Production, distribution,

and exhibition

When researching about the production aspect of films I have found that this refers to the making of these films; finding the idea, writing the script, pitching it to a studio, setting a budget, casting stars and employing a crew, filming, and editing.

In addition to the setting a budget component, production needs its investors in order to get this necessary funding. The global cinema industry box office is a successful company and so these investors try to reduce the risk of losing money by difficult decisions. 90% of these box office takings come from the "big six" these six majors consist of: Paramount pictures, Universal, 20th Centaury fox, Warner bros. pictures, Walt Disney, and Columbia pictures. Some movie studies the create the best horror movies are Blumhouse, platinum dumes, ghost house pictures, Lionsgate films. But a ideal production company that I would do to produce my own film is Blumhouse.

When making a production, there is a few potential risks that lead to questions; What level of audience will it attract?, Level of funding necessary?, Is it marketable?, Will the funding make a profitable return?. These questions are needed because if the answer is no to any of these then changes will be made to the details of the film to make sure its a yes but apart from that these investors will take their money somewhere else.
After the investors make the funding available(greenlit) the director can then start filming.
When doing the production portion it is important set budgets for example the horror film Scream, just for production the budget is $31,085,973. But for the most profitable film "Paranormal activity", against its poultry budget of $15,000 it earned $193 million.

When making a advertising plan, the film distributor must decide how it will present a film to a directed audience. Once they do that they can look for the unique selling point or the unique selling proposition(USP) to see what aspects of their products are better than competitors.
After they look at the main components of the film and taking them into consideration, then they have to decide what elements to stress in the market place to figure out how they want to put their product onto the market.
Some ways to market films: poster, trailers, online and mobile content, special screenings/ premieres, interviews/articles, merchandise.

Film exhibition is the last stage to the films expedition from the idea to the audience.
Once the cinema is released, the film will be available on different platforms

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