tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57785960015628860102024-03-05T17:18:25.076+00:00'British' CinemaThis blog explores US influence (financial + cultural), Anglocentric (ie, primarily English) representations, digitisation, ownership, industry developments, audience, media theories, tracking key news + events, with Film/Media A-Level/undergrad students + educators in mind. Examples often include Sheffield's Warp (Indie) and London/LA-based Working Title (NBC-Universal subsidiary), ie This is England/Four Lions v Bridget Jones/Green Zone! Please acknowledge the source/blog author: Mr D BurrowesDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.comBlogger527125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-16254246467479536812022-11-10T11:33:00.008+00:002022-11-10T11:43:22.209+00:00Blogging on Industry: an example I set a simple task: pick one Film Guardian article, then 1 post from this blog; blog the key points. I'll demo below how I would do this for the links shared.DISNEY: BIG 5 FINALLY CHALLENGING BODY NORMATIVITY? SHORT FILM: "REFLECT"Lets not get carried away - it is a significant moment for the home of the skinny princess, shaper of many young people's expectations of body shape and DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-89723321249608547782022-08-11T05:56:00.001+01:002022-08-11T05:56:40.253+01:00DISNEY NOW BIGGER THAN NETFLIXGuardian.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-32881691681182649292022-08-09T12:56:00.001+01:002022-08-09T12:56:20.653+01:00CINEMA FIGHTBACK AS WARNER MERGES HBO DISCOVERY AND RETURNS RELEASE WINDOWGuardian, August 2022. DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-80436209898647284472022-06-05T06:48:00.001+01:002022-06-05T06:48:21.141+01:00NBC's PEACOCK HAS 13M US SUBSCRIBERS...Guardian.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-18596190551206585182021-12-09T21:57:00.004+00:002021-12-09T21:57:38.101+00:00WT 2022 What's Love Got to Do With Ithttps://variety.com/2021/film/global/lily-james-shazad-latif-first-look-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-1235129740/DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-69707727345679580762021-11-11T18:48:00.001+00:002021-11-11T18:48:08.993+00:00DISNEY LEAD METAVERSE CHARGE virtual reality future?See Guardian.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-27465933753259992282021-08-10T22:35:00.001+01:002021-08-10T22:35:27.686+01:00DC MARVEL supervillains to creators? How they avoid sharing their billionsAn object lesson in capitalism!Global scale conglomerates are difficult to contest - read this in-depth Guardian feature for an analysis of how the creators of many of the stories/characters/scenes driving the multi billion superhero dominance generally receive little ... or nothing.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-58302920174264057502021-05-09T10:08:00.001+01:002021-05-09T10:08:40.131+01:00CONVERGENCE - SMARTPHONE CAMERA FILMS GET NEW FESTIVALGuardian reports on phone-filmed movies getting their own London International Smartphone Film Festival.This shouldn't come as any great surprise. Smartphones - especially the iPhone - are being widely used as an element of TV/film production, especially for action sequences. They're seen as enhancing the intimacy of such scenes, removing the size challenge of standalone cameras.'Soderbergh DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-31410204622484637042021-04-28T05:19:00.001+01:002021-04-28T05:19:18.317+01:00WT latest franchise The BorrowersNBCUniversal have exercised their first look deal to pick this up with WT producing - see Deadline announcement.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-83932255518691502652021-02-26T09:57:00.002+00:002021-03-02T07:23:16.133+00:00How $100m tentpoles make money!$100m+ budget movies are known as tentpoles for a simple reason: no company can afford too many consecutive flops at this level.So why, as Elberse argues they all should, do the big 5 all focus on tentpole or (as Elberse calls them) blockbuster productions?Remember too that the prints & marketing spend is typically about the same as the production budget which is why, with cinema's cut DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-76286498662525890232020-10-23T10:13:00.006+01:002021-02-26T10:31:24.830+00:00BIG 5 GLOBAL DOMINANCEStatista is a great sourceSome useful links for now (I've posted similar before with lots of analysis within the posts below...)A mix of US and global figures/analysis2020 will be not so useful for assessing big 5 BOX OFFICE dominance as there is so little box office to consider, but...Deadline analysed the prospects for 2021. Note Paramount's strugglesStatista: Disney were emerging in a league DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-47555531180183835832020-10-23T07:05:00.005+01:002021-04-29T12:46:33.678+01:00A Woman's Place is in...the Director's Chair?IN BRIEF: A collection of articles on the growing controversy over women's secondary role across every aspect of the film industry. Use the tags to see more on thisA major source: THE GEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE ON GENDER IN MEDIABECHDEL TEST:Official siteVogue magazine 2020 comparison with TV11 blockbusters that fail (theculturetrip.com)Surprising films that fail (dailyedge.ie)2019s films that DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-39849105362949808022020-10-05T06:30:00.005+01:002021-09-23T06:38:36.968+01:00INDUSTRY 2020-21 CONVERGENCE COVID CRISISI'll update this through to July 2021, then set up a fresh post for 2022. The basic headline ... THE CINEMA RELEASE WINDOW HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY DISNEY AND NBCUNIVERSAL ... BUT PVOD ISN'T NECESSARILY THE POST-COVID KINGStatista reveal the startling covid impact (US + Canada figures)Globenewswire report, 2020Financial Times Feb 2021 report: the business sections are good sources of film DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-53572920848131420932020-08-31T09:34:00.001+01:002020-08-31T09:34:03.904+01:00CONVERGENCE drones replacing helicopter shotsSee this article about Les Miserables (urban French thriller/drama, NOT the WT adaptation...).Skyfall and Jurassic World were early adopters of these metallic dragonflies; Time estimated in 2018 that the daily cost of using a drone in a film stood at between $4,500 and $13,000, compared to $20,000 to $40,000 for a helicopter. Now the airborne images seen in every YouTube travel DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-66345274503206450382020-08-24T14:08:00.001+01:002020-08-24T14:08:01.980+01:00TERMINOLOGY - key terms and theories I'll build this up over time.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-72165018513486363782020-08-21T12:34:00.011+01:002023-02-02T13:15:57.022+00:00WORKING TITLE The High Note 2020
8m trailer views just on the Focus Features channel alone by 26.8.20:
VERY BRIEFLY...
