Dear AS Students,
As you know Section B of your exam concerns the film industry and the production, distribution and exhibition process. Here is some information below to help you!
You need to be prepared to discuss all the bullet points below in relation to both your US and British Case Studies. For example you may choose Film4 with 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 20th Century Fox with 'X Men: First Class'. Although filmed in British studios with British cast and crew the Harry Potter franchise 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' would also prove an interesting case study as it is produced and distributed through a US studio, Warner Bros and targeted at both a UK and US audience.
Candidates should be prepared to understand and discuss the processes of production, distribution, marketing and exchange as they relate to contemporary media institutions, as well as the nature of audience consumption and the relationships between audiences and institutions. In addition, candidates should be familiar with:
With your exam coming up please find below what the OCR board outlines in the specification for SECTION B: Institution and Audiences.
• the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
• the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
• the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
• the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
• the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
• the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
• the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.
REVISION SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY 3rd MAY AT LUNCHTIME AND TUESDAY 7TH MAY AT 3.20PM.
SEE YOU THERE!
Miss E
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