Institution
Mainstream Films Vs Independent
Today we learned about the largest film institutes and ways indie films trying to break their way through into the cinema world.
We learnt today that cinemas do not make most of their money from ticket sales, that usually goes to the film and distributors themselves. They make most of their money from popcorn and food sales.
To get a film into the cinemas you have to first of all make the film and then use a distributor to get it into the cinemas as they ring up each cinema and find out if they can get a certain film to show at the cinema and then decide where they shall show the movie.
Today we learned about the largest film institutes and ways indie films trying to break their way through into the cinema world.
We learnt today that cinemas do not make most of their money from ticket sales, that usually goes to the film and distributors themselves. They make most of their money from popcorn and food sales.
To get a film into the cinemas you have to first of all make the film and then use a distributor to get it into the cinemas as they ring up each cinema and find out if they can get a certain film to show at the cinema and then decide where they shall show the movie.
Big Six:
- Sony
- Warner Bros
- 20th Century Fox
- Paramount
- Disney
- Universal
Smaller companies have to try and squeeze their films into the roster of cinemas and try and make some money. They usually go into cinemas when large blockbusters are not being released and therefore have much less competition.
The yearly film calendar:
The yearly film calendar:
March - August: Big blockbusters for summer.
September: Bad month for any big film
October - February: Awarded films, big blockbusters
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