Introduction of the film industry and David Hesmondhalgh

Industry- process of making a media product.

Purpose of making any media product- make $£$£$

• films first started in the early 1800s
• The first films were very short 1-2 mins long
• women were predominantly the ones starring and making the films
• Spatial continuity- the audience know where they are at all times.

1. The studio system
2. Production- Process of making a media product
3. Distribution- Getting the product out there 
4. Conglomeration- A collection of things
5. Vertical/Horizontal Integration
6. Digital technologies- Any technology which involves a computer
7. Regulation- The rules a media product needs to follow  
8. Exhibition- To present or to show
9. Convergence
10. Pre-Production- Everything before filming
11. Post-Production- Everything after filming

How have the technology changed in making films?

• Modern technology, its now digital
• Picture quality
• CGI
• DVD, VHS, online streaming devices

David Hesmondhalgh 

• Horizontal integration- Where a company buys other companies in the same sector to reduce the competition for audiences.
• Monoply- Where you buy companies to overtake.
• Vertical integration- Where a company buys up other companies involved in different stages of the production and circulation.
• Conglomerate- a corporation that consists of a group of business dealing in different products or services.