Examples of this are

2 Chainz ft Wiz Khalifa- We Own It (Fast 6)

Will Smith- Men in Black (Men in Black)

Fat Joe ft Ashanti- What’s Love (Juwanna Man)

By showing a snippet of the film in the music video’s it shows us how the song is most likely to appear on the music soundtrack of the film. For Children movies there advertisements are put in children such as McDonald’s where the Happy Meals provide a small toy of a character in the movie. 

Exhibition:Is the way in which film can be viewed to the public audience as some movies are shown in private screening and prefer not be shown in well known cinema’s and some movies are exhibited through the public being able to watch the movies online once it has been released.