Distributor Prep

I am sorry that I have not watched the clip I could not find it however I have researched what distributors do which is to identify and deliver the largest possible audience for every film, I found this on the step by step guide on the Film Distributors Association.

I have picked 20th Century Fox as my distributor. 

The History 
20th Century Fox Film Corporation also spelt Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, formerly (1935–85) Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation, major American motion-picture studio, formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation. The latter company was founded in 1915 by William Fox, a New York City exhibitor who had begun distributing films in 1904 and producing them in 1913. In 1915 Fox moved his studio to Los Angeles and named it the Fox Film Corporation. In 1927 the company secured the patents to a German sound-on-film process, and later that year it introduced the first sound newsreel, Fox-Movietone News. But after having borrowed heavily to finance these moves on the eve of the Great Depression, Fox lost control of his company in 1930. The company then foundered until its merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. The latter company was founded by Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck in 1933 after Zanuck had quit as head of a production at the Warner Brothers studio. The two companies merged in 1935 to form Twentieth Century–Fox.

A list of Thriller films by 20th Century Fox Films

1. Kingsman the SecrectService 
2. The Revenant
3.  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4.  Morgan
5. Maze Runner 
6. Prometheus

The reason I chose 20th Century Fox Films 
I chose 20th Century Fox Films because it already has lots of high grossing thriller movies some of which I have listed above. Also, I think that our film would fit in here as it has already distributed indie films like Slumdog Millionaire. 

 
 

Qi questions

or the episode you watched, state the series (this will be a letter), channel, day and time of broadcast

• Series N, BBC2, Friday, 22:00
• State the genre of the programme
• A panel show 
• state the names of the host and panellists
• Susan Calman, Max Lucas, Josh Widdicombe, Allan Davies and Sandi Toksvig 
• As the host, how does Sandi Toksvig relate to the other panellists? Consider if the term 'genial' applies.
• The term genial does apply as Sandi is shown to be genial along with the other contestants. However, Alan Davies is definitely the genial fall guy. 
• what is 'quite interesting' about the extract that you watched?
• The panellists and host made it quite interesting by using the parlour games from around the world.
• what makes you laugh in the episode?
• Alan Davies saying the blatantly incorrect answer that the audience were all thinking and Sandi's response.
• how is Sandi Toksvig's erudition (the extent of his knowledge) shown?
• I believe that it is mainly shown through her whitt and knowledge of random yet useful facts.
• are the audience passive consumers or active participants?
• The audience are passive consumers. 
• what is the role of Alan Davies and how does he contribute to audience pleasures?
• Alan's role is to be the genial fall guy and contributes to the audience pleasures by creating on-screen relationships with the audience by being a resident panellist
• how far does the programme fulfil its Public Service Broadcasting remit to inform, to educate and to entertain?
• I belive that it fills its Public Service Broadcasting remit very well by informing and educating the generation with a segment called general ignorance and entertaining us with the whitty banter and comedic anicdotes. 
• how is the audience positioned: as omniscient or powerless?
• The audince is positioned as powerless

Miranda prep

I have chosen to analyse the audience pleasures of watching Miranda (BBC 1). I will give specific examples by close reference to episodes and by quotation.  

Miranda is mainstream family viewing, aimed at a target audience who would relate to middle class life. Miranda is a TV sitcom: socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations when working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she is around her crush Gary.

A comprehensive review of all four BBC TV channels by the governing trust (July 2014) found that BBC 1 could feel “middle class in focus and target audience" with Miranda cited as an example. They also found that the BBC is falling out of favour with younger people and BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic viewers). The average age of BBC1 viewers is 59, compared with 56 in 2010/11. However, the character of Miranda is also quite like a big child as she is unmarried, always making a fool of herself and getting into trouble with her mother, so I think that audiences such as the teenage demographic  could relate to her. Audiences also relate to her relationship with her best friend Stevie because they often have childish banter which most friends can identify with.

