Monday Monday…

I’ll not be there today so here’s what I’d like you to do:

1. Read through THIS POST and then research what the following organisations do/have responsibility for:
   1. BBFC
   2. ASA
   3. OFCOM
2. Start researching audience/genre/box office preferences and trends using statistics culled from the BFI Stats Pages. Things to find out would be along the lines of:
   1. Which is the most popular genre of film? (Is there more than one?)
   2. Is there a link between age and box office take?
   3. How could you use historic data to focus your own product?
3. Start looking into audience research in more depth. There are some resources in THIS POST that should help you.

As you will have realised, this is about developing knowledge of institutional constraints and is also directly applicable to your product/assignments…

I’ll be in tomorrow and will be getting you set up for your assignments. Take care, stay warm, and don’t waste your time! Lots to do. 🙂

PS: Some people have already started their research so you can use them to help you, and ask to use the library/PCs if you can’t use your phone, etc.

PPS: Don’t forget this!

And We’re Back! Research Time…

So, time to get busy. The links you will need to chase up are as follows:

• BFI Industry Statistics and Reports
• BFI Statistical Yearbook page
• BBFC Home Page
• BBFC Student Page
• BBFC Legislation Page
• ASA (Advertising Standards Authority)
• ASA News and Resources
• OFCOM
• OFCOM – About Ofcom

And that’s plenty to be going on with!

 

 

 

 

Institutions: Part The First

Ok folks… the slides are the full set including some rather important things we haven’t covered yet but need to for the product (so feel free to read through them and be ready with questions)…

Click on the clown to download them..

Don’t get too worried about memorising the various Laws at the moment, the key thing at this stage is to be aware that there are Acts and organisations that influence media production and products… We’ll be covering them in a case study later in the course. 🙂

One thing I do recommend you do is familiarise yourselves with the very excellent BBFC website… and possibly get the free BBFC app (iOS or Android). The BBFC have a very pragmatic and honest approach to film classification and you will learn a LOT simply by taking some time to look through the site. If you’re looking for a way to get started, try picking a film you know and see what the BBFC have said about it. The BBFC Insight is an excellent overview of the thinking behind a particular film’s rating… though be warned: SPOILER ALERTS AHOY!

To be fair, the BBFC will warn you when you’re headed into spoiler territory, but still…

Finally, if you didn’t get the chance in class, do have a go at trying to Rate A Trailer yourself. 🙂