Film Distribution

Film distribution is how a film is advertised and circulated around countries to create media buzz which leads to people going to see the film. This can be done in a number of ways and through a range of media products, these are: internet, television, paper-based adverts, radio etc.

Film Case Studies

1950: ‘Cinderella‘ – Walt Disney (1950)
This film earned $33,482,832 in the US Box Office and was the highest grossing film in 1950.
‘Cinderella’s DVD premiere was in 2005 and since then there have been re-mastered editions.
There are some websites that allow you to watch ‘Cinderella’ Online legally you would have to pay and there is a website that shows   the possible sites that you can view it online.    http://www.findanyfilm.com/Cinderella-Disney-film_options~21231

1960: ‘The Graduate‘ – Mike Nichols (1967)
‘The Graduate’ earned $242,611 in its US Box Office.
The DVD was released in 1999 and there has been a re-released special edition in 2005.
LoveFilm.com allows you to watch films online when you have an account with them, The Graduate is one of these films.

1970: ‘Jaws‘ – Steven Spielberg (1975)
This film earned $6,150,000 in its opening weekend alone.
The DVD release of this film was 2000 which was the films 25th Anniversary.
‘Jaws’ is available to watch online on many websites some of these however are illegal.

1980: ‘The Witches Of Eastwick’ – George Miller (1987)
The gross box office revenue for this film was $57,306,187.
The DVD edition of this film was released in 1997.
‘The Witches of Eastwick’ again is available to watch online on LoveFilm.com.

1990: ‘Titanic‘ – James Cameron (1997)
‘Titanic’ was one of the highest grossing films of all time and earned $28,638,131in it’s openeing weeked; however this was only 4% of the gross box office revenue.
The DVD was released in 1999.
There are a lot of sites that stream ‘Titanic’ illegally; however sites such as LoveFilm and Blockbuster etc do allow you to watch    online for a fee.

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The History of the Internet

Definition: The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), serving billions of users worldwide.

1957: The vice President of BBN technologies conducted the first public demonstration of time-sharing.

1960: The United States funded for their military to conduct research projects for computer networks.

1974: The term ‘internet’ was published at Stanford University.

1981: Networks grew from Europe and the US to cover Canada, Hong Kong and Australia.

1989: The Web was invented by an English scientist named Tim Berners-Lee.

Mid 90′s: The internet became ‘commercialized’ due to worldwide participation started by the National Science Foundation. The internet had gained a public face.

1996-97: A massive increase of popularity and growth.

2009: It is estimated that a quarter of the Earth’s population uses the services of the Internet.

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