Impact on the audience
Hypodermic syringe theory is about the media giving the audience negative ideas and then going on to believing anything that is said as the audience is passive.
An active audience is a selection of people who see media as a source of entertainment and they are not influenced by any of it.
A passive audience is a group of people who interact with media and then go on to believe anything that was said even if it was not truthful.
While Chuck is stuck on the island he makes a few survival items, fire and weapons, if a younger audience was to watch the film, they may think what he is making is ok to make, while if they went out in public and made a fire and if they were to create a spear out of wood they would get into trouble.
The main male character Chuck is seen to be a hero and its portrayed as a strong determined man which could be a role model for other males watching the film, as they would like to be as passionate and determined to do things in their lives as Chuck did in his.
Representation
Stuart Hall in 1980 said that "All representations are meditated". In my film the main character being represented is Tom Hanks playing the role of Chuck. The film is based off a true story.
In 1979 Tessa Perkins gave a theory on stereotypes, within the film Chuck is made out to be a stereotypical male, who is strong and independent, he manages to work his way home, this shows he is determined and he is powerful, he wont let anything get in the way so he can get home to his wife.
The stereotype of the male character being strong is a good influence for the male and female audiences as they will see it as a ideal self and the females would see it as an ideal partner.
Within the film there are no characters challenging the stereotypical views. The female character is at home, re-married as she thinks that Chuck is dead, while Chuck the male is battling for survival and getting home to his wife / Ex-Wife. This follows the stereotypes portrayed to everyone.
Legal and ethical
Copyright infringement is when someone uses content that you do not have the right to use or you have no permission to use the content. If you go on to use the content without permission you may be sued a sum of money by the owner or you can be legally prosecuted by the owner.
Ethical issues such as offensive material, this can include; racism, sexual content, strong language, violence and drugs. Things like these can be sensationalised in films to make them look good and better than what they actually are. In the film they would need to get permission to use copyrighted content such as the songs and the main company 'Fed-Ex', although this may have been product placement and Fed-Ex may have paid
20th Century Fox would have had to gain permission for a number of things they used in the film 'Cast Away'. Within the trailer they used a composition made by someone called Alan Silvestri, They would have had to contact him and gain permission to use the music over the top of the trailer. If they hadn't contacted him, he could have sued them and he would have been granted a large sum of money. Also 20th Century Fox would have to gain permission to base their film around the company Fed-Ex, and using their logos and packaging throughout the film.
Within the film there is nothing that is overly offensive, but there is a few inappropriate words used
but according to the BBFC you are allowed to use a few swear words within the film in a PG, the film is rated 12. BBFC declare that the film is rated a 12 because it 'Contains some frightening scenes and mild language'.
BBFC
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is the company which declares the certification for the films based on the clarifications of normal parents after watching the trailer. The film was aimed at 12+ ages as younger aged people are a big audience for adventure films, thus opening the variety of people who can go see the film to be larger. Whether the film contains strong language, the 12 cert is allowed to show violence but it is not allowed to dwell on the graphical nature of it (For example, the scenes when the helicopter crashes and when he escapes the island. These scenes are used to create spectacle but also create verisimilitude too) as the children under the age of 12 might not see it as a serious matter of seriously injured but they may see it as fun, but a passive audience would thrive on the realism of what happened, but due to a passive audience who are older, they understand it is a film so it isn't real while younger kids may see it differently. For example in the scene where Chuck cuts himself and a muffled swear word is heard. The older audience would be able to relate to this, but it is quite enough for the younger audience not to be influenced by it. Also, depending on the manor of a strong word was used it may be passed as suitable, but the film has no unreasonable amounts of swearing.
ASA
The ASA-Advertising Standards Authority manage the advertising codes in the UK. CAP -the committees of advertising practice write and maintain the advertising codes. According to the CAP rules of compliance, rule 1.1 says marketing communications should be legal, decent, honest and truthful. The film poster for Castaway follows these rules because no harmful material or untruthful content is listed. All that's denoted on the poster is a main image of the actor Tom Hanks (who played Chuck.) As well as the credits for the people who were involved with the film, The films name and also a caption line 'At the edge of the world, his journey begins'. Therefore the poster adheres to the ASA and can be seen by the mass audience is towns and cities. This would be beneficial to 20th Century Fox as the more people that see, the more profit potential there is.
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
LO3, Task 4: Advertising and distribiution
Hello, and today I am going to talking about the distribution and technological convergence and the way how films are distributed across the globe.
Distribution is about the way the product has been advertised and how it has been promoted to the public, it can be distributed in different ways using old (TV) and new media (streaming online)
Advertising
In regards to advertising examples TV adverts, online posters, billboards and bus stop posters also are ways of advertising. You will see an advert everyone you look, especially in big cities they will be on every corner you look at, buses, bus stops and bill boards etc. These are all methods of how my film was advertised. The reason for this is due to 20th Century Fox wanting to reach a mass audience through multiple advertising methods in order to make a larger profit. The stars of the film were also used as a way to advertise the film. Academy award winner Tom Hanks, is the main protagonist of the film, therefore he is an advert in himself due to his reputation, but also featured in magazine articles and TV interviews to promote the film.
Distribution
There is a lot of distribution between online and in hard copy, while online the companies like 20th Century Fox will pay heavily trafficked websites to advertise their film on there. With the film being made in 2000 the internet is not like what it is now, although the film was still advertised by a trailer on TV and a theatrical advert which would be played before films.
The world is open to many different ways that you can watch films. Castaway came out on DVD on the 12th June 2001 and it was available to buy. It was released in cinemas in 2000 across the globe. In current times there are plenty of ways of watching the film. You are able to watch the film via streaming it online on websites such as 'Putlocker', this website provides illegal access to a huge range of films, but there is also legal ways of streaming the film such as Netflix, which in America Cast Away is available to watch. The DVD is still available to buy, also it has been brought out on Blu-Ray as when blu-ray came out it was highly popular and everyone was buying it, this would be seen as a way of making more money off the film. The film was also available to watch via Sky Movies too due to 20th Century Fox and their ability to use horizontal integration to further promote their products. Streaming illegally is free and is good for families that don't have a high disposable income, while the DVD or Blu Ray would be purchased by the the high earning families who have a high disposable income, they could also afford merchandise from the film and also go to the cinema to see the film.
The budget of Castaway was $90 million and box office figures show that it made $233 million just from cinema sales. Therefore the multiple ways and distribution channels that 20th Century Fox used to distribute and advertise Castaway was successful.
