Exam Question Practice

“Media production is dominated by global institutions, which sell their products and services to national audiences” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

 

Topic - UK an US Film


Aspect - Media Production


Viewpoint - Global Institutions                                           


Instruction - To what extent (evaluate)

 

       

 

        What I need to know in order to answer the question:

• Information about two films (1 US and 1 UK, with statistics and facts) Box office, budget, actors, genre etc
• One of the Big Six - linked with US film (Evaluating Star Trek: Into Darkness - Paramount) - what they own, what they have produced, how successful
• Production companies UK films (usually 2 or more - Dredd - Entertainment Film and Lionsgate) - what they own collectively and separately, who owns them, films produced, any other type of media influence etc
• How Star Trek and Dredd are produced - location, props, lighting, cameras, colour, costume
• National Audiences - Cinema viewings down to distribution and release of films nationally
• Add opinion with facts - evaluate how negatively UK institutions cannot affect the US big six and why