Adobe Audition

Three Thing I Have Learnt Today:

1) I have leant how to import files into Adobe Audition
2) I have learnt how to add effects to audio files on Adobe Audition
3) I have learnt how to select files and copy/paste them into sessions in Adobe Audition.

Voice Recorder Task

Three things I learnt:

1) How to re-start the recordings.
2) How to play the recordings so I could listen to them.
3) Need to record in a quiet environment.

Three things I found difficult:

1) How to actually start recording an audio file in the first place.
2) Finding a file once it was recorded.
3) Stopping the recording once finished.

Three things I found easy:

1) Playing the audio from the recorder.

I will record my voice at home on Tuesday 29th September.

Audio Recorder

3 Things I Have Learnt In Premiere

1) How to import photos
2) How to add effects to pictures (spin)
3) How to re-scale a picture

LO1 Task 2 (Notes)

Starter Task:

The Day After Tomorrow is the film I have chosen.

Purpose: Sentence 1. Does it inform, educate, entertain (PURPOSE IS TO ENTERTAIN) - Give an example and why? 2. What is the reason why the film has been made - designed to make money. Type of audience? (mass/niche/national/international)? Commercial gain (make a profit)? How does this link to the type of company that made the film? (3 sentences).

Genre: Genre means type or category. (Daniel Chandler - 2001)
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Horror
Thriller
Documentary
Rom-Com
Drama
Historical
Silent
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Music
Family
Romance
Animation

What sub-genres does the film have? Prove this.

The Day After Tomorrow is an Adventure film with a sub genre of a Climate Fiction-Disaster Film.

Form: What type of product am I analysing for the task? (Feature/Short)? What is the duration of the product I am analysing? Where would it have been distributed based on the target audience of the film?

Can be watched.. Online (Netflix), DVD/Blu-Ray - Shops (HMV), Cinema (Odeon), Download (iTunes).

Style: Aesthetic Quality - The way something looks. Modern? - From 21st Century.. Old-fashioned? - Set in the past.. Nostalgic?  Futuristic? Creates 'verisimilitude'? It means that something appears realistic. Looks realistic. Reality.

Content: This is the heading where you will be gaining a merit/distinction. How is your narrative put together? What is it about? a) Todorov (1977) 'narrative structure'. b) Kate Domaille (2010) 'narrative types'. c) Claude Levi-Strauss (1958) 'Binary oppositions'.

a) There are 5 stages told in a story. Focus on 3; Beginning, Middle and End. 1) (beginning) Equilibrium - Balance "everything is fine". 2) (middle) Disequilibrium - Unbalanced "problem" "enigma". 3) (end) Resolution - "new state of equilibrium".

b) (See PowerPoint)

c) Binary Opposition = Contrast between two things. e.g. Male + Female. Males seen as dominant in films. This is a stereotype. These views can be challenged in films. Ideology = Views and opinions that are recognised by society. A protagonist is a main character. An antagonist is the enemy to the protagonist e.g. villain (Joker). Is there a woman seen as a sex object? Do they challenge this view?

Content + (Meaning): What does the film connote/signify? Need to include Mise en sene, camerawork, editing and sound. DENOTATION + [CONNOTATION] - Using connotation gets nearer to distinction.

Describe what you see/hear
Say what you see/hear implies, suggests, infers, represents,

Talk about denotation first.

e.g. The image denotes a red heart.
e.g. A red heart is denoted.
e.g. The denotation of the image is a red heart.

Then connotation.

e.g. This heart connotes love.
e.g. Love is connoted through the image of the red heart.
e.g. The connotation of this red heart symbolises love.

(Use signifies if I'd like to).

(Don't use 'This Highlights', 'This Shows'... USE 'This Connotes').

Narrative - People or places
Genre -
Representation -


In my film, what is the binary opposition, who is the protagonist and antagonist. Is there an underdog?
Laura Mulvey - 1935
John Berger - 1972

Production Process: Pre-production, Production and Post-production. What happened in these processes? If has CGI, tell when it took place (post-production). Tell where it's set and how it has been planned for.