Monday, 9 November 2015
LO2, Task 3: Audience
Hello I'm Josh and today I'm going to be talking about the different sections such as Age, gender,
Cast Away is rated a 12 certificate as it contains Strong language, and violence/self-harm. Also designating an audience to the film, you would see the audience to be young adults upwards, ages 21+, also with the film being an adventure, action genre, people who like to travel or adventure outside may find this film be more appealing.
Gender
The gender ratio for the film Cast Away is almost even but due to the adventuring and action I have given it a 60:40 rate towards men, as the main character is a male and stereotypically males are into action and survival stories.
To back up the gender ratio, different scenes in the film help split up the gender. Scenes such as the one where Chuck is trying to make a fire and he impales his hand, this would stereotypically be aimed for men as people think men would be more involved and interacted with violence.
Also in the film there would be scenes where the female gender would be more intrigued, as in one scene we see Chuck return back to the USA and he drives up to his wife's' house, and the environment around helps create a romantic theme which would appeal to women, a dark rainy night and Chuck and his wife, both meet outside and hug each other, the typical lines to create a romantic, sad scene "I love you" are shared between the pair.
Another scene which appeal more to the males watching the film would be Chuck trying to escape off the island, it makes the audience feel tense and gives a rush of excitement, as they don't know if he will survive the ocean, and he is putting all his effort in to escape and survive, survival would be aimed for the male gender as stereotypically they are seen as the stronger gender and that they could bring themselves to a state of being able to get back. Determination and courage are to key emotions in this scene but these still effect both genders.
The main character within the film is a strong male, which is made out to be a hero of his own story, and he is an ideal self to what men want to be, he looks strong and independent, the males would see him has a model that they would like to follow.
Age - Ideal self, metaphorically
The film is not always full of action and excitement so younger audiences may easily get bored of it, while the older audiences (20+) may find it more intriguing, the different scenes are all needed and each mean something else but the younger ages may not see that, they may just see it as a boring scene and they may not see the deeper meaning of it.
The ages of 20+ kind of mix in with the concept of the film metaphorically, as Chuck has to survive on a stranded island, but a young adult at that age could have just finished university, so they could see the situation as how are they now going to move on from uni and survive out in the working world and bring in money. Although it is no where near the same type of survival as Chuck is in a dangerous situation which could take his life.
With the film having scenes to make the audience feel sympathetic and also gives you mixed emotions whether it be happy or sad, the scene where the pair meet after the years Chuck spent on the island is a scene which is meant to make you happy for character but also depending on your state to make you cry as well, but the younger audience will not see it the same way as the older audience would see it as the it is more likely that an adult has been through the same thing unlike a young teen/child.
Lifestyle and spending power
The National Readership Survey is a joint venture company in the UK between the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) and the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). It provides audience research for print advertising trading in the UK.
The lifestyle categories I have given for my movie would be the affluent achievers and the thriving greys, this is because these people are higher classes who earn a more considerable amount of money, also they have a larger disposable income. Also I would say that they would have either not had children or they have had them and they have grown up and are now in university or they own their own property as the parents would then have a larger disposable income as they don't need to fend for their children anymore.
Thriving greys may relate to the film Castaway as it is about an exotic, desolate island people with a high disposable income are able to visit islands such as these which are actually holiday destinations. They are more open to visit these kinds of locations than others who still have kids to look after thus meaning they have a less disposable income. Thriving greys also are deemed to have worked quite high up in the ranks at the placement where they were working, thus giving them more money, also they would be around the age of retirement so they also have more time as well as the money to spend on going on holiday and traveling.
The groups I would put my audience into would be ABC1 as they would all have enough money to do the extra things such as going to the cinema to see the film, buy any merchandise and buy the film on disc after they have paid off all their bills. Also these people can afford to go on holiday abroad, the AB people would be able to go on holiday to exotic islands like the island that they filmed Cast Away on in Fiji.
Cast Away is rated a 12 certificate as it contains Strong language, and violence/self-harm. Also designating an audience to the film, you would see the audience to be young adults upwards, ages 21+, also with the film being an adventure, action genre, people who like to travel or adventure outside may find this film be more appealing.
Gender
The gender ratio for the film Cast Away is almost even but due to the adventuring and action I have given it a 60:40 rate towards men, as the main character is a male and stereotypically males are into action and survival stories.
To back up the gender ratio, different scenes in the film help split up the gender. Scenes such as the one where Chuck is trying to make a fire and he impales his hand, this would stereotypically be aimed for men as people think men would be more involved and interacted with violence.
Also in the film there would be scenes where the female gender would be more intrigued, as in one scene we see Chuck return back to the USA and he drives up to his wife's' house, and the environment around helps create a romantic theme which would appeal to women, a dark rainy night and Chuck and his wife, both meet outside and hug each other, the typical lines to create a romantic, sad scene "I love you" are shared between the pair.
Another scene which appeal more to the males watching the film would be Chuck trying to escape off the island, it makes the audience feel tense and gives a rush of excitement, as they don't know if he will survive the ocean, and he is putting all his effort in to escape and survive, survival would be aimed for the male gender as stereotypically they are seen as the stronger gender and that they could bring themselves to a state of being able to get back. Determination and courage are to key emotions in this scene but these still effect both genders.
The main character within the film is a strong male, which is made out to be a hero of his own story, and he is an ideal self to what men want to be, he looks strong and independent, the males would see him has a model that they would like to follow.
Age - Ideal self, metaphorically
The film is not always full of action and excitement so younger audiences may easily get bored of it, while the older audiences (20+) may find it more intriguing, the different scenes are all needed and each mean something else but the younger ages may not see that, they may just see it as a boring scene and they may not see the deeper meaning of it.
The ages of 20+ kind of mix in with the concept of the film metaphorically, as Chuck has to survive on a stranded island, but a young adult at that age could have just finished university, so they could see the situation as how are they now going to move on from uni and survive out in the working world and bring in money. Although it is no where near the same type of survival as Chuck is in a dangerous situation which could take his life.
With the film having scenes to make the audience feel sympathetic and also gives you mixed emotions whether it be happy or sad, the scene where the pair meet after the years Chuck spent on the island is a scene which is meant to make you happy for character but also depending on your state to make you cry as well, but the younger audience will not see it the same way as the older audience would see it as the it is more likely that an adult has been through the same thing unlike a young teen/child.
