Final checks

Hi everyone,


Well it's been an amazing journey.  Thank you all for being the edge of the spear as we have pioneered this class for our school.  I'm so proud of you all.

I am busily compiling all the final links to pages shown and discussed in class, for your easy reference during study and revision of Institutions and Audiences.

Meantime, you need to be MAKING SURE you have tweaked your blogs for those final changes.  YOUR blog must have:

• The final product
• Creative Critical Reflection
• A sequenced timeline outlining the journey from pre-production to export of final product
• In the above, fleshed out discussions of steps that you were directly or partially responsible for
• Research
• Finally, I recommend you read and action teacher comments as they apply to specific entries

Let me know if you have any questions.


- T. Marcus

Institutions and Audiences - some Checklist items

Hi everyone!


As we gear up for the final examinations, here are a few things you should be tracking in your notes.  Make sure to learn these facts as close to "number perfect" as possible.

Your case studies should include NZFC as an institution, at least one local / arthouse film as denoted earlier in the term, and at least one blockbuster film (theoretically a product of one or more of the Big 6) to compare and contrast against.

For both films, you should know-

• Production / Pre / Post
•    Including any impacting plans (i.e. 3D exhibition, etc)
• USP's
• budget and profit, specifically as related to the production phase
• budget and profit, specifically as related to the distribution phase
• budget and profit, specifically as related to and specific campaigns (typically marketing)
• Production company of origin, and its ownership
• Related ownership where applicable
• Distribution (cinemas: local / global, festivals)
• Marketing campaign (strategy, vehicle / rationale, results)
• Media platforms
•    Including ownership & viewing (i.e. personalised digital experience vs cinema, etc)
•    Media fragmentation
• Audience
•    Reception of film / response
•    Ticket sales
•    NZFC stats

And of course, we will be adding to this list!

Go to it!


- T. Marcus