Sound: Diegesis - The Story world of your film. How real the diegesis appears is linked to the level of verisimilitude (the appearance of being real).
Diegetic sounds are any sounds coming from the story world. e.g. Sound effects, dialogue, ambient noises.
Non-diegetic sounds. e.g. voice overs, sound effects - e.g. car chase; brakes screeching, engine - connotations (meaning behind it) = danger, conflict, war, denotations (things you can see) = drive by, smoke.
Diegetic sounds are natural to the story world (characters and audience can hear), voice over by story character is diegetic.      
Non diegetic sounds are sounds that only the audience can hear and that are clearly not coming from the story world. e.g. voice over by person not in story.

Incidental music - Music that helps condition emotion (reflects the mood of a scene). Calm? Fast/Slow Paced?

Is there a part where a soundtrack starts playing? Any specific type of music that is in my film?

If the song has words then it's non-diegetic music.

Genre - Pace + Pitch of the music played.
Character Type - Dialogue and what they say (gender roles challenged or stereotypical)
Narrative Stage - Equilibrium/Disequilibrium/Resolution
Effect on the Audience - Sounds are emotive/creates mood - how does your example make the audience feel?

Dialogue - Mode of address (how do they say it)? How the addresser speaks to the addressee.

There are three modes of address:
1) Peer to peer - Formal/Slag, Social Level,
2) Parent to child - Informal, Calm,
3) Teacher to pupil - Formal, Informative,

Someone is always more dominant than the other.

What mode of address does your dialogue example/s have?

Mise en sene = Things in the story world that reflect a scene.  Find 4 examples of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds from my film and what they connote.

Mise en Scene:

STARTER TASK:

Three things in an indie music video:
1) Instruments - Connotes music creation
2) Band performing - Connotes their own performance
3) Stage location - Connotes where they would like to be

Four things in a Horror Film:
1) Dark lighting (Low Key Lighting) - Connotes
2) Characters - Connotes
3) Blood - Connotes danger
4) Secluded locations - Connotes fear

THE 5 THINGS I SHOULD TALK ABOUT!!

1) Locations (diegesis)
2) Costume/Make Up (prosthetics)
3) Props
4) Colours/Lighting
5) Gestures (how the person acts; are they running, fighting a lot?)

1. Stereotypes - (does costume reinforce age?)
2. Narrative - (does the story reinforce narrative?)
3. Genre - (does the story reflect the film?)

MISE EN SCENE = Everything within the frame

1. LOCATION

How does the film's location fit in with the diegesis?
Does it encode verisimilitude? - Is it realistic?
What does the location suggest?

2. COSTUME/MAKE UP

Does it reflect the mood of the character?
Protagonist vs Antagonist

3. PROPS (Something that is handheld) - (Short for 'property')

Any used?
How?

Iconography

Items that create stereotypical representations that become well known and recognised.
e.g. Rain in The Day After Tomorrow as the film is about Climate Change.

4. COLOURS/LIGHTING

They connote moods and emotions.
There are two types of lighting; Low key lighting and high key/natural lighting.

Low Key Lighting = Scenes with shadows. This reinforces the disequilibrium.
There may be characters that only appear in low key lighting; an antagonist.

High Key Lighting = Scenes with bright light. This could connote happiness or victory.

5. GESTURES

Gender of the characters?
Antagonist?
Protagonist?


(Encoded = Embedded on purpose)

(This is England)

High key Natural light outside
Low key lighting inside

The high key lighting connotes warmth.

For the mise-en-scene section:

Locations and Iconography - 2/3 examples
Characters and Acting Gesture - discuss characters; (protagonist, antagonist)
Costume and Make-up - Protagonist vs Antagonist
Props - 2/3 significant props
Lighting and Colour - High Key or Low Key examples.

Script Feedback (LO1)

OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Unit 1: Analysing media products and audiences

 

Student Name:   Sam Chubb       Class: 12y            Minimum Target Grade for this LO: PASS        Provisional grade for LO1 Task 1: PASS-

Assignment: Production of a series of vlogs analysing a film produced by Warp Films or 20^th Century Fox

LO1, Task 1: Investigating a media organisation

 

