PRODUCTION QUESTIONS

1) How has the status and power of stars changed over cinematic history?
When cinema first started out the enthusiasm was all within the moving imagery which ment that the stars didnt have a major impact to the films, anyone could appear in a film, however with progression within the cinema people are not as interested in the moving imagery as they are in the stars within the film. People will goto the cinema to see a star they like and have heard of and not just because its a good film. If there was 2 films in the cinema one with stars and one without equally as good the film with the stars would make more money because the stars are what people want to see.


2)Take any film you have seen recently and find out who produced it. Then try to find out more about this person. What was their role on this particular production? What have they and others got to say about their involvement and contribution? What projects have s/he been involved in previously, were these ventures successful?
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3)Why are certain kinds of films guarenteed to make large profits and others high risk?
the reason that certain films are gaurnteed a profit is because they have already managed to gain an audience through other weather it be through books or tv series. The studios can class this as a safe bet production as they know they already have the auidience lined up and they can produce more reliable statistic on their
4) Which genres are currently popular/unpopular and why?

5) Why was Hollywood under the studio system so successful?

6) What hads been lost and gained as a result if the replacement of the studio system by the producer/agent/deal system?

7) How and why has hollywood again become vertically integrated?

8) What are the consequences of vertical integration?