Top Grossing films of 2016

Look up top grossing films of 2016 - Write down top five and their producers/exhibitors and when they came out.

Captain America: Civil War

Producer/Exhibitor? : Marvel Studios/Entertainment

When did they come out? : 29 April 2016

• Finding Dory

Producer/Exhibitor? : Lindsey Collins

When did they come out? : 8th June

• Zootopia

Producer/Exhibitor? : Clark Spencer

When did they come out? : 25th March

• The Jungle Book

Producer/Exhibitor? : Jon Favreau / Brigham Taylor

When did they come out? : 15th April 2016

• The Secret Life Of Pets

Producer/Exhibitor? : Illumination Entertainment

When did they come out? : 8th July 2016

What are the big six film companies?

-Warner Bros.

-20th Century Fox.

-Paramount Pictures

-Universal Pictures.

-Sony Pictures Entertainment

-Walt Disney Studios.

• Which films are on general release? Think of the school holidays.

Many films are released during the school holidays, this is due to many more people being available to going to watch the film than if they were at work or school. A lot of films are released around winter and spring time because this is when the weather isn't the best therefore parents will want to take their children to do something indoors rather than outside.

• How many are sequels?

Captain America and Finding Dory are sequels.

• How many are blockbusters aimed at a younger audience?

Jungle Book and Finding Dory are both blockbusters that are aimed at a younger audience. Jungle Book is a remake of the original cartoon which was aimed at a cartoon audience and then Finding Dory was a sequel of the original film Finding Nemo which was also aimed at a younger audience.

• How many were produced by the big six?

All of the films above were produced by the big six. 

• How many different formats are there? Name them:

There are a variety of different formats that films are shown to audiences in, these are: 2D, 3D, 4D/IMAX. 

Captain America: Civil War was shown in: 2D, 3D and IMAX.

Finding Dory was shown in: 2D, 3D and IMAX.

The Jungle Book was shown in: 2D, 3D and IMAX.

• What kind of films seem to be missing?

When I compared the top 5 grossing films next to each other it showed that a variety of films are missing from the list. For example some teen films were missing such as: The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, 'chick flick' films such as Mean Girls and White Chicks weren't in the list. The list also didn't have any sad or horror films. 

• How many of the film distributors seem to be producers as well?

All of these films seem to have the same distributors and producers: 

Finding Dory: Walt Disney

The Jungle Book: Walt Disney

The Secret Life of Pets: Universal

• What do you think are the target audiences for these?

The target audience for these films are mainly 3-18 year olds, however some films are aimed at specific audiences for example: Finding Dory would be aimed at the older end of the young age group such as 7 and above, and then The Secret Life of Pets would be aimed at 3-8 year olds.

Diiferent TV Drama Genres

Today we were told to look up and explain the different genres of TV dramas.

1. Teen Dramas
Some examples of a teen dramas are: Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl and 90210. Most of these teen dramas are on Netflix which shows that they are aiming for an all ages audience as Netflix is available on many different devices such as TV, iPad, iPhone, iPod and many more. Teen dramas don't usually involve many rude scenes which makes it available for younger children.

2. Period/Costume Drama
Some examples of period or costume drama are: Downtown Abbey, Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs. These types of programmes are all aimed towards a specific audience.

3. Police/Crime Drama
Some examples of police or crime dramas are: The Bill, Making a Murderer and Orange is the new black. These types of dramas are all quite different even though they are of the same genre.
For example, The Bill is very different to Orange is the new black, however they are both from the same genre.

4. Medical/Hospital Drama
Some examples of medical or hospital dramas are Casualty, Holby City and Grey's Anatomy. These TV dramas are all quite fast paced and always have something big happening. These types of dramas are aimed at a wide range of audiences, this is because some people may enjoy the reality side of the dramas and some people may then enjoy the medical sides of them.

Representation Example: Pretty Little Liars

Sexuality- In this programme, there is some lesbian activity this shows to the audience that everything is acceptable in the world and nobody should be discriminated for any reason.
Age- There is a wide variety of ages in this show, this could be to attract a wide variety of ages in the target audience.
Gender- There is an equal amount of men and women in this programme and this could be to show that no gender is more dominant than the other.
Disability- There is one blind girl in this programme and she is shown at the same as the other characters, if not stronger and this could again be to show that no one should be discriminated for any reason.

TV Drama

What is a drama?

A TV drama is a show which has a purpose to create a dramatic tension through real life scenarios which an audience can connect and sympathise with or compare to a situation they or someone they know have been in. There are also situations which don't occur so much in real life but creates a source of entertainment for the audience which they can find funny or interesting.

TV dramas:

• Grey's Anatomy
• Keeping up with the Kardashians
• Waterloo Road
• Orange is the new black 
• Pretty little liars
• Casualty
• Holby City
• Prison break

What TV dramas do you watch and why?

I like to watch Grey's Anatomy, this is because I am interested in medical surgeries. This programme is very fast paced and there is always something going on, this is another reason at why I like it as there is never a boring episode.