Task interim Key Tracking Assessments	Work to complete	Yes/No ✓/✗	PASS?	Feedback and Upgrades Required to reach a … grade (TEACHER TO FILL)	My next steps (STUDENT TO FILL IN RED)	Complete? (STUDENT TO FILL)
LO1, Task 1	1)     Ownership conglomerate, subsidiaries, independent, cross media ownership, commercial, joint venture 2)     Operating model Horizontal integration, synergy, vertical integration, film production process, film production cycle. 3)     Products Examples used, target audience (niche/mass) genre 4)     Market position Evidence of success, international 5)     Competitors 1-2 examples	-       -       -     ✓   ✓	Overall grade is   Pass-	P ·         Key terms have been used in places in the script. ·         Detailed understanding of how conglomerates operate.	Research Horizontal and Vertical Integration and add that to my script.   Merge the Market Position and Competitors section together.   Add in other Key Terms with explanations/definitions where necessary.   Sort out missing punctuation.
				I . ·         Merge .market position and  competitors together. ·         You need to make it clear that 20th Century Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. Also 21st Century’s subsidiaries are Star TV, Fox radio along with 20th Century Fox. 20th Century Fox also own subsidiaries in TV and Film and that it is News Corp that own magazine and newspaper subsidiaries.
				N ·         Include the missing key terms into your script. ·         Using the above feedback, fill in the ‘my next steps’ section in red. ·         Hand in the redraft of this work on Friday 25th September.
Literacy/ Numeracy/Oracy Assessment	·         P  ·         Key terms used – see words highlighted in green in the ‘ Work to complete section’
	·         I   ·         Include the missing key terms into your script. ·         SPAG addressesd
	·         N Include the key terms and punctuation that is missing

Peer Assessment

Peer Assessors Name: Jackary Fleming

1) Conglomerate
2) Cross Media Ownership
3) Independent
4) Distribution (Missing)
5) Consumption (Missing)
6) Film Production Process ( Few)
7) Vertical Integration (Missing)
8) Horizontal Integration ( Missing)
9) Synergy (Missing)
10) Joint Venture (Missing)
11) Subsidiaries
12) Film Production Cycle (Missing)

P.E- You've written more than me and I'm sure all the information is there,  to be honest your just missing the key words in some places which last year we were told gets you the mark but yeah nice script dude I need to get mine done  :)

Need to add specific key words.

Introduction

Intro: (SAM) (Music starts playing) Hi, my name’s Sam; and no you haven’t just clicked onto one of those over-dramatised news reports with their over the top graphics and presenters that have no idea what on Earth the technology does, that’s right I’m going to be talking to you plain and simply about the corporation 20^th Century Fox and its owner, Mr Rupert Murdoch.

Overview
(SAM) First I’m going to be talking to you about the ownership. 20^th Century Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, (Music stops) who would’ve guessed, (Music starts) and also 21^st Century Fox (Music stops) (which he also owns). (Music starts) He is the head of a bi------g corporation called NewsCorp. NewsCorp owns lots of big companies like 20^th Century Fox, The Times, The Sun and the list goes on. All of these companies working under the watchful eye of NewsCorp are part of a conglomerate. (Music stops) Yes I have said that right. (Music starts) An easy definition for this word is that it’s a company made up of other companies. Simple as that. For example, the BBC is a conglomerate. It has TV channels like BBC 1 and BBC 2, it has Radio Channels such as BBC Radio 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6. It also produces films under the name of BBC Films such as Jane Eyre starring big names such as Mia (Music stops) Wasikowska (struggles pronouncing name), haha moving swiftly on. (Music starts) All of these separate organisations are part of the BBC.

Let’s move onto some simpler stuff. Independence. 20^th Century Fox is NOT an independent company. There are two main reasons for this. A) The company is still owned by NewsCorp and Rupert Murdoch and B) it doesn’t make, edit, and produce the films all on its own. 20^th Century Fox and most other big name production companies usually collaborate on projects. For example 20^th Century Fox recently collaborated with DreamWorks Studios on the “critically acclaimed film” (Music stops) Penguins of Madagascar; a spin-off of the mildly popular Madagascar franchise. (Music starts) Nah all credit to them both for making the films but seriously (Music stops) that zebra will be applying for his pension soon. (Music starts) Collaboration projects on films are normally a repeating pattern. Other companies 20^th Century Fox have collaborated with in the past are Marvel on X-Men and Lightstorm Entertainment on Avatar. In fact, from 2010 – Present Day (September 2015 flashes up on screen), Rupert Murdoch’s subsidiary (I’ll come onto that in a moment) has collaborated on every single film that it has made in that time. If you were listening you will have heard me mention yet another ridiculous word, subsidiary. A subsidiary is one of the companies in a conglomerate. So 20^th Century Fox, The Times and The Sun are all subsidiaries of NewsCorp, the conglomerate.