Lifestyle and spending power
The National Readership Survey is a joint venture company in the UK between the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) and the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). It provides audience research for print advertising trading in the UK.
The lifestyle categories I have given for my movie would be the affluent achievers and the thriving greys, this is because these people are higher classes who earn a more considerable amount of money, also they have a larger disposable income. Also I would say that they would have either not had children or they have had them and they have grown up and are now in university or they own their own property as the parents would then have a larger disposable income as they don't need to fend for their children anymore.
Thriving greys may relate to the film Castaway as it is about an exotic, desolate island people with a high disposable income are able to visit islands such as these which are actually holiday destinations. They are more open to visit these kinds of locations than others who still have kids to look after thus meaning they have a less disposable income. Thriving greys also are deemed to have worked quite high up in the ranks at the placement where they were working, thus giving them more money, also they would be around the age of retirement so they also have more time as well as the money to spend on going on holiday and traveling.
The groups I would put my audience into would be ABC1 as they would all have enough money to do the extra things such as going to the cinema to see the film, buy any merchandise and buy the film on disc after they have paid off all their bills. Also these people can afford to go on holiday abroad, the AB people would be able to go on holiday to exotic islands like the island that they filmed Cast Away on in Fiji.
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Audio introduction Task
How to use MultiTask and WaveForm
How to duplicate particular parts of audio
How to make certain parts louder if it is too quite
Monday, 28 September 2015
Voice Recorder Task
3 things I found easy
1) Working out how to use the recorder.
2) Playing it back.
3) Seeing how long the recording went on for.
3 things I found difficult
1) Working out which hole to put the headphone jack into.
2) Starting the recording
3)
I have learnt that there are 2 ports for 3.5mm jacks, one for the external mic and one for the headphones, I now know which one is for which.
I shall record my script on Wednesday as I need it for Fridays lesson.
1) Working out how to use the recorder.
2) Playing it back.
3) Seeing how long the recording went on for.
3 things I found difficult
1) Working out which hole to put the headphone jack into.
2) Starting the recording
3)
I have learnt that there are 2 ports for 3.5mm jacks, one for the external mic and one for the headphones, I now know which one is for which.
I shall record my script on Wednesday as I need it for Fridays lesson.
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
LO1 Task 2: Analysis of Castaway
The film I will be analysing will be Cast Away
Purpose
The movie is aimed for a mass international audience, it is made by 20th Century Fox which is a large international company so it will be used for commercial gain.
Genre
Cast Away is a sub genre as it is an Adventure/ Drama film. The film is based around a plane crashing and leaving a single male stranded on an island and he survives by exploring the island collecting supplies and making himself safe. There is a large amount of drama in the film to do with the mans family as they think he is dead and also with "Chuck" getting injured and trying to stop himself dying from blood loss, starvation or dehydration.
Form
I will be looking at and analysing feature films, generally films longer than an hour.
The film I have chosen is a feature film as the film is 143 minutes long (2 hours and 23 minutes).
Cast Away was shown in the cinema in 2000 and 2001 which made it a large sum of money.
The film Cast Away was showed first in cinemas in 2000 and then progressed on to DVD due to is success, it is now available on streaming software's such Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Style
Aesthetic quality
This can be influenced by the genre of the film, if the film is an animation it will not be filmed in real life, If you had a sci-fi film it will contain a lot of CGI.
It is set in the current times, as it doesn't contain anything futuristic and nothing to old, it shows a real life based time. It is set on earth so it will not be a futuristic film. The film creates an element of verisimilitude.
Content + Meaning
In 1977 Todorov went on the talk about his theory of narrative structures, Cast Away follows the theory which he thought of. This can be proven as at the start of the film, "Chuck is doing his job planning his parcel distribution with his employs etc, he then progresses to go on a plane with some of the parcels and the plane crashes which is the disequilibrium, as he survives on the island both good and bad things happen, but as a Resolution happens as Chuck arrives back in the US, he finds out his wife has got remarried as she thought he was dead. This is another Disequilibrium but as the Todorov theory goes there is a resolution after all and Chuck gets back to his job where he delivers one of the parcels he kept from the island which saved his life. He travelled to go see the person who the parcel was for and he meets the lady who the parcel goes onto.
Cast Away follows some of the narrative types that Kate Domaille as the "Candide" narrative type states, " The indomitable hero who cannot be put down", in the film Chuck, the main character manages to stay alive throughout the whole film and every obstacle that gets in his way he manages to get past it.
In Cast Away there is not a typical Binary opposition between gender but there is a discreet one between the protagonist which is the main character "Chuck", while the Antagonist is the situation that he is in, the plane incident is the problem that has Chuck stuck and in trouble like a villain would.
Micro Elements
There are 2 categories of sound :
Diegetic - Ambient, these sounds are natural to the diegetic . Dialogue is also Diegetic, as you can see the person talking on film. A collection of sounds in the environment, waves, birds etc.
We can have a diegetic voice over when one of the characters is which is in the story world talks over a scene.
Examples of Denotation
The film I have chosen denotes that a mass issue causes problems for a man who tries his best to get home, he does not give up on trying to get home, he has to fend for himself and survive. This connotes that obstacles get in your way and you should never give up, if you keep on trying you will eventually make it and you will be able to overcome the problem.
Mise-En-Scene
Location -
The film I have chosen is set on a deserted island which in the story is told to be just off the route which the aircraft Chuck was in, was meant to be heading too. The location where the film is recorded connotes a sense of abandonment as Chuck has been left to fend for himself because no one knows where he is. Chuck is stranded alone with no other life form on the island which he knows of, but with the time he spends on there he becomes crazy and starts speaking to a football he calls "Wilson". The location helps the film create an impact on the audience as it shows them how desolate the entire place is, making the audience sympathetic towards Chuck.
Acting -
In this part of the film you can see that Tom Hanks is clearly portraying across that he is trying to survive and make his life on the island safe and making sure he has food and warmth. He starts to shout aloud as if there is a large audience surrounding him. This connotes that he is starting to get lonely on the island and that he has finally been able to create a life saving resource of fire, he is celebrating but alone. Hanks plays the part perfectly as he shows clearly the different emotions he goes through, sad, happy, anger and stress, but he also makes the audience feel involved, in some cases by looking into the camera as it zooms in slowly on his face.
