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Research: Production Houses

 

  • Production houses involved.

  • Are they part of a conglomerate?

  • How do they raise funds?

  • Examples of conglomerates.

  • What else does your conglomerate do and how it benefits the company

  • History.

  • Primary audience.

  • Financing ( independent company or part of a bigger conglomerate) ( pre-sales {often dependent on key features like a well-known actor}, govt grants, tax scheme/shelter).

  • Who distributes their films.

  • How successful have they been (in terms of critics and the box office success: how much did the movie make.)

  • Did they release worldwide?

  • House style and branding ( what kind of films they make? use of actors? over the years)

  • The ideology of the production house. (eg. Disney promotes family values etc.)

  • Look at the history of your movie's production house.

  • Look up the dates the conglomerate formed.

  • Some key films and the budget and the box office 

  • Notable films they made that were successful and won awards

  • What the studio owners say and believe (brand/house ideology) 

  • Revenue/ profit ( Gross Ancillary sales, Merchandising, Product Placement.

  • Demographic of the media product.

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