Hopefully you are learning things as I go along, (Music stops) well because that is the main purpose of this video in the first place.

(Music starts) Cross Media Ownership? (Music stops) Nope, ok that’s another thing for me to talk about then. (Music starts) 20^th Century Fox is actually a Cross Media Company as it produces Film and TV, video games, comics, books and a bit of merchandise thrown in for the ($$ Kerching sound effect). Now, they can actually take advantage of producing so many different products. For example, in the video games that they produce they can advertise the films they produce, in the comics/books they can put a reference to any other books/comics that are available from them. This is called Cross Promotion.    

Operating Model
Now, you’ll be wondering how a film by the likes of 20^th Century Fox is actually made. Right? Well, here you are. It all starts off with an idea. This idea is then developed upon by brainstorming ideas and developing the script. However, this will require money, so the producer has to pitch their idea to the managers to have any chance of gaining financial support. The co-ordinator would then hire some script writers to write the script. While they are writing the script, other roles will be given out like director, editor, grip, etc. For the more imminent roles, people will be commissioned to do their jobs. Now all the equipment must be organised, the final budget must be set, the actors and actresses will be cast for the roles in the film, a storyboard must be planned and the locations for filming must be booked and organised. Now all the organisation has been done, the filming can commence. The scenes must be filmed; any props, costumes, make-up and sets required must be brought in for this, any prosthetics in case a horror film is being filmed, any pyrotechnics if explosions are needed, lighting must be applied where necessary, chaperones are required to look after the children/extras in a movie, lots of food and drink is a must as there’s never a crew that doesn’t require lots of breaks! If Special FX are needed, a green/blue screen could be used to provide an animated location and microphones must be worn by all actors and actresses so that maximum audio quality can be guaranteed. Now, some say that the Post-Production stage is the most vital in a film’s success and to a degree, they are certainly not wrong. Any transitions must be applied in the editing software like a Jump Cut, Fade and Glow, any CGI (Computer Generated Images to you and I) must be applied to characters or visual characters that aren’t played by a human, any overlays or colours can be applied, scenes can be cut and cropped, any audio recorded by the mics must be synced to the camera footage and if a green/blue screen was used, any backgrounds must be applied.

Products

As 20^th Century Fox has lots of subsidiaries, they can help promote the film or TV Show that has been produced. Different sectors can help promote different products.

These subsidiaries do in fact produce their own media. National Geographic are famous for their documentaries that give a deep and impactful insight into life from around the world. “Explorer”, the company’s award-winning and longest-running show has provided some of the most iconic scenes in documentary history like when a chimpanzee tenderly reached out for renowned primatologist Jane Goodall. National Geographic specialise in three main types of Media; they are Photography, TV, and magazines and books since they were formed 127 years ago in 1888. The main target audience of National Geographic is adults but over the past couple of years they have opened their eyes to the younger audience by making shows such as “Science of Stupid”, which is where Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond takes a look at all the ludicrous clips of people falling, driving or just being darn right stupid from the Internet and depicts the sciency side of them. (Insert clip of waterslide guy) For example, this man will travel down this waterslide at 22.7 mph. The ramp is 150.62m long so the little paddling pool has to be X distance away from the end of the ramp. Unfortunately no-one will be able to work out the exact distance the man travelled as this video is in fact fake and is actually an ad for Microsoft Germany believe it or not. 

One more subsidiary of 20^th Century Fox I’ll be talking about is Blue Sky Studios. (Wheezing guy). Blue Sky Studios was founded in 1987 by a guy named Chris Wedge (Wheezing guy). I wouldn’t be laughing if I were you, he's won Academy Awards for his films . He’s also produced shorts such as No Time for Nuts (Shorter clip of Wheezing guy),  films like Rio, Rio 2, the Ice Age Saga and is currently producing the next Ice Age movie, Collision Course, set to be released in 2016. Aside from Films, Blue Sky Studios also produce TV Specials (1 off shows) for their films. Their best known shorts include Bunny and Gone Nutty, both were nominated for the Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards. Blue Sky Studios have collaborated on film projects. For example Rio and Rio 2 were made and produced with 20th Century Fox. The Films and TV Shows are generally aimed at a younger audience as Blue Sky Studios specialise in movies for kids.