Throughout the film you can hear a wide range of diegetic sounds here are some examples. At the start of the trailer you see a fish swimming around in shallow water, this denotes that you can hear the waves moving and the fish wading through the water with in the diegisis which denotes there is food and a way of survival. Which is the main disequilibrium of the film.
You can also hear the sound of Chuck trying to crack open some coconuts by hitting them with and on rocks this connotes the struggle and the amount of work he has to go through which also creates an impact on the audience as they realise that he is determined to get home.
A third example of diegetic sound would be dialogue, during the trailer there is a lot of talking between characters and also talking to themselves. Most of the dialogue is based around Chuck talking to the football Wilson, but Wilson can't talk. At one point we see Chuck throw Wilson out of the cave and shortly after he runs out shouting "I would rather take my chance out there in the ocean than stay here and die. When Chuck talks to Wilson he talks in an informal way and this would be a peer to peer mode of address. It is also a way of getting sympathy from the audience.
A final example could be the scene as Chuck starts to get a fire going you hear the wood rub against each other and then you can hear the fire starting to burn the shrub This connotes successthat finally Chuck has created the fire and that he is overly excited by it, over the amount of times he has tried and got himself injured by it.
During the trailer we hear a male narrator talking over the footage talking about how events can change some ones life for ever by it being such a big part of them. "in an unordinary life, extraordinary events, can change a mans life forever". This connotes that the narrator is hinting at the story line having dramatic changes which will change the characters videos.
Over the entire trailer there is non-diegetic music which is calm and outlines the equilibrium in the diegesis and it also changes when the disequilibrium occurs when the plane is crashing into the ocean, after we see Chuck living on he island and the calm music starts to play again, this connotes that it may still be part of the disequilibrium but it also it is the resolution of him trying and risking his life to get home.
Camera Work
When looking into the different camera shots they are used to create effect within the diegisis and also towards the audience. The different shots show the different views of the characters and each one mean something else. The purpose of this is the get the audience involved with the story to create a spectacle.
There are three main categories that camera work divide into:
Shot Types
Camera angles
Camera movement
Each different shot means something such as a close up is used to look at expressions or to gain detail of something in particular, while a long shit is to get a large amount of scene in the shot and also a full person if needs be. An establishing shot is used to show the scene and to create verisimilitude of the of environment. Also to link in with the narrative stage showing the audience where the film is based and where the film is heading. Some shots are used to show emotions to the audience to make them feel part of the story and feel the same emotion.
Angles are brought into the shots also to give different impressions. If the shot was at a high angle it would connote power and importance but if it was at a low angle it would connote weakness and submissive to the dominant character. A high angle shot is looking down onto the character but also makes the person looks big and strong, like they have a lot of authority and power. A low angle shot is looking up on someone from below them. This looking up feature makes it look as if the person is small compared to their surroundings. Also these different angles can also be used no just to connote power but gender, as a male is deemed to be stronger and the dominant gender while women are stereotypically smaller and weaker.
While in some films this is challenged, in cast away we see there is mainly 1 male character and theses different shots and angles connote his emotions, sometimes he is alone and needs help where the camera will be looking up on him while the other times when he shows his "manliness" the camera looks down on him showing his strength and independence.
The movement of a camera is mostly used to show speed or movement in different ways. In the film we see him rowing on the ocean, the camera movement follows the flow of the ocean to make the audience feel as if they are on the raft with him, that they are part of the story.
In the film Castaway, there has been a huge range of different camera shots used, from close ups, extreme close ups all the way to establishing shots. Some examples would be;
Close up
This is a close up from the scene were he first creates fire, this is a close up on his head which shows the audience clearly how happy he is with himself, that he has managed to create a life defying item. It also shows the fire in front of him to signify what he is so happy about.
Extreme Close up
This is an extreme close up from the same scene, this Extreme close up of Chucks head is trying to show to the audience the struggle he is going through, and it is trying to get a clear view of the sweat dripping down his head, as sweat connotes hard work and effort. This is a way of getting the audience to understand the effort he is going through to get this fire started as he needs it for warmth and to stay alive.
Establishing Shot
This is an establishing shot from the final scene, the establishing shot is generally used to start a scene and define the location of the scene, this establishing shot shows the area and that is a deserted area, just like the island he was on before.
Long Shot
This is a long shot from the scene where Chuck takes his anger out on Wilson and throws him out to the ocean. We can see this is a long shot as the main feature on this shot would be Chuck who is stood in the water and as you can see his entire body, baring the feet as they are in the water but it is far enough out to see him and other surroundings as he is looking for Wilson.
The eye line match technique allows the audience to see what the character is looking at from different perspectives. It follows the same structure as the shot reverse shot technique but it is based along the eye line height. In one scene where chuck has his first attempt of escaping we get a shot looking straight at Chuck at eye level as he stares back at where he came from, and then the camera shot cuts to seeing the island where he was looking at. This connotes to the audience that over the years it has been his home and it has served him well but it almost like a good bye scene.
Purpose
The movie is aimed for a mass international audience, it is made by 20th Century Fox which is a large international company so it will be used for commercial gain.
Genre
Cast Away is a sub genre as it is an Adventure/ Drama film. The film is based around a plane crashing and leaving a single male stranded on an island and he survives by exploring the island collecting supplies and making himself safe. There is a large amount of drama in the film to do with the mans family as they think he is dead and also with "Chuck" getting injured and trying to stop himself dying from blood loss, starvation or dehydration.
Form
I will be looking at and analysing feature films, generally films longer than an hour.
The film I have chosen is a feature film as the film is 143 minutes long (2 hours and 23 minutes).
Cast Away was shown in the cinema in 2000 and 2001 which made it a large sum of money.
The film Cast Away was showed first in cinemas in 2000 and then progressed on to DVD due to is success, it is now available on streaming software's such Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Style
Aesthetic quality
This can be influenced by the genre of the film, if the film is an animation it will not be filmed in real life, If you had a sci-fi film it will contain a lot of CGI.
It is set in the current times, as it doesn't contain anything futuristic and nothing to old, it shows a real life based time. It is set on earth so it will not be a futuristic film. The film creates an element of verisimilitude.