Miranda offers the pleasures of the sitcom genre, such as characters that are recognizable that the audience can relate to, who are stereotypes. Miranda's mother, for example, is a stereotype of the upper class, an example is in the episode named 'Dog' in which Mirandas mother gives her a lesson in acting posh. Miranda's mother makes us laugh because she is constantly trying to marry Miranda off to anyone, this results in even more akward situations for Miranada which is very funny. Miranda's group of girl friends are stereotypes. For example, Stevie is a stereotype of the powerful working woman, she constantly has work on the mind and often gets angry at Miranda for no working. Her girl friends often make us laugh at Miranda, such as in the episode when her friends say that she is "probably off somewhere taking her clothes off." 
However, in many ways, Miranda is an anti-stereotype because she is quite tall compared to the stereotypical beautiful woman also she is very awkward in most social situations.   

There are many points of recognition for middle class audiences in the ways in which the sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns and hopes, such as Miranda's conflict with her mother as when her mother is attempting to give her lessons in being posh and Miranda can't understand any of it. Another narrative strand that makes audiences relate to her is her trouble love life. To explain: she has a romantic interest in her friend named Gary whom is totally oblivious. However the audience might be able to relate to her exaggerated awkwardness. 

Each episode also features predictable running gags such as, for example, Stevie and Miranda's jokes about each others height.Miranda always manages to lose her clothing, such as in the episode when she is trying to impress a handsome man and gets locked in a dog park this leads to her trying to fit through the gate and reaching the conclusion that if she takes her shirt off she might be able to fit through. Stevie and Miranda always compete for boyfriends, such as the episode when the handsome man I referred to leaves his wallet in their shop which leads to the two of them fighting over him.Miranda always embarrasses her friends socially, such as when she is at a posh event and takes off her jumper making her shirt "slip off" as well.
The sitcom addresses audience’s lifestyles, concerns, hopes about relationships. Miranda always fails to explain her true feelings for Gary, such as when he has been offered a job in China and she can't tell him why she doesn't want him to go. She competes with, quarrels and makes up with Stevie, for example, when Stevie leaves her at the dog park which she has been locked in but when Miranda gets home Stevie and her make up. She gets scolded by her mother, such as in the episode when her mother says she needs to find a "husband"  

In most sitcoms, the audience is passive consumer but this show is filmed before a live studio audience. In addition, Miranda establishes a relationship with her audience by breaking the fourth wall She confides in us, the audience her feelings, saying:  things like "Hot"

For Blumler and Katz, audiences use media to gratify needs (the uses and gratifications model of audience behaviour). Miranda offers the pleasure of entertainment, escapism and diversion by making us laugh. In particular, both slapstick humour and verbal humour entertain us. Examples of these include when Miranda and Stevie are having a spaghetti eating competition and Miranda shoves Stevie off of her bar stool. Next when Miranda's friends say that she is probably off somewhere "taking off her clothes" when in fact she is behind
 Gary with her shirt of 


Audiences also like to relate to the characters in programmes;  I have shown that Miranda offers many points of recognition in its characters. It s also important that Miranda is a likeable character who does not hold grudges. For example, when she forgives Stevie for leaving her in the park at the end of the episode. Audiences pick programmes with actors that they know and like. It is also significant that Miranda Hart is a well-known.

Audiences tend to favour programmes that support their values and their sense of their own identity. Part of our sense of self is informed by making judgements about all sorts of people and things. This is also true of judgements we make about TV and film characters, and celebrities. The shows we watch, the stars we like can be an expression of our identities. One aspect of this type of gratification is known as value reinforcement. This is where we choose television programmes or newspapers that have similar beliefs to those we hold. Therefore, equally important is the upbeat, comic atmosphere of the show. Despite  set-backs such as some childish humour Miranda bounces back, for example, when she made Gary laugh with such humour.


Finally, audiences like to know what is going on in the world (surveillance). This relates to Maslow’s need for security. By keeping up to date with news about local and international events we feel we have the knowledge to avoid or deal with dangers. In a sitcom, the characters face all sorts of situations that we can experience vicariously, some of which are challenging, such as a self defence class.

In conclusion, ....