COMM245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Making Money
4 Dec 2016
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Top ten blockbusters 2006 = 23% box office receipts. The majors today: paramount, disney, warner brothers, 20th century fox, universal, sony (columbia) Independent producers: most films are produced by independent producers, producing and distributing is risky, majors = 1/3 of own films/year. Writer paid for treatment detailed outline: not full scripts. Producers green light projects that they like or believe will be successful: increasing thoughts for international products, lots of spectacle and very little dialogue. Actors" salaries come from the film budget: lower amount for percent profit. The guilds: establishes rules for persons, screen actors guild, the writers guild. Major film average cost: - million. Cast big stars help get money. Find a story to fit the budget: based on what risks one may take. Genre films: movies that fit storytelling formulas: horror, action, science fiction, romance. Low budget: good for making money. Films distribute from own studio and independents. The majors shar costs and distribution: paramount u. s, fox international.