Content + Meaning
In 1977 Todorov went on the talk about his theory of narrative structures, Cast Away follows the theory which he thought of. This can be proven as at the start of the film, "Chuck is doing his job planning his parcel distribution with his employs etc, he then progresses to go on a plane with some of the parcels and the plane crashes which is the disequilibrium, as he survives on the island both good and bad things happen, but as a Resolution happens as Chuck arrives back in the US, he finds out his wife has got remarried as she thought he was dead. This is another Disequilibrium but as the Todorov theory goes there is a resolution after all and Chuck gets back to his job where he delivers one of the parcels he kept from the island which saved his life. He travelled to go see the person who the parcel was for and he meets the lady who the parcel goes onto.
Cast Away follows some of the narrative types that Kate Domaille as the "Candide" narrative type states, " The indomitable hero who cannot be put down", in the film Chuck, the main character manages to stay alive throughout the whole film and every obstacle that gets in his way he manages to get past it.
In Cast Away there is not a typical Binary opposition between gender but there is a discreet one between the protagonist which is the main character "Chuck", while the Antagonist is the situation that he is in, the plane incident is the problem that has Chuck stuck and in trouble like a villain would.
Micro Elements
There are 2 categories of sound :
Diegetic - Ambient, these sounds are natural to the diegetic . Dialogue is also Diegetic, as you can see the person talking on film. A collection of sounds in the environment, waves, birds etc.
We can have a diegetic voice over when one of the characters is which is in the story world talks over a scene.
Examples of Denotation
The film I have chosen denotes that a mass issue causes problems for a man who tries his best to get home, he does not give up on trying to get home, he has to fend for himself and survive. This connotes that obstacles get in your way and you should never give up, if you keep on trying you will eventually make it and you will be able to overcome the problem.
Mise-En-Scene
Location -
The film I have chosen is set on a deserted island which in the story is told to be just off the route which the aircraft Chuck was in, was meant to be heading too. The location where the film is recorded connotes a sense of abandonment as Chuck has been left to fend for himself because no one knows where he is. Chuck is stranded alone with no other life form on the island which he knows of, but with the time he spends on there he becomes crazy and starts speaking to a football he calls "Wilson". The location helps the film create an impact on the audience as it shows them how desolate the entire place is, making the audience sympathetic towards Chuck.
Acting -
In this part of the film you can see that Tom Hanks is clearly portraying across that he is trying to survive and make his life on the island safe and making sure he has food and warmth. He starts to shout aloud as if there is a large audience surrounding him. This connotes that he is starting to get lonely on the island and that he has finally been able to create a life saving resource of fire, he is celebrating but alone. Hanks plays the part perfectly as he shows clearly the different emotions he goes through, sad, happy, anger and stress, but he also makes the audience feel involved, in some cases by looking into the camera as it zooms in slowly on his face.
Costume/makeup -
In the particular scene we see that Chuck has been on the island for a while now as he has grown long hair and a large beard. With being on a deserted island he has no way of cutting it, so this gives a sense of time, how long he has actually been on the island for. Also looking at his face he has bruises which connotes danger as living in an unstable and unpredictable place is not always the safest place to live and you expect to get some injuries. The costume and make up Hanks wears while on the island makes him look like he is going through a tough time, the beard connoting that he has been there for a long time, but the bruises and cuts are showing the struggle and pain he has had to with stand to keep himself alive.
Props -
With in the film a key prop is taken in as a character, the volleyball Wilson starts off as an ordinary prop in the film, but as time goes on he forms into a character and a friend of Chucks. This connotes a desperation or loneliness as he is alone and by using a unique prop and turning it into a main character makes the audience feel sorry for Chuck as he starts to go insane and talks to the ball and he thinks it is talking back to him. This denotes a male using his imagination so he will not feel as lonely and he will have some friend to share the island with.The ball connotes a friend but denotes an object of lifelessness, this makes the audience feel sympathetic towards Chuck.
Sound
You can also hear the sound of Chuck trying to crack open some coconuts by hitting them with and on rocks this connotes the struggle and the amount of work he has to go through which also creates an impact on the audience as they realise that he is determined to get home.
A third example of diegetic sound would be dialogue, during the trailer there is a lot of talking between characters and also talking to themselves. Most of the dialogue is based around Chuck talking to the football Wilson, but Wilson can't talk. At one point we see Chuck throw Wilson out of the cave and shortly after he runs out shouting "I would rather take my chance out there in the ocean than stay here and die. When Chuck talks to Wilson he talks in an informal way and this would be a peer to peer mode of address. It is also a way of getting sympathy from the audience.
A final example could be the scene as Chuck starts to get a fire going you hear the wood rub against each other and then you can hear the fire starting to burn the shrub This connotes successthat finally Chuck has created the fire and that he is overly excited by it, over the amount of times he has tried and got himself injured by it.
During the trailer we hear a male narrator talking over the footage talking about how events can change some ones life for ever by it being such a big part of them. "in an unordinary life, extraordinary events, can change a mans life forever". This connotes that the narrator is hinting at the story line having dramatic changes which will change the characters videos.
Over the entire trailer there is non-diegetic music which is calm and outlines the equilibrium in the diegesis and it also changes when the disequilibrium occurs when the plane is crashing into the ocean, after we see Chuck living on he island and the calm music starts to play again, this connotes that it may still be part of the disequilibrium but it also it is the resolution of him trying and risking his life to get home.
When looking into the different camera shots they are used to create effect within the diegisis and also towards the audience. The different shots show the different views of the characters and each one mean something else. The purpose of this is the get the audience involved with the story to create a spectacle.
There are three main categories that camera work divide into:
Shot Types
Camera angles
Camera movement
Each different shot means something such as a close up is used to look at expressions or to gain detail of something in particular, while a long shit is to get a large amount of scene in the shot and also a full person if needs be. An establishing shot is used to show the scene and to create verisimilitude of the of environment. Also to link in with the narrative stage showing the audience where the film is based and where the film is heading. Some shots are used to show emotions to the audience to make them feel part of the story and feel the same emotion.
Angles are brought into the shots also to give different impressions. If the shot was at a high angle it would connote power and importance but if it was at a low angle it would connote weakness and submissive to the dominant character. A high angle shot is looking down onto the character but also makes the person looks big and strong, like they have a lot of authority and power. A low angle shot is looking up on someone from below them. This looking up feature makes it look as if the person is small compared to their surroundings. Also these different angles can also be used no just to connote power but gender, as a male is deemed to be stronger and the dominant gender while women are stereotypically smaller and weaker.
While in some films this is challenged, in cast away we see there is mainly 1 male character and theses different shots and angles connote his emotions, sometimes he is alone and needs help where the camera will be looking up on him while the other times when he shows his "manliness" the camera looks down on him showing his strength and independence.
