Assignment 3: Guide to Development within TV & Film Industry

Assessor: Alan Sill
Hand-in deadline: 2nd February 2017 - via Turnitin
Unit: 8 - Understanding the TV and Film Industries
Scenario: You have been approached by a student magazine to produce a comprehensive guide to the television and film industry that provides information and debate. Within your guide you must include elucidated examples and consistently use subject terminology correctly. You must target the guide at students considering studying or working in the television and film industry.

TASK 1

You will comprehensively explain recent changes in technology within the industry and the impact of these developments, providing elucidated examples illustrated with appropriate images. This section will be entitled “Developing Technologies in Television and Film”. You must include the at least 8 of the following areas of developing technologies:

• satellite and cable
• analogue and digital
• film-based
• interactive
• internet
• high definition and ultra high definition
• consumer products
• streaming content
• on-demand viewing
• digital recorders
• pay-per-view

TASK 2 - Getting to Grips with the Industry

You will:

• Research ownership and funding of the TV and film industries 
• Produce an powerpoint slideshow explaining their findings.

For each case study outline the following:

• Ownership - public service; commercial; private; corporate; independent companies; global companies; vertical and horizontal integration; monopoly.
• Funding - license fee; subscription; pay per view; sponsorship; advertising; product placement; private capital; financial aid; development funds. 

- Explain thoroughly and offer examples -

This assignment has been completed with both the help of Word and PowerPoint. Task 1 was completed via Word document, with Task 2 completed with the use of PowerPoint. They are to be submitted via Turnitin.