Production Distrubution Marketing and Exhibiton 

HOMEWORK

PRODUCTION:

1. Financing - this is the first stage where the directors find investors for the movie and sorts out budget      forcasting

2.Pre production - This is where the planning, scripting and story boarding happens also this is where the cast is hired, props for the shoot are made, the sets are made and location for the movie is selected. 

3.Production- is simply where the raw elements for the film are recorded/shoot, the crew for the set are also recuited at this stage.

4. Post production- this is where the recordings are edited to high standards 

• music tracks are composed,preformed or recorded
• sound effects are designed and recorded and other visual graphics added
• all sound elements are mixed into "stems" then the stems are mixed then married to the picture.
• the film is fully completed (locked)
• and then finally realised into the cinema

DISTRUBUTION:
Distrubution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience.
This can be done in many differnt ways. E.g-
-Theatrical release
-home entertainment e.g- dvd and blu ray
-television

THE STEPS TO THE AUDIENCE.

• Once the movie is completed it is sent to the studio
• the distrubution company and studio makes a licencing agreement
• the distrubution company determains how many copys of the movie to make
• the distrubution company shows the movie to pospective buyers
• the buyers negotiate with the distrubution company on which movies they wish to lease and the terms of the lease agreement 
• the prints of the movie are sent to the theaters a few days before the opening day
• the theater shows the movie for a specific number of weeks 
• you buy a ticket
• at the end of the agreement the theater sends back the print back to the distrubution company and makes a payment on the lease agreement.

MARKETING:
there are many differnt types of marketing for movies.
THEATERS

• trailers before movie starts for roughly 2 minuets
• film posters
• standees- life size images of figures in the film
• 3D displays

TELEVISION&RADIO

• Adverts on cabel tv
• talk shows
• showing interviews with the film stars

PRINT

• advertisments in newspapers and magazines
• comic specials-special episodes

MERCHANDISING

• A product with the film
• promotional give aways -cups/toys

EXHIBITION:
The way aduiences get to directly watch movies.
Online- Lovefilm/netflix
cinema
television.