Media Industrys
Film Industry
The Film industry consists of 6 diffrent parts.
Development
Production
Facilities
Distribution
Exhibition
And Export
This means some productions companies are set up for specific parts
but once it is done it closes down.
Todaqy there are around 400 permanent film compianies, this means
that they are registered,
In 2004, the UK Film Industry contributed £3.1 billion to the economy.
In 2006 it contributed £4.3 billion.
Film making is very competative with thousands being employed in the
UK alone, in the UK there are around 27,800 employees.
TV Industry
The UK industry is dominated by major broadcasters, and also a lot of
smaller and less known broadcasters and production companies.
There are nin terrestrial broadcasters, whose output is broadcast through
landbased transmitters. These are BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, SMG, UTV.
These are also known as Public Service Broadcasters, with a range of
obligation, set out in their licenses, and in the case of the BBC in its Charter.
There are around 850 independant production companies (often refered to as
"indies") They make many of the best known programmes on television.
Programmes like X Factor, Big Brother and Life on Mars.
Interactive Media
The Interactive Media industry employs up to 34,300 people, which is
about 7% of the Creative Industrys.
This industrys relays heavily on freelancers and contractors, who consist
of a fith of the work force. It is highly qualified with employees having a
combination of speciallist and general skills.
Animation
The animation industry stretches across lots of the media industry; they
create stuff for the TV industry, film, advertising websites and even
computer or video games.
of these are freelance or on short term contracts, one of these companies
is Aardman Animations, who are also the makers of Wallace and Gromit,
which is stop motion, clay animation, they are also known for their
incredibly popular film “Chicken Run” as well as other films and TV series
that they have created.
Photo Imaging
This idustry is a highly popular one, with a high demand, hundreds of people
every day going for employment or work in the industry. This industry is one
of the most highly qualified and skilled.
The Photo Imaging industry has around 43,100 people working in it in the
UK alone with over half of them being in the south of England.
The industry has over 8,700 companies with more than two thirds of this
industry being freelance photographers or sole traders.
Games
Due to the increase in hardware development, and the ever rising popularity
of video games, the industry has gathered up to 10,000 people in the UK
alone, and is constantly rising. Nearly all majot companies split up their
developers up and have them all in diffrent companies such as 2K Games.
The key skills being looked out for in this industry are people who can
come up with ideas, people with creative skills, good communication skills
problem solving skills, the abillity to work in a team and the abillity to show
skill to potential employers.
Radio
Radio is split up into three catagorys, Publicly-founded radio, comercial radio
and the community and voluntary radio sector. To the hospital and student radio
to the most recently licenced stations.
The industry has been growing and now has around 22,00 people working in it,
in a range of jobs.
Advertising
Advertiseing is a large part of the UK economy, raking in around 6.2 billion annually for the UK.
Every staff memeber needs to add value to the buisness, that's why it is important to be skilled in this sector, with 65% of the sector hireing 50 people or fewer.
Advertising is a very large industry, making around 6.2billion annually.
There are around 70% of the advertising companies based in Landon with
the North West having the second largest concentration with about 6%.
There is around 47% who are under 34 in the advertising industries.
Publishing
Publishing is a wide range industry, it covers books, magazines, newspapers and any other kind of text based distribution, it is one of the biggest sectors as it covers some of the most popular forms of media at the moment.
The variety of jobs available in publishing is incredibly wide, rangeing from writers, to printers and so on.
The Publishing industry employs over 195,000 people, with 51,000 people
employed in the newspaper sector, with 50,500 working in journals and
magazines, 33,000 in the book industry and nearly 12,000 in other information
service activities.
To Do:
Talk about Public and private ownership
Sources of Income
smaller and less known broadcasters and production companies.
There are nin terrestrial broadcasters, whose output is broadcast through
landbased transmitters. These are BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, SMG, UTV.
These are also known as Public Service Broadcasters, with a range of
obligation, set out in their licenses, and in the case of the BBC in its Charter.
There are around 850 independant production companies (often refered to as
"indies") They make many of the best known programmes on television.
Programmes like X Factor, Big Brother and Life on Mars.
Interactive Media
The Interactive Media industry employs up to 34,300 people, which is
about 7% of the Creative Industrys.
This industrys relays heavily on freelancers and contractors, who consist
of a fith of the work force. It is highly qualified with employees having a
combination of speciallist and general skills.
Animation
The animation industry stretches across lots of the media industry; they
create stuff for the TV industry, film, advertising websites and even
computer or video games.
There are over 2000 people working in the animation
industry, with
half of them being freelance and more than 300 companies making
a
range of work.
The animation sector is split into four main things:
·
2D drawn or traditional
·
2D computer generated
·
Stop frame
·
3D computer generated
Most companies will focus one of these but some can do all
four, and
jobs are available in all of these category’s.
The animation industry has 4700 people working in it in the
UK and most of these are freelance or on short term contracts, one of these companies
is Aardman Animations, who are also the makers of Wallace and Gromit,
which is stop motion, clay animation, they are also known for their
incredibly popular film “Chicken Run” as well as other films and TV series
that they have created.
