Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Question about 20th Century Fox

Why is Paramount Pictures considered a major film studio?
Paramount Pictures is generally considered a major film studio due to the fact that majors will most likely always have a much higher budget for marketing, distribution and production in comparison to independent film studies such as Film 4. With more money, majors have the opportunity to create their films to a much higher quality and make it aware to a wider variety of people. All majors are located in America and there are only six.

What genres, styles, and types of films does Paramount Pictures typically produce?
Big budget blockbuster comedies or action movies typically however they do also make other ones such as romance (Titanic in this case).

How successful are 20th Century Fox as a major film studio?
Very successful as major film studio since they make a portion of the big blockbuster films these days that are constantly seen advertised everywhere and have been in production for many years. According to BoxOfficeMojo they own 15.2% of the market share between these studios where they are ranked 2nd behind Warner Bros. and have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars.

Give some examples of Media Convergence shown by 20th Century Fox (This means examples of them producing content, co-operating with, and using other media industries than Film)
Creating apps based on movies for people to play/interact with, create attractive and interactive websites for people to discover more about the product and alternatively be more intrigued

How do 20th Century Fox distribute their films?

Through today's evolving digital distribution platforms and through digital distribution sites.

What, for you, are the major differences between 20th Century Fox and Film4 Productions? 
20th Century Fox has  a much a higher budget for marketing, production and distribution than Film4 because it's an major studio while Film4 is an independent one. 20th Century Fox is also located in America while Film4 Productions is located in England and America also contains the largest film industry between countries while China lies 2nd and England aren't even in the top ten. Similarly, 20th Century Fox is a part of the "Big Six" major studies within America while Film4 is independent.

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