So since I have been attending Full Sail University for the past year and I have learned a tremendous amount about the entertainment industry. What is most exciting is that I have been learning about the Film industry that I did not learn in my undergraduate studies of Film and Theater. I learn about the production side of thing but now I am experiencing the business side of the house.
So I’m currently taking a Media Publishing and Distribution class in which I learn the concepts of, you’ve guess it, publishing and distribution within the entertainment industry. Now this is exciting to me because I have always had an interest in how a film makes it from the production studio to the movie theater. So now that I am able to gather the information on this particular process, let’s take a look at it. Now I will use bullets to individualize each step for clarification:
From Cutting Room Floor to the Big Screen
· Idea for movie is presented. (This is where the screenplay would be written)
· Treatment is written and presented to promote interest in the Film (idea)/screenplay.
· A studio or investor purchases rights to the Film.
· The film production team (director, producer, etc.) is brought together to make the film.
· The film production is completed and the film is sent to the studio.
· A licensing agreement is completed between the studio and distribution company. (To ensure the power that both entities have over the control of the film)
· The distribution company determines how many copies (prints) of the film to make.
· The distribution company shows the movie (screening) to buyers representing the theaters.
· Negotiation between the Distribution Company and theater(s) determine which movies will be leased and the terms of the lease agreement.
· Prints of the movie are sent to the theaters days before the official release date. (Gives time for additional promotions)
· The movie shows for a specific number of weeks (engagement). (Determined in the negotiations between the distribution company and theaters)
· The step we all know and love: We buy our ticket and enjoy the movie (or not).
· The engagement ends and the theater send the movie back to the distribution company and make a payment on the lease agreement.
As you see here there are a lot of steps to get those films you have loved, currently like, and desire to see in the future into the theater. Those steps take place before and after we enjoy them in our local theaters. This has been a very informative topic for me and I hope that it was for you guys as well. So for those, like myself, that desire to have a screenplay reach the majors; these steps should help you as they have helped me.
This is KB and this has been Real to Real.
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