Adams Assignment. Media Sectors

Film 

Were to start with film, we have all grow up around films those Disney classics that we still love to watch at any age, the horror films what scare the life out of use but we still watch them, the love story what we all wish for, but were did film come from well film’s started being made in 1890s but these were short film what lasted about 2 to 3 minutes not the full length films that we know today. The first film to have speech in was The Jazz Singer in October 1927 any film before that was classed as a silent film but it had music instead of speech. The first film to be made in color was Cupid Angling in 1918 but the most popular one is the famous Wizard of Oz. The film industry or motion picture industry is involved in the creation and distribution of films as a product. This industry is a worldwide phenomenon, but some countries have a greater role in production than others such as the US and the UK. The film industry generally employs a wide number of people because of the production and distribution process. Also many film company have other company what they have bought for an example Disney bought Marvel in 2009.

This image shows the cycle of a film. It starts off with an idea, were the director and producers sit down and try and think of an idea they could turn into a film. Then after that there is the development that means pitching the final idea and doing the final draft. After this there is packaging witch is were you find the cast and hire the crew, also doing the production schedule. The next step is financing this is finding the market for your film and then seeing if you get the green light to go ahead with production. The next step is pre-production this means casting and story boarding this is were you start to see the film come to life. Now for the main part.  production, this means shooting, lighting, camera and action. Then there is the part were you see the film starting to make sense and in order the way it is spouse to be. This is Post-production. The 8th step is sales & marketing this is were the cast and the director do interviews or photo shoots for magazines. The 9th step is the exhibition this is the premiere and the box office performance this is were you see if your film is as popular as you want it or if its just a bust. After all this there is other windows this is DVDs and Blu-ray. Also the profit if there is any made. 


Size of the UK Film Industry
EMPLOYMENT IN CREATIVE ECONOMY
In the UK media industry the Estimated number of jobs in film, TV, radio and photograph are 259,000. 
But the Estimated number of creative UK jobs in film, TV, radio and photography within creative industries are 141,000. Also the Estimated number of creative jobs involved with film, TV, radio and photography outside the creative industries are 29,000. Furthermore the Estimated number of support jobs within the creative industries related to film, TV, radio and photography are 90,000. 
Source: Creative Industries Economic Estimates - January 2015, DCMS.

OwnershipDisney is a Privately owned conglomerate that own's various subsidiaries for example Pixar, Mavel Entertainment and also Mavel studios. Disney bought Mavel studios in August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion, with Marvel shareholders to receive $30 and approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each share of Marvel they own. The voting occurred on December 31, 2009 and the merger was approved.