The movement of a camera is mostly used to show speed or movement in different ways. In the film we see him rowing on the ocean, the camera movement follows the flow of the ocean to make the audience feel as if they are on the raft with him, that they are part of the story.
In the film Castaway, there has been a huge range of different camera shots used, from close ups, extreme close ups all the way to establishing shots. Some examples would be;
Close up
Extreme Close up
Establishing Shot
This is an establishing shot from the final scene, the establishing shot is generally used to start a scene and define the location of the scene, this establishing shot shows the area and that is a deserted area, just like the island he was on before.
Long Shot
This is a long shot from the scene where Chuck takes his anger out on Wilson and throws him out to the ocean. We can see this is a long shot as the main feature on this shot would be Chuck who is stood in the water and as you can see his entire body, baring the feet as they are in the water but it is far enough out to see him and other surroundings as he is looking for Wilson.
Editing
Editing is a key part of making a film, it involves manipulating the footage you have recorded and adding in things such as transitions or SFX and audio FX.
Continuity editing
Continuity editing is creating a smooth and continuous storyline for the audience to understand, this is making the clips you have recorded fit in with each other, not allowing any jumps between scenes which don't make sense and follow the pattern. It is a constant feed of clips and cuts which will allow the audience to bind with the film.
While editing you can make a lot of different shots which follow a structure and create affect within the diegesis
Shot reverese Shot
This is when you have one shot which is aimed at one person it is then juxtaposed to the other character which is in the scene. This is common in conversational scenes. In Cast Away there is a wide range of these shots, one of the key ones being when Wilson is first brought in and Chuck places him on the log and he starts to talk to it, the camera looks at chuck then switches to Wilson then swaps back during to who is speaking.
Action match
An action match technique is when you piece multiple shots together which are one piece of action/movement, this allows the audience to see the movement in more than one perspective and it also can connote skill or power depending on the genre of film. In Cast Away near the end where Chuck attempts to escape the island on his raft, there are many action match clips where we see him trying to row through the waves at one angle then other. This is showing the struggle in different perspectives.
Eye Line Match
The eye line match technique allows the audience to see what the character is looking at from different perspectives. It follows the same structure as the shot reverse shot technique but it is based along the eye line height. In one scene where chuck has his first attempt of escaping we get a shot looking straight at Chuck at eye level as he stares back at where he came from, and then the camera shot cuts to seeing the island where he was looking at. This connotes to the audience that over the years it has been his home and it has served him well but it almost like a good bye scene.
Production Process
Pre-Production
This is when the company is planning out the film and coming up with ideas which could fit in to make the audience's emotions fit in with the genre the film is meant to be.
When planning the film Cast Away they had to plan things such as the location where it would be filmed, they directors and planner had to come together to find an ideal place which would fit in with the films storyline and would be suitable. They ended up filming at a place called Monuriki, which is a small island in Fiji. The island fitted the film perfectly as it was secluded and it was a small island covered in vegetation which covered up most of the land, this gave the audience a feeling of curiosity as we do not know which is in there. The location was real to create the verisimilitude.
Also during the pre-production stage they had to come up with who should play the characters and with talking to the director he stuck to his plan of engaging in with Tom Hanks. They had to plan for an actor who would fit the part, they went with a male actor as this follows the stereotype of the male being strong and independent.
Production
This is when they start to record the film and create the props which will be used in shot.
When entering the production stage they had to travel to the correct location near Fiji so they could film the stranded scenes. They had to go through a lot of health and safety precautions with being on an island which is very secluded and being close to and open flame which was made.
During the production stage they had to create props and surroundings that would be used in the film, while shooting they had the character Wilson which was a ball that chuck threw when he cut his hand open, leaving a head shaped bloody hand print on the ball, this had to be designed and made by the crews design team and then Tom Hanks / Chuck would start to draw a face on the ball.
Post Production
This is the stage after all the filming has been done and they begin to put the film together.
At this stage all the clips were filmed and they had to be put together into the correct order to make the narrative of the film, while doing this they would have had to make any corrections or add any features such as transitions or cuts to the film in the editing stage.
Also in the post stage they would have had to add any sound effects to the film such as music or any additional noise they couldn't pick up at the time such as non-diegetic sound.
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Peer Assessment
Peer Assessment Name : Kayna Baugh
1. Conglomerate
2. Cross Media Ownership
3. Independent
4. Distribution
5. Consumption - Missing
6. Production Process - Missing
7. Vertical Integration
8. Horizontal Integration
9. Synergy
10. Joint Venture
11. Subsidiaries
Based on the feedback I have received I need to continue with the work and move onto the Processes.
LO1 - Script one; ownership, operating model, products, market position, competitors
1. Conglomerate
2. Cross Media Ownership
3. Independent
4. Distribution
5. Consumption - Missing
6. Production Process - Missing
7. Vertical Integration
8. Horizontal Integration
9. Synergy
10. Joint Venture
11. Subsidiaries
Based on the feedback I have received I need to continue with the work and move onto the Processes.
LO1 - Script one; ownership, operating model, products, market position, competitors
I work for Education Wise and I have been asked to produce educational resources about 20th Century Fox for the level 3 media course.
20th Century Fox is conglomerate, this means it is a company that is made up of other companies which are know as subsidiaries. The opposite of a conglomerate is an independent company and example of an independent company is "Warp". An independent company works for themselves and operate alone.
Ownership
Rupert Murdoch owns 20th Century Fox, which a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Other subsidiaries of the company are: Fox TV who air programmes such as Bones which started in 2005 , Star TV which is a foreign based TV broadcast system which airs programmes overseas, Sky which is a large, mainstream company which supplies television, internet and telephone communication all around the world. Having some of their own channels showing football matches to TV series such as Boardwalk Empire , Talk Radio and Fox Home Entertainment which has made films such as Dr. Dolittle. Murdoch also owns National Geographic and a company called "NewsCorp" which is responsible for the production of newspapers such as "The Sun" and "The Times".
They are a cross media company as their subsidiary companies make different products. For example Fox TV is a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox and they air TV shows along with "Sky". Cross media companies make more than one type of product such as films, TV shows and radio broadcasts. Conglomerate companies own a series of cross media companies so they can save money and cross promote. Cross promotion is when the company advertises their products on the different platforms of their company. Being able to easily cross promote is called synergy.
