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Glossary
Conglomerate- A media conglomerate, media group, or media institution is a
company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises,
for example television, radio, motion pictures, or the Internet.
subsidiary company- It is owned by another company which is the parent
company
Vertical integration- Strategy where a company expands its business
operations into different steps on the same production path, such as when a
manufacturer owns its supplier and/or distributor. For example 20th Century
Fox owns the studios in Hollywood, they also own the cinemas, the TVchannels
and the DVD rental shops. They own parts of chain so that they can make
money from every part of it.
Horizontal integration- Where a media company owns several businesses of the
same value. This will be a magazine company, television or a radio company.
This creates much more money for a company and reach to a wider audience.
Independent company-refers to any form of media, such as radio, television,
newspapers or the Internet, that is free of influence by government or
corporate interests. The term has varied applications.
 Rogue one: A Star wars
Story(2016)
The production company was Lucas film, who is responsible for all of the other
star wars films in the franchise. The distributor is Walt Disney who bought the
star wars franchise and is responsible for two of the star wars films now.
The film is about the rebel alliance/ rebellion attempting to find the death star
plans and ultimately find a flaw in its design so they can find a way to destroy it.
This film takes place just before star wars episode 4: A new hope.
The budget for this film was 200 million USD and the total revenue so far
recorded is 1.041 billion USD.
Promotion- The film was promoted in many places like TV, radio, billboards,
cinema, YouTube, magazines and trailers.
Distribution- The film so far is distributed in cinema and was released mid
December and is still in cinemas in early February, it will most likely be on DVD
and blue-ray soon.
Exhibition- It was exhibited world wide in cinemas through many cinema
companies such as Cineworld and IMAX in 2D, 3D and 4D.
Star was audience is a very large range as it can be enjoyed by any age but also
belongs to a one of the most well known franchises which attracts many older
people who watched the originals.
Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them

The film was distributed and produced by Warner Bros.

but also produced by Heyday Films.
The budget for the film was $180 million, and the box
office money was $809.4 million.
It was promoted by posters, billboards, Youtube, trailers,
magazines, TV and radio.
It was exhibited in cinemas firstly, in places such as IMAX
and Cineworld being the most well known, and could be
viewed in 2D, 3D and 4D.
The film was targeted at fantasy lovers, but also has
many others as it is the prequels to one of the most well
known franchise and therefore was expected to bring
many people in.
The Girl with all the Gifts
It was produced by Will Clarke, Camille Gatin, Angus
Lamont, this is not a huge company, instead it is
independent.
The budget for the film was 4 million($5 million) and
the box office hits was $2.1.
It was distributed by warner bros and also Saban films,
warner bros is a large company which gives them a
name for this film and because of this people will
usually expect this to be better than lower films
because they have built a reputation with great films.
The film was exhibited through cinemas in mostly
Cineworld, IMAX and some small independent cinema
companies.
Florence Foster Jenkins
The film was distributed by 20th century fox and also
paramount pictures, two very large film companies.
The budget for this film was $29 million and for box
office it got $44.3 million, usually films distributed by
these large companies will bring in a large amount of
money.
It was produced by Micheal Kuhn and Tracey Seaward.
It was exhibited through cinemas and now on DVD and
blue-ray, it was shown in many cinemas, independent
and large scale, the most well known ones of which
cineworld for the UK and for America AMC cinemas.
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It was distributed by Studiocanal, this is a not a big
company but it is still well known just not as popular
as the large Hollywood distribution companies.
The budget for the film was 8.1 million and in box
office it gained $3.2 million, this is because it was
distributed by a not so well known company.
It was exhibited in cinemas and after released on
DVD and blue-ray, it will eventually be on TV but this
is the last stage on exhibition.
For distribution it would be advertised on billboards,
posters, through trailers on Youtube and in trailers
before a film starts in cinema.
 Task 3- Lucas film
This is one of the top film companies, mostly known for creating the star wars and Indiana jones
franchise which is still going strong today, and new star wars being created plus a new Idiana
Jones. Lucas film was acquired by Walt Disney company in 2012,giving them the rights to stars
wars etc.
It is the leading diversified international entertainment and media enterprise with five business
segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and
interactive.
The company doesnt just make its money from its films, they also create merchandise such as
toys and collectables which turns out is they main source of income, the items create more
revenue than the films as a whole.
They are known as pioneers in film production such as visual effects, from the release of star
wars it inspired other companies to do the same as it changed the game of film production.
It has recently created a star wars film called rogue one and has promised a new star wars film
this year in December in a follow up to their film in 2015.
In my opinion I think their best film is star wars episode VI: Return of the Jedi, this is because it
was in the original trilogy and was the finale to the classics bringing an end to the Sith lords and
the tragic death of Darth Vader.
Lucas film has had a few films that flopped, they were highly anticipated and was not as great
as everyone imagined, this was the case for the star wars prequels. It was also so for the latest
Indiana Jones : the temple of the crystal skull, people did not enjoy this film that much
compared to the other classics.