VLOG script notes

Script notes for film section of vlog

1. Introduce film company and what they are famous for(films).

The film company we are talking about is Walt Disney, Walt Disney are famous for a wide range of different things such as their TV channels, the multiple film production companies they own such as Marvel, they are also famous for their cartoon characters from their own shows such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. They also have theme parks in a few different countries such as Disneyland Florida.  Disney are famous for their stores, selling merchandise including teddies, mugs/cups, dolls, costumes, etc.

2. What are some of their most successful box office films.

Disney have hundreds of famous films, however their top 10 best sellers on Box office are:

The Avengers 2012- 623,279,552 dollars (Marvel- Disney own marvel studios)

Pirates of the caribbean: Dead man's chest 2006- 423,315,812 dollars (Disney)

Finding Nemo 2003- 380,529,376 dollars (Pixar- owned by Disney)

Toy story 3 2010- 415,004,880 dollars (Pixar- production company owned by Disney)

Iron Man 3 2013- 408,992,272 dollars (Marvel- owned by Disney)

Monsters inc. 2001- 289,423,425 dollars (Pixar- owned by Disney)

Frozen 2013- 400,737,000 dollars (Disney)

The amazing Spiderman 2012 (Marvel- owned by Disney) $262,030,663

Beauty and the Beast 1991 (Walt Disney animation/ Walt Disney Pictures) $218,967,620

Big Hero 6 (Walt disney animation/walt disney pictures) $221,313,764

3. Who are their competition?

Walt Disney have a couple of competitors, one of these is the media conglomerate Twenty first century fox, who own the production company of 20th century fox. They also have competition from Time Warner, a large conglomerate media company who own the production company Warner Bro's.

Twenty-first century fox are worth 31.867 billion dollars, Time Warner are worth 29.795 billion dollars, so Walt Disney shouldn't need to worry as they are worth a massive

4. How are they structured?(vertical horizontal or both) - - (Who is they conglomerate that owns them? are they a part of a horizontal or vertical integrated structured integration? what other things do the conglomerate own? What other companies do they have links with?)

• Disney: Horizontal and Vertical, they own production companies such as touchstone pictures and they own their own channel called Disney Channel therefore they can Establish it too. They own TV channels, film companies, music channels, theatres, theme parks, etc. 

Walt Disney is a conglomerate as they own all 3 production, distribution and exhibition companies, they own:

ABC studios

ESPN

Radio Disney

Marvel Entertainment

Pixar Animation Studios

BVS entertainment

A and E

Lifetime

Jetix

 A few of the film companies they own are:

A&E IndieFilms
Buena Vista
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Pixa
Studio Ghibli (North American distributor)
Touchstone Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures

Some of the music labels they own are:

Buena Vista Records
Disney Music Publishing Worldwide
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records
Walt Disney Records

Radio stations Walt Disney own include:

ABC Radio
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)
WDWD – Atlanta

Walt Disney have made films over many years and some of their recent ones from over the past 5 years which have brought them in profit are: 

Pirates of the caribbean-on stranger tides
Saving Mr. Banks
Frozen
Big hero 6 - 2015
Maleficent
Tangled

Walt Disneys film Frozen was made solely by Walt Disney, it was also distributed and exhbited by Disney meaning that 100% of the profit from the film went straight back to Disney.

5. How much money is the conglomerate worth? Are they successful?

Disney is one of the most powerful companies, in one of the most powerful sectors of any economy: entertainment.  At the start Walt Disney wasn't anymore profitable than any other studio. The company started doing work for Universal Pictures, he created a character called Lucky Rabbit and his animators were all hired away from him by Universal. This experience made Walt want to work only for himself. Then he created Micky Mouse and the character became a huge success. The films put him in a lot of debt because they cost so much money to make but then the studio issued 155,000 shares of 6% into convertible preferred stock. And the company gained a lot of money and become so successful it now is worth 84 Billion Dollars. 

6. What debates are there about the power of the few media companies? what is your opinion?

There aren't numerous US mass media news sources at all; there are just five. Five giant corporations control 90 percent of US mass media. And direct links connect all five of these media conglomerates to the political establishment and the economic and political power-elites of the United States. Their control spans most newspapers, magazines, books, radio and TV stations, movie studios and much of the web news content of the United States. These conglomerates are in large measure responsible for the social, political and economic and moral values of both adults and children in the United States. It was not always like this during the WW2 three out of four US newspapers were independently owned. But by 1983 50 corporations controlled 90 percent of US media. In my opinion it controls what you read, watch and listen to. Also all the five major media conglomerates are corporate members of the Council on Foreign relations. They have a role in making US government policies resulting in sanctions, destabilisation efforts and outright military attacks on nations which have never attacked the US. These members also helped promote the Iraq war, the bombings of Serbia and LIbya. I think this is a bad thing because it's a way of always keeping the rich forever rich, they will never be poor. The poor find it hard to become rich because such big companies own so much in the world. It's like we are brainwashed by the media to teach us how we should think, eat, live, what makes us happy and what we should want from our lives. 

http://rt.com/op-edge/158920-us-ukraine-media-control/

7. What new technology have the film industry developed?

• IMAX—With Lasers

• Pocket Sized Cameras and GO PRO cameras 
• Projecting films from your phone onto any surface
• Insanely realistic audio experiences
• 3D without the glasses
• 4D films with actual physical effects like drops of water for rain, special smells and blowing winds. 
• Interactive movie screens
• Second screen experience apps 

8. What technology development do you think is next for film? future of film.

I think the future of film will be mostly internet based such as Netflix, as Apple and computing is taking over. The choice of choosing what you want to watch when and where it's convent for you is more useful to this generation. I think they'll still be cinemas but mostly just 3D and 4D films and only films from the 5 major media companies will be released in Cinemas. Another option could be that they're will be laser projections of our own faces in the cinema in crowds so we can see ourselves on screen. You can pay to watch new films when they come out in cinemas but watch them at home and have your own home cinema such as surrounded sound and larger screens. They're will also be bigger movie theatres. 

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/future-film-special-report-728427

BBC Script

The BBC has to use money from tv licenses to fund our channels! This is what being a public broadcaster means. That the reason we pay our TV licenses every year is due to funding the programme's we watch on any BBC Channel. Because we don't have adverts during the programme's and this is how they're funded. The BBC is managed by a director and business man, its also regulated by the British Public. The BBC are a very successful company with hit TV shows and huge ratings throughout Britain and The BBC World channel, although this company has also been dissed by a number of different management programs due to not sticking to their rules for example, putting adverts through shows and also not acting like a public broadcaster should do.

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