Photo Imaging
This idustry is a highly popular one, with a high demand, hundreds of people
every day going for employment or work in the industry. This industry is one
of the most highly qualified and skilled.
The Photo Imaging industry has around 43,100 people working in it in the
UK alone with over half of them being in the south of England.
The industry has over 8,700 companies with more than two thirds of this
industry being freelance photographers or sole traders.
Games
Due to the increase in hardware development, and the ever rising popularity
of video games, the industry has gathered up to 10,000 people in the UK
alone, and is constantly rising. Nearly all majot companies split up their
developers up and have them all in diffrent companies such as 2K Games.
The key skills being looked out for in this industry are people who can
come up with ideas, people with creative skills, good communication skills
problem solving skills, the abillity to work in a team and the abillity to show
skill to potential employers.
Radio
Radio is split up into three catagorys, Publicly-founded radio, comercial radio
and the community and voluntary radio sector. To the hospital and student radio
to the most recently licenced stations.
The industry has been growing and now has around 22,00 people working in it,
in a range of jobs.
Advertising
Advertiseing is a large part of the UK economy, raking in around 6.2 billion annually for the UK.
Every staff memeber needs to add value to the buisness, that's why it is important to be skilled in this sector, with 65% of the sector hireing 50 people or fewer.
Advertising is a very large industry, making around 6.2billion annually.
There are around 70% of the advertising companies based in Landon with
the North West having the second largest concentration with about 6%.
There is around 47% who are under 34 in the advertising industries.
Publishing
Publishing is a wide range industry, it covers books, magazines, newspapers and any other kind of text based distribution, it is one of the biggest sectors as it covers some of the most popular forms of media at the moment.
The variety of jobs available in publishing is incredibly wide, rangeing from writers, to printers and so on.
The Publishing industry employs over 195,000 people, with 51,000 people
employed in the newspaper sector, with 50,500 working in journals and
magazines, 33,000 in the book industry and nearly 12,000 in other information
service activities.
To Do:
Talk about Public and private ownership
Sources of Income
Downloads: Companies make money in downloads from services such as iTunes or other media distribution platforms, by selling games, movies, music and even TV series, also services that have archives of pictures for use in photo imaging and etc.
As an example, Psy, the artist behind the song "Gangnam Style", has made roughly 2.6 million from just his iTunes downloads alone (And that's after apple takes their 30% cut) This doesn't even take into account his income from youtube views and other forms of distribution used and other platforms it is being sold from.
As an example, Psy, the artist behind the song "Gangnam Style", has made roughly 2.6 million from just his iTunes downloads alone (And that's after apple takes their 30% cut) This doesn't even take into account his income from youtube views and other forms of distribution used and other platforms it is being sold from.
Advertisers: Advertising is everywhere today, you can find adverts in television, movies, games, on the internet, in the real world on billboards and other things in magazines and even just in the street or in public places as well as leaflets that can be handed out, so it is safe to say that we are literally surrounded by advertising, companies and organisations make money from selling this advertising space to people who want to advertise a product, or service.
This can cost a lot as a television slot can cost around 7000 to air a advert on prime time television.
This can cost a lot as a television slot can cost around 7000 to air a advert on prime time television.
Sponsorship: Sponsorship is when a company gives you money to wear their logo, or put their logo or product into your media, for example, famous athletes can be paid a certain amount to put a companies logo onto their sports outfit, another form of sponsorship is when a company or organisation gives a television producer some money to show off a product before, after or even during a programme, an example of this would be how talktalk would get a small spot just before x factor would come on, their logo would also be shown during the show.
Product placement: Product placement can be found in television, games, movies, digital imaging and even radio, this is when a company asks a producer to include their product into the media, for example, hot wheels paid a lot of money to be included in the Green Lantern movie, another example of this would be alien wear, and skypes product placement in the television show The Big Bang Theory.
BBC Licence fee: Everyone in the UK who watches or records TV as it is broadcast needs to be covered by a TV licence. This includes TV on computers, mobile phones, DVD/video recorders and other devices.
The Government sets the level of the licence fee. In January 2007 the licence fee was agreed for a six-year period with the amount being approved each year by Parliament. More recently the Government decided to freeze the licence fee at its 2010 level of £145.50 until the end of the current BBC Charter period in 2016.
Cinema box office: Produces make money from distributing their movies to cinemas, in turn, people go and watch these movies and pay money to see it. The amount made depends on the amount of people who went to see it, as well as ticket prices.
Franchises, formats: Franchises make money from selling their brand to companies to produce merchandise for that franchise, for example, Simpsons branded items, such as mini fridges, and cups, people buy these products based on their opinion of the franchise.
CD and DVD sales: CDs and DVDs are sold in shops and can range from movies, TV series, games, documentaries, music and even computer programmes. Media is burned onto a CD in factories and sold in shops like VHM and Game.
DVD rental: DVD rental can also range from movies, TV series and games, and are usually done in the same way except the customer pays a smaller price, and only keeps the product for a short span of time, examples would be Blockbuster, though this form of media is beginning to die out, with the rise of downloading and on line distribution.
