PRODUCTION QUESTIONS

1) How has the status and power of stars changed over cinematic history?
It has changed due to actors getting paid more, giving them more power, as they can say how much they want for doing a film due to there popularity with the public.

2)Take any film you have seen recently and find out who produced it. Then try to find out more about this person. What was their role on this particular production? What have they and others got to say about their involvement and contribution? What projects have s/he been involved in previously, were these ventures successful?

film: Taken. The film was produced by Luc Besson's Europacorp: EuropaCorp is a French movie studio. Co-founded by Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, the Group combines the activities of production, cinema distribution in France, distribution on DVD and VOD, French TV rights sales, international sales, partnerships, licensing & by-products, music production and publishing, book publishing, and advertisement production



3)Why are certain kinds of films guarenteed to make large profits and others high risk? Some films are gurenteed to make large profits due to it's popularity for example if they brought out another matrix film or jurassic park they would make large profits as people who saw the 1st few films will want to go and see this one. Other films dnt make big profits as if there 1st time films and it hasn't got a enough publicity there not many people will want to see it.

4) Which genres are currently popular/unpopular and why?
Avatar is a popular film at tne moment as it's by the same director who done titanic, which got good reviews and its the most expensive film of all time making it a very popular film to watch. Current unpopular films such as the girl with the dragon tattoo seems to be unpopular due to not much publicity and being a 1st time film.
5) Why was Hollywood under the studio system so successful?

6) What has been lost and gained as a result if the replacement of the studio system by the producer/agent/deal system? The studio system quickly became so powerful that some filmmakers once again sought independence as a result.

7) How and why has hollywood again become vertically integrated? Hollywood has become vertically intergrated because it needs to, to produce big budget films.To be able to control what goes on easily.

8) What are the consequences of vertical integration?
You dnt have total control.