Media sectors

Media sectors

The Film

Industry

They make films

Walt Disney

pictures

Walt Disney pictures was founded by Walt Disney in 1923. He started production of his first feature-length animated film in 1934. Taking three years to complete, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, premiered in December 1937 and became highest-grossing film of that time by 1939. The studio entertainment business alone (live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays) brought in $5.83 billion in 2012 and an estimated income of $1.549 billion during the 2014 fiscal year. Most of there films are targeted for a young audience as well as films that “the whole family will love”.

Age rating in the film industry

Suitable for allParental guidanceVideo release suitable for 12 years and overSuitable only for 15 years and overSuitable only for adults

British Board of Film Classification

BBFC

Film roles

Director

Actors/actresses

Write

rsEditors

Costume/ m

akeup

Camera/ lighting

Sound technician

Art/development

Stunts

ROLES0 A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision.

0 A Film producer prepares and then supervises the making of a film before presenting the product to a financing entity or a film distributor.

0 A screenwriter or scriptwriter or scenariost is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays.

Radio

0Radio producers are responsible for the audio content of broadcasts via radio, the internet and other mobile platforms. They are involved in the entire process, from creating ideas to managing the audience response after a programme.

0Radio DJs or radio personalities introduce and play music that is broadcast for the radio station. They are responsible for everything that is played and for censoring out any inappropriate words/lyrics.

0Radio news/traffic reporter is a person that informs the listeners about the latest news or the traffic report if they are listening from there car. They have a small job that is very important to get right.

0Ofcom is where people can make complaints about anything that has been said on the radio or were they can give suggestions about the radio show.

Printnewspapers typically publish stories on local and national events and personalities, crime, business, entertainment, society and sports. Most newspapers have columns that express the personal opinions of writers.

Jobs!The print company consists of the writers, the editor and the producer. Each writer comes up with there own story that they think will be interesting and relevant to there audience and the general public. The editor designs the front page to make it stand out and look eye catching so people will buy it. then they check through everything that is written to make sure it is appropriate and interesting. The publisher then prints it out, puts it all together into one magazine/newspaper then it gets sold.

Press Complaints Commission

PCCThe Press Complaints Commission is an independent body that has been set up to examine complaints about the content of UK newspapers and magazines. There job is to keep people happy and to answer peoples concerns.

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