Market Position 
20th Century Fox are a very successful company. We can see this from the list of awards that they have won; including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture for 'Walk the Line' and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'.
They acquire Big Name stars for their movies like Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman (Music Stops) (Insert MF Quote), (Music Starts). 20th Century Fox produce a variety of films of a variety of genres for a variety of audiences. They produce films for kids like the Ice Age and How to Train Your Dragon sagas, films like The Fault in our Stars for teenagers, horror films like Poltergeist for fans that like to be (Music Stops) scared by moving pictures (Music Starts) and more family orientated films like The Three Stooges. They have built themselves up as one of the most well-known production companies in the world and continue to produce content for audiences of all ages and show no sign of stopping.
 

Competitors

However, 20^th Century Fox has many rivals in the film industry; these include the likes of Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures and NBC Universal. The products that are made by these other companies are very similar to those of 20^th Century Fox as they all produce films, merchandise and all the other regular items that a movie company produces; except, Disney produce animation films such as Toy Story and Frozen which are aimed at children, Universal produce more films to suit a wider ranged younger audience (5-30 year olds) like Despicable Me, Ted and The Purge, Sony Pictures are only innovating films for 2 specific markets (Children and Young Adults) with films like Hotel Transylvania and The Interview (Screen goes Black) I never thought I'd be putting those 2 films next to each other when I started writing this, (Normal Pictures resume) and 20th Century produce films for audiences of all ages. 

With Walt Disney Studios earning a Net Profit of over $8 Billion in 2014, NBC Universal possibly overtaking Time Warner in value and Sony Pictures growing on the ever more populated market, 20^th Century Fox is in no position to relax. That’s why they’ve been working hard by releasing 83 feature-length films from 2010-2014 including the very popular ‘The Fault in our Stars’, ‘The Maze Runner’ and ‘The Kung-Fu Panda’ series. The bosses, 21^th Century Fox is a very charitable company; they are raising money for Cancer Research UK by running the ‘corporate challenge’ which is where companies from across the UK compete against each other and raising money for charity in the process, also 18 of their employees took part in the 2015 London Marathon. So far the company have raised over £103,000 for the cause.

I hope you learned a thing or two in the time that you spent watching this video. Maybe it was the definition of a conglomerate or maybe it was who’s going to replace that Zebra from Madagascar… (Thank you for watching appears on screen)

Competitors

Synonyms for the word 'Competitors':
1) Competition
2) Rivals
3) Opponents
4) Opposition

Unit 1 (Script): Competitors (5)

20^th Century Fox has many rivals in the film industry; these include the likes of Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures and NBC Universal. The products that are made by these other companies are very similar to those of 20^th Century Fox as they all produce films, merchandise and all the other regular items that a movie company produces, that’s why they are seen as competitors. With Walt Disney Studios earning a Net Profit of over $8 Billion in 2014, NBC Universal possibly overtaking Time Warner in value and Sony Pictures growing on the ever more populated market, 20^th Century Fox is in no position to relax. That’s why they’ve been working hard by releasing 83 feature-length films from 2010-2014 including the very popular ‘The Fault in our Stars’, ‘The Maze Runner’ and ‘The Kung-Fu Panda’ series. The bosses, 21^th Century Fox is a very charitable company; they are raising money for Cancer Research UK by running the ‘corporate challenge’ which is where companies from across the UK compete against each other and raising money for charity in the process, also 18 of their employees took part in the 2015 London Marathon. So far the company have raised over £103,000 for the cause.

I hope you learned a thing or two in the time that you spent watching this video. Maybe it was the definition of a conglomerate or maybe it was who’s going to replace that Zebra from Madagascar… (Thank you for watching appears on screen)

Unit 1 (Script): Operating Model (2)

SAM: Now, you’ll be wondering how a film by the likes of 20^th Century Fox is actually made. Right? Well, here you are. It all starts off with an idea. This idea is then developed upon by brainstorming ideas and developing the script. However, this will require money, so the producer has to pitch their idea to the managers to have any chance of gaining financial support. The co-ordinator would then hire some script writers to write the script. While they are writing the script, other roles will be given out like director, editor, grip, etc. For the more imminent roles, people will be commissioned to do their jobs. Now all the equipment must be organised, the final budget must be set, the actors and actresses will be cast for the roles in the film, a storyboard must be planned and the locations for filming must be booked and organised. Now all the organisation has been done, the filming can commence. The scenes must be filmed; any props, costumes, make-up and sets required must be brought in for this, any prosthetics in case a horror film is being filmed, any pyrotechnics if explosions are needed, lighting must be applied where necessary, chaperones are required to look after the children/extras in a movie, lots of food and drink is a must as there’s never a crew that doesn’t require lots of breaks! If Special FX are needed, a green/blue screen could be used to provide an animated location and microphones must be worn by all actors and actresses so that maximum audio quality can be guaranteed. Now, some say that the Post-Production stage is the most vital in a film’s success and to a degree, they are certainly not wrong. Any transitions must be applied in the editing software like a Jump Cut, Fade and Glow, any CGI (Computer Generated Images to you and I) must be applied to characters or visual characters that aren’t played by a human, any overlays or colours can be applied, scenes can be cut and cropped, any audio recorded by the mics must be synced to the camera footage and if a green/blue screen was used, any backgrounds must be applied.

