INSTITUTIONS

STARTER

To analyse the advantages and disadvantages of being large or small film institutions.

• Can you identify the ‘Big Six’ film studios?

The issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice.

Family fortunes

• We are going to play family fortunes.

• Can we have a player from each team to start us off.

Watch this clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHioCYvmO8&playnext=1&list=PL1F483179F69AAB03

• Watch this clip and identify the potential pitfalls of having your film financed by a large production company.

Advantages and disadvantages

• What do you see as being the advantages and disadvantages of being a large institution or a small institution?

• Make a list of the pros and cons for each.

Our case study institutions

That's Nice Films, Penalty Kick Films and BocFlix.

Be the film producers

• You are going to put yourself in the film producer’s shoes.

• Imagine you have a $100million budget to invest in films.

• Decide in pairs which films you are going to invest in.

• I will tell you afterwards whether you made a profit or a loss.

• The team with the most profit – wins!

Reflection

• What have you identified as some of the issues facing institutions at the stage of production?

• Summarise them in your notes.