$20m production; limited cinema release - $19.99 PVOD (NBCU keep higher % than box office)
Co-production: WT/Perfect World - a Chinese co
Leads aren't A-listers yet but features Ice Cube as antagonist
Unfortunate hero's journey? White Dakota Johnson seeks to push out Ice Cube
Zeitgeist/generic: DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-64102602809216756942020-08-13T09:48:00.001+01:002020-08-13T09:48:22.946+01:00A-LIST 20 million fees often from Netflix, The Rock biggest starI've frequently cited the rough figure of $20m to hire a true A-lister to star in a movie, and figures just released bear this out. Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Adam Wahlberg all hit this mark recently.The big surprise comes from who's paying these fees - yes, Disney's name pops up but it's Netflix which is responsible for around 25% of the fees recorded in the annual Forbes report.Note thatDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-89233418238009391482020-08-10T14:57:00.003+01:002022-03-02T12:46:58.404+00:00WORKING TITLE Yesterday 2019 10m on Beatles rights aloneBASICS: BOX OFFICE + HOME MEDIA REVENUE $26m budget$73m USA, RoW $80m (incl UK $18m), total $153m. 3rd biggest hit on its release in the US, 2nd in the UK (Toy Story 4 the tentpole ahead in both territories). It added $80m in DVD, TV + streaming (home media) ... so far.LEGENDARY/MARKETABLE writer and director: Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle. Its actually based on a 2012 DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-6836629286469602302020-08-10T12:01:00.001+01:002020-08-10T12:03:58.676+01:00INDIE NETFLIX REALITY upfront fee for loss of rights. Michaela Cole's storyPOINTS, REFLECTIONS FROM VULTURE'S* FEATURE ON WRITER/ACTOR/FILMMAKER/PRODUCER MICHAELA COLE (*RE-PRINT from NEW YORK MAGAZINE)The long article this extensive quote comes from is a highly instructive read not just on the limits of the supposed liberating explosion of online distribution through Netflix, Amazon et al. I discovered it by clicking through another instructive article, Sundance, DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-53793809653409410322020-08-05T23:52:00.001+01:002020-08-05T23:52:40.528+01:00INDIE MARKETING Insta skills from S Korea Tomboy run#MeToo and pin badges: how Tomboy beat the odds at South Korea's box office.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-51949483484631961982020-07-30T10:45:00.001+01:002020-07-30T10:45:04.407+01:00INDIE MARKETING Insta skills from S Korea Tomboy run#MeToo and pin badges: how Tomboy beat the odds at South Korea's box office.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-41419485272082604672020-05-20T16:12:00.001+01:002020-05-20T16:12:18.841+01:00TV and FILM AS INTERACTIVE GAMES CONVERGENCESome great examples in this LA Times article.DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-6134299400745749542020-05-17T08:59:00.001+01:002020-06-20T08:47:10.197+01:00FRANCHISE BOX OFFICE the horrifying truthGreat overview which calculates the budget to global box office multiple of many current and older high-grossing franchises, and finds that horror truly reigns supreme in these terms. The overall leader should be fairly easy to work out, but you can also compare the tentpole franchises too.Forbes analysis, May 2020.A great opinion piece that attacks the cynical cash-in 3D boom that followed DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-49725746840886237312020-04-27T09:01:00.001+01:002020-04-27T09:01:05.346+01:00CONVERGENCE 8K cameras and prosumer price limitsThis is kit which will retail for a fraction of specialised cinema cameras, but that is still likely to be several 1,000 to buy, so it's on that prosumer line. Like the bulk of film-making kit it's as likely to be rented out as purchased. It's a rival to the industry standard (budget level) BlackMagic models (a Sony Red with enough kit to shoot will be over $10k).This line caught my eye....“DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5778596001562886010.post-78623675928966566602020-04-03T04:10:00.001+01:002020-04-03T04:10:13.751+01:00UGC FAN-MADE GAMES horror examplesLook out for earlier posts here or the DBHorror blog on Brigid Cherry's study of UGC in film, specifically how fans have massively extended the official texts of the Scream franchise with fan-fiction, fan-art and more - and she was writing a few years ago now; continuing convergence has enhanced the scope for doing this.Indeed, the focus of this article (hyperlink below) is on unofficial UGC, DBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644270972807155523noreply@blogger.com0