20th Century Fox have worked with DreamWorks on some of their films such as Mr Peabody and Sherman, this is known as a joint venture.
The main goal of a conglomerate such as 20th Century Fox is often to make money. However, some conglomerates such as the BBC are public service broadcasters. This means their goal is to serve the public by informing, educating and entertaining. They are funded by the public through taxes but also earn some money through advertising.
Operating Model
There are two types of integration, Horizontal and Vertical.
Horizontal integration is when either 2 Subsidiaries of a conglomerate, Parent companies or Affiliates / Joint ventures come together to create a product.
Vertical integration is when a company has the ability to control the production, distribution and exchange of the product it makes
20th Century Fox is conglomerate, this means it is a company that is made up of other companies which are know as subsidiaries. The opposite of a conglomerate is an independent company and example of an independent company is "Warp". An independent company works for themselves and operate alone.
Ownership
Rupert Murdoch owns 20th Century Fox, which a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Other subsidiaries of the company are: Fox TV who air programmes such as Bones which started in 2005 , Star TV which is a foreign based TV broadcast system which airs programmes overseas, Sky which is a large, mainstream company which supplies television, internet and telephone communication all around the world. Having some of their own channels showing football matches to TV series such as Boardwalk Empire , Talk Radio and Fox Home Entertainment which has made films such as Dr. Dolittle. Murdoch also owns National Geographic and a company called "NewsCorp" which is responsible for the production of newspapers such as "The Sun" and "The Times".
They are a cross media company as their subsidiary companies make different products. For example Fox TV is a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox and they air TV shows along with "Sky". Cross media companies make more than one type of product such as films, TV shows and radio broadcasts. Conglomerate companies own a series of cross media companies so they can save money and cross promote. Cross promotion is when the company advertises their products on the different platforms of their company. Being able to easily cross promote is called synergy.
20th Century Fox have worked with DreamWorks on some of their films such as Mr Peabody and Sherman, this is known as a joint venture.
The main goal of a conglomerate such as 20th Century Fox is often to make money. However, some conglomerates such as the BBC are public service broadcasters. This means their goal is to serve the public by informing, educating and entertaining. They are funded by the public through taxes but also earn some money through advertising.
Operating Model
There are two types of integration, Horizontal and Vertical.
Horizontal integration is when either 2 Subsidiaries of a conglomerate, Parent companies or Affiliates / Joint ventures come together to create a product.
Vertical integration is when a company has the ability to control the production, distribution and exchange of the product it makes
LO1 - Script one; ownership, operating model, products, market position, competitors
Hello, My name is Josh and I work for Education Wise and I have been asked to produce educational resources about 20th Century Fox for the level 3 media course.
20th Century Fox is conglomerate, this means it is a company that is made up of other companies which are know as subsidiaries. The opposite of a conglomerate is an independent company and example of an independent company is "Warp". An independent company works for themselves and operate alone.
Ownership
Rupert Murdoch owns 20th Century Fox, which a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Other subsidiaries of the company are: Fox TV who air programmes such as Bones which started in 2005 , Star TV which is a foreign based TV broadcast system which airs programmes overseas, Sky which is a large, mainstream company which supplies television, internet and telephone communication all around the world. Having some of their own channels showing football matches to TV series such as Boardwalk Empire , Talk Radio and Fox Home Entertainment which has made films such as Dr. Dolittle. Murdoch also owns National Geographic and a company called "NewsCorp" which is responsible for the production of newspapers such as "The Sun" and "The Times".
They are a cross media company as their subsidiary companies make different products. For example Fox TV is a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox and they air TV shows along with "Sky". Cross media companies make more than one type of product such as films, TV shows and radio broadcasts. Conglomerate companies own a series of cross media companies so they can save money and cross promote. Cross promotion is when the company advertises their products on the different platforms of their company. Being able to easily cross promote is called synergy.
20th Century Fox have worked with DreamWorks on some of their films such as Mr Peabody and Sherman, this is known as a joint venture.
The main goal of a conglomerate such as 20th Century Fox is often to make money. However, some conglomerates such as the BBC are public service broadcasters. This means their goal is to serve the public by informing, educating and entertaining. They are funded by the public through taxes but also earn some money through advertising.
Operating Model
There are two types of integration, Horizontal and Vertical.
Horizontal integration is when either 2 Subsidiaries of a conglomerate, Parent companies or Affiliates / Joint ventures come together to create a product.
Vertical integration is when a company has the ability to control the production, distribution and exchange of the product it makes 20th Century Fox is able to do this as it is a conglomerate. This is known as the film production cycle.
The first stage is pre-production which basically means planning. This contains:
Casting and hiring the crew, making a work plan, figuring out needed assets, writing a script, drawing a storyboard, drawing any concept art, sorting out the film schedule, location scouting, budgeting and working out legislation.
Within the making of a film there has to be a large range of different people doing different things, pyrotechnics which will be done on set, these people who control explosions which are real life and not CGI explosions. Once it has been filmed the editors can edit the explosion to make the
Within the post production stage, the previously recorded footage is edited and all the CGI or graphics are added into the footage. Rendering of the movie may take along time.
Products
20th Century Fox have made a large amount of movies, two big names are Cast Away and Titanic,
Fox TV has been around since 1986 and since they have made many TV shows which are each aimed at different audiences:
In 1989 an animated comedy called " The Simpsons " was made and it was aired by FOX TV and it is currently still being made and shown on TV as the audience for the programme does not always stay the same, each episode is different and contain new ideas and some celebrities playing cameos.
In 2009 Fox TV aired a new show called "Glee" which is a Musical comedy-drama series aimed at teens. Fox aren't aiming all their shows at one particular audience, they are expanding out to all different audiences thus making them more money as a company.
Fox TV also aired a series of reality shows such as "Kitchen Nightmares" where it shows you behind the scenes of restaurants, although this is a real life, not set up show there are still plenty of other shows which are reality based which are casted and follow a script.
All 3 shows are shown by Fox TV but they aren't aimed at the same audience, each show has a mass audience, other shows may not be as popular as these but the show is aimed at a smaller niche
audience.
Market Position
The market position is where the company stands on the amount of profit/revenue it has made over time. For example 21st Century Fox is ranked the 3rd largest media company in 3Q15 (the third quarter of the year 2015).
Last year 21st Century Fox made a total revenue of $31.867 billion USD, while the subsidiary made a huge amount of money from some of the films such
as the highest grossing film "Avatar" which brought in $749,766,139.