As 20^th Century Fox has lots of subsidiaries, they can help promote the film or TV Show that has been produced. Different sectors can help promote different products.          
      

Unit 1 (Script): Market Position (4)

20th Century Fox are a very successful company. We can see this from the list of awards that they have won; including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture for 'Walk the Line' and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'.
They acquire Big Name stars for their movies like Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman (Music Stops) (Insert MF Quote), (Music Starts). 20th Century Fox produce a variety of films of a variety of genres for a variety of audiences. They produce films for kids like the Ice Age and How to Train Your Dragon sagas, films like The Fault in our Stars for teenagers, horror films like Poltergeist for fans that like to be (Music Stops) scared by moving pictures (Music Starts) and more family orientated films like The Three Stooges. 20th Century Fox operate very similarly to the other major film production companies. All they need is an idea to spark their imagination, then they get to work by commissioning people to write the script, they cast for actors/actresses, film and produce the film, edit and add final touches (add animation if the film is an animation film), build up excitement by producing trailers and posters, think about other sub-products like merchandise, comics and games, then release the film (Kerching!! $$ Sound Effect)! 20th Century Fox are successful around the globe. They have built themselves up as one of the most well-known production companies in the world and continue to produce content for audiences of all ages and show no sign of stopping.

Market Position (LO1)

Market Position means how successful the company is in their field.

Three Things Why 20th Century Fox are successful:
1) Have had a lot of high grossing films.
2) They are a well-known market leader
3) Award-Winning

How we know if a film company is successful:
1) Polls/Reviews
2) Views per Film/Audience level?
3) How many copies sold
4) How many subsidiaries they own
5) Reputation/How long the company has been in business for
6) Award-Winning?
7) Revenue
8) Specialisms (Action films? Comedies?)
9) Make media for a range of audiences
10) Successful Nationally/Internationally

20th Century Fox are a very successful company. We can see this from the list of awards that they have won; including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture for 'Walk the Line' and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'.

They acquire Big Name stars for their movies like Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Cate Blanchett and Jonah Hill.
20th Century Fox produce a variety of films of a variety of genres for a variety of audiences. They produce films for kids like the Ice Age and How to Train Your Dragon sagas, films like The Fault in our Stars for teenagers,
horror films like Poltergeist for fans that like to be scared by moving pictures and more family orientated films like The Three Stooges. 20th Century Fox operate very similarly to the other major film production companies. All they need is an idea to spark their imagination, then they get to work by commissioning people to write the script, they cast for actors/actresses, film and produce the film, edit and add final touches (add animation if the film is an animation film), build up excitement by producing trailers and posters, think about other sub-products like merchandise, comics and games, then release the film! 20th Century Fox are successful around the globe. They have built themselves up as one of the most well-known production companies in the world and continue to produce content for all audiences.

Unit 1 (Script): Products (3)

SAM: These subsidiaries do in fact produce their own media. National Geographic are famous for their documentaries that give a deep and impactful insight into life from around the world. “Explorer”, the company’s award-winning and longest-running show has provided some of the most iconic scenes in documentary history like when a chimpanzee tenderly reached out for renowned primatologist Jane Goodall. National Geographic specialise in three main types of Media; they are Photography, TV, magazines and books since they were formed 127 years ago in 1888. The main target audience of National Geographic is adults but over the past couple of years they have opened their eyes to the younger audience by making shows such as “Science of Stupid”, which is where Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond takes a look at all the ludicrous clips of people falling, driving or just being darn right stupid from the Internet and depicts the sciency side of them. (Insert clip of waterslide guy) For example, this man will travel down this waterslide at 22.7 mph. The ramp is 150.62m long so the little paddling pool has to be X distance away from the end of the ramp. Unfortunately no-one will be able to work out the exact distance the man travelled as this video is in fact fake and is actually an ad for Microsoft Germany believe it or not.

