Friday, 5 November 2010

Avatar the game promo video


James Cameron's Avatar The Game / Internationnal TV Advert / 2009 from Dominic Prevost on Vimeo.

Avatar game video feature


James Cameron's Avatar: The Game Video Feature from lee dalen on Vimeo.

Avatar Brazil PR junket - Blu-ray discussion


James Cameron in Brasil, part 2 from With Lasers on Vimeo.

James Cameron french PR juunket to promote 'Avatar'


An interview with James Cameron from iNiMAGE(S) - Thomas Douineau on Vimeo.

Avatar Pre-Christmas Blu-ray promo video


Avatar from Dvorkin Max on Vimeo.

Fox TV Business studio


Video Tour: Fox Business Network's Studio G from Broadcasting & Cable on Vimeo.

Criticism of Fox News as being UN-democratic and Partisan


Outfoxed from Megan Buehrer on Vimeo.

Rupert Murdock Interview on future online vision


Rupert Murdoch - Wants the world and everything in it from mycomeup on Vimeo.

An introduction to News Corporation

Watch and analyse the promotional video (which is in run on a loop at the entrance of News Corporation) - What do you learn about the Corporations Media interests in Film? Web? Print? industries??
Can you name any TV shows News Corp has been responsible for?
Can you name any Films News Corp has been responsible for?
Can you name any Newspapers that belong to News Corp?



News Corp Newseum Kiosk Video from Steve Brand on Vimeo.

News Corporation

Thursday, 10 July 2008

Introduction to Institutions & Audiences

AS MEDIA: Key Media Concepts - Section B: Institutions & Audiences

Through analysing the release of 'Avatar' as a case study from 20th century fox  we can understand how such a Media conglomerate uses patterns of production, distribution and exhihibition to promote it's various media products. We will also study how contemporary distribution practices have had an impact on production, marketing and audience consumption.

1. HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY FOX

20th century fox film studios is one of the oldest major established studios in Hollywood. Since its infancy it has thrived to make a range of popular genre films and have a successful formula since the 1930's.


2. MEDIA OWNERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA PRACTICE

News Corporation own a great range of cross media institutions. They own various institutions that cover a whole range of mediums from film,tv, cable,music,print and the internet. The following are the most significant media corporations which come under the ownership of News Corp:

20th Century fox film studies
Fox TV
The Sun Newspaper
The Times newspaper
Harper Collins publishers
Fox searchlight pictures

3. CROSS MEDIA CONVERGENCE/SYNERGY IN PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING
Students will analyse promotional material concerning the release of the 'AVATAR' including trailers, viral campaigns, star tv interviews, movie premieres, merchandise, documentaries, fan sites etc

4. TECHNOLOGY USED IN PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING
Modern day technology is changing the manor in which films are exhibited with AVATAR being filmed in true 3D gives it a edge to combat pirate copies and create a cinematic experience to combat that. Digital filmmaking is revolutionising the way films are made and exhibited.