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Creative Media Industries Session 5 - The Corporate Structure Of The UK Film Industry


OK so you've

DEFINED THE CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES
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TOLD ME ABOUT JOB  ROLES IN THE FILM INDUSTRIES
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FOUND OUT WHO YOU ARE AND CREATED AN UP TO DATE CV
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It's now time to zero in on the Film Industry and tell me about the CORPORATE STRUCTURE of the UK film business.


Evidence this in the following way.

1. Open up this link: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-film-industry-companies-june-2015.pdf

2. Open up a blogpost called 'UK Film Industry - Corporate Structure'. Then answer me these questions (use these questions as subheadings if you wish)  in as much detail as you can.

(a) Numbers of Production Companies, Post-Production Companies, Distributors and Exhibitors.

(b) The usual SIZE of these companies.

(c) The geographical spread/concentration of these companies.

(d) The names of the UK's biggest production companies and what kind of budgets they have.

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