SAM: One more subsidiary of 20^th Century Fox I’ll be talking about is Blue Sky Studios. (Wheezing guy). Blue Sky Studios was founded in 1987 by a guy named Chris Wedge (Wheezing guy). I wouldn’t be laughing if I were you, he's won Academy Awards for his films . He’s also produced shorts such as No Time for Nuts (Shorter clip of Wheezing guy),  films like Rio, Rio 2, the Ice Age Saga and is currently producing the Ice Age movie, Collision Course, set to be released in 2016. Aside from Films, Blue Sky Studios also produce TV Specials (1 off shows) for their films. Their best known shorts include Bunny and Gone Nutty, both were nominated for the Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards. Blue Sky Studios have collaborated on film projects. For example Rio and Rio 2 were made and produced with 20th Century Fox. The Films and TV Shows are generally aimed at a younger audience as Blue Sky Studios specialise in movies for kids.

 

Unit 1 (Script): Introduction and Ownership (1)

Intro: (SAM) (Music starts playing) Hi, my name’s Sam; and no you haven’t just clicked onto one of those over-dramatised news reports with their over the top graphics and presenters that have no idea what on Earth the technology does, that’s right I’m going to be talking to you plain and simply about the corporation 20^th Century Fox and its owner, Mr Rupert Murdoch.

Overview: (SAM) First I’m going to be talking to you about the ownership. 20^th Century Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, (Music stops) who would’ve guessed, (Music starts) and also 21^st Century Fox (Music stops) (which he also owns). (Music starts) He is the head of a bi------g corporation called NewsCorp. NewsCorp owns lots of big companies like 20^th Century Fox, The Times, The Sun and the list goes on. All of these companies working under the watchful eye of NewsCorp are part of a conglomerate. (Music stops) Yes I have said that right. (Music starts) An easy definition for this word is that it’s a company made up of other companies. Simple as that. For example, the BBC is a conglomerate. It has TV channels like BBC 1 and BBC 2, it has Radio Channels such as BBC Radio 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6. It also produces films under the name of BBC Films such as Jane Eyre starring big names such as Mia (Music stops) Wasikowska (struggles pronouncing name), haha moving swiftly on. (Music starts) All of these separate organisations are part of the BBC.

(SAM): Let’s move onto some simpler stuff. Independence. 20^th Century Fox is NOT an independent company. There are two main reasons for this. A) The company is still owned by NewsCorp and Rupert Murdoch and B) it doesn’t make, edit, and produce the films all on its own. 20^th Century Fox and most other big name production companies usually collaborate on projects. For example 20^th Century Fox recently collaborated with DreamWorks Studios on the “critically acclaimed film” (Music stops) Penguins of Madagascar; a spin-off of the mildly popular Madagascar franchise. (Music starts) Nah all credit to them both for making the films but seriously (Music stops) that zebra will be applying for his pension soon. (Music starts) Collaboration projects on films are normally a repeating pattern. Other companies 20^th Century Fox have collaborated with in the past are Marvel on X-Men, Lightstorm Entertainment on Avatar and Blue Sky Studios on the films Rio and Rio 2. In fact, from 2010 – Present Day (September 2015 flashes up on screen), Rupert Murdoch’s subsidiary (I’ll come onto that in a moment) has collaborated on every single film that it has made in that time. If you were listening you will have heard me mention yet another ridiculous word, subsidiary. A subsidiary is one of the companies in a conglomerate. So 20^th Century Fox, The Times and The Sun are all subsidiaries of NewsCorp, the conglomerate.

SAM: Hopefully you are learning things as I go along, (Music stops) well because that is the main purpose of this video in the first place.

SAM: (Music starts) Cross Media Ownership? (Music stops) Nope, ok that’s another thing for me to talk about then. (Music starts) 20^th Century Fox is actually a Cross Media Company as it produces Film and TV, video games, comics, books and a bit of merchandise thrown in for the ($$ Kerching sound effect). Now, they can actually take advantage of producing so many different products. For example, in the video games that they produce they can advertise the films they produce, in the comics/books they can put a reference to any other books/comics that are available from them. This is called Cross Promotion.