20th Century Fox have made 590 films bringing in a total revenue all together of $28,893,697,362 which in average is $48,972,368 per film.
In the overall domestic grossing films 20th Century have 3 films in the top 7. "Avatar", "Star Wars & Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" where as there is also 4 other companies who are up there. The second top grossing film is titanic which was made by Paramount Pictures. Although it is second in the list, it made $101,835,323 less than Avatar.
20th Century Fox have a list of competitors but none of them compare to the popularity and revenue to what 20th Century Fox have, Universal have altogether made a sum of $1,115.3 billion last year.
Disney and Warner are both large media companies which excel in making movies and TV. Both Time Warner and Disney both have subsidiaries, meaning they are all parts of a conglomerate. 20th Century have a lot more different subsidiaries which aim at different audiences so this makes it easier for them to cross promote this is because they are also a subsidiary of the much larger company 21st Century Fox . Some subsidiaries of Time Warner include DC Comics and Warner Brothers. Examples of Disney subsidiaries are Pixar and Disney Channel. 20th century have made some of the most popular TV shows and movies of all time such as "The Simpsons" which is known all across the world.
Thank you for your time and listening. See you next time.
20th Century Fox is conglomerate, this means it is a company that is made up of other companies which are know as subsidiaries. The opposite of a conglomerate is an independent company and example of an independent company is "Warp". An independent company works for themselves and operate alone.
Ownership
Rupert Murdoch owns 20th Century Fox, which a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Other subsidiaries of the company are: Fox TV who air programmes such as Bones which started in 2005 , Star TV which is a foreign based TV broadcast system which airs programmes overseas, Sky which is a large, mainstream company which supplies television, internet and telephone communication all around the world. Having some of their own channels showing football matches to TV series such as Boardwalk Empire , Talk Radio and Fox Home Entertainment which has made films such as Dr. Dolittle. Murdoch also owns National Geographic and a company called "NewsCorp" which is responsible for the production of newspapers such as "The Sun" and "The Times".
They are a cross media company as their subsidiary companies make different products. For example Fox TV is a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox and they air TV shows along with "Sky". Cross media companies make more than one type of product such as films, TV shows and radio broadcasts. Conglomerate companies own a series of cross media companies so they can save money and cross promote. Cross promotion is when the company advertises their products on the different platforms of their company. Being able to easily cross promote is called synergy.
20th Century Fox have worked with DreamWorks on some of their films such as Mr Peabody and Sherman, this is known as a joint venture.
The main goal of a conglomerate such as 20th Century Fox is often to make money. However, some conglomerates such as the BBC are public service broadcasters. This means their goal is to serve the public by informing, educating and entertaining. They are funded by the public through taxes but also earn some money through advertising.
Operating Model
There are two types of integration, Horizontal and Vertical.
Horizontal integration is when either 2 Subsidiaries of a conglomerate, Parent companies or Affiliates / Joint ventures come together to create a product.
Vertical integration is when a company has the ability to control the production, distribution and exchange of the product it makes 20th Century Fox is able to do this as it is a conglomerate. This is known as the film production cycle.
The film production process comes after the film production cycle. This process includes: pre-production, production and post-production.
The first stage is pre-production which basically means planning. This contains:
Casting and hiring the crew, making a work plan, figuring out needed assets, writing a script, drawing a storyboard, drawing any concept art, sorting out the film schedule, location scouting, budgeting and working out legislation.
Within the making of a film there has to be a large range of different people doing different things, pyrotechnics which will be done on set, these people who control explosions which are real life and not CGI explosions. Once it has been filmed the editors can edit the explosion to make the
Within the post production stage, the previously recorded footage is edited and all the CGI or graphics are added into the footage. Rendering of the movie may take along time.
Products
20th Century Fox have made a large amount of movies, two big names are Cast Away and Titanic,
Fox TV has been around since 1986 and since they have made many TV shows which are each aimed at different audiences:
In 1989 an animated comedy called " The Simpsons " was made and it was aired by FOX TV and it is currently still being made and shown on TV as the audience for the programme does not always stay the same, each episode is different and contain new ideas and some celebrities playing cameos.
In 2009 Fox TV aired a new show called "Glee" which is a Musical comedy-drama series aimed at teens. Fox aren't aiming all their shows at one particular audience, they are expanding out to all different audiences thus making them more money as a company.
Fox TV also aired a series of reality shows such as "Kitchen Nightmares" where it shows you behind the scenes of restaurants, although this is a real life, not set up show there are still plenty of other shows which are reality based which are casted and follow a script.
All 3 shows are shown by Fox TV but they aren't aimed at the same audience, each show has a mass audience, other shows may not be as popular as these but the show is aimed at a smaller niche
audience.
Market Position
The market position is where the company stands on the amount of profit/revenue it has made over time. For example 21st Century Fox is ranked the 3rd largest media company in 3Q15 (the third quarter of the year 2015).
Last year 21st Century Fox made a total revenue of $31.867 billion USD, while the subsidiary made a huge amount of money from some of the films such
as the highest grossing film "Avatar" which brought in $749,766,139.
20th Century Fox have made 590 films bringing in a total revenue all together of $28,893,697,362 which in average is $48,972,368 per film.
In the overall domestic grossing films 20th Century have 3 films in the top 7. "Avatar", "Star Wars & Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" where as there is also 4 other companies who are up there. The second top grossing film is titanic which was made by Paramount Pictures. Although it is second in the list, it made $101,835,323 less than Avatar.
20th Century Fox have a list of competitors but none of them compare to the popularity and revenue to what 20th Century Fox have, Universal have altogether made a sum of $1,115.3 billion last year.
Internationally both companies are well known, 20th Century Fox broadcasts all over the world while Universal has its own theme park in America which is known across the globe.
Competitors
Competitors
Disney and Warner are both large media companies which excel in making movies and TV. Both Time Warner and Disney both have subsidiaries, meaning they are all parts of a conglomerate. 20th Century have a lot more different subsidiaries which aim at different audiences so this makes it easier for them to cross promote this is because they are also a subsidiary of the much larger company 21st Century Fox . Some subsidiaries of Time Warner include DC Comics and Warner Brothers. Examples of Disney subsidiaries are Pixar and Disney Channel. 20th century have made some of the most popular TV shows and movies of all time such as "The Simpsons" which is known all across the world.
Thank you for your time and listening. See you next time.
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