Defining the film industry

Defining the Film industry 

The film industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries, this is all down to the American film industry. The film industry allows the viewer to visualise the characters and the scene, this goes along with music and lighting which enables the viewer to really engage with the story line. Movies take you to a physical state that a play and books cannot do, this is because it takes you to a physical location not a cardboard set on stage.

Cinemas were born in the late 1880’s this is because there was development of a camera that could capture digital movement, and a sprocket system which could move the film through the camera.

Modern film industry

Currently, the largest markets by box office are United States, China, United Kingdom, Japan and India. The modern film industry is successful due to the advertising and marketing, it is easier to advertise films now due to money, new technology, and social media. Blockbusters typically rely upon star power and massive advertising to attract a huge audience. Studios have focused on relying on a handful of extremely expensive releases every year in order to remain profitable.

United States

The cinema of the United States, often generally referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. The United States cinema (Hollywood) is the oldest film industry in the world which originated more than 121 years ago and also the largest film industry in terms of revenue.

There are some well known Hollywood film studios which are the main ones they are; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Lightstorm Entertainment.

China

Cinema was introduced in China in 1896 and the first Chinese film, The Battle of Dingjunshan, was made in 1905. China is the home of the largest film studio in the world, the Hengdian World Studios, and in 2010 it had the third largest film industry by number of feature films produced annually. 

India      

India is the largest producer of films in the world and second oldest film industry in the world which originated around about 103 years ago. In 2009 India produced a total of 2,961 films on celluloid; this figure includes 1,288 feature films. India is the country that produces more films annually and has the largest number of admissions.

Largest film industry in India is the Hindi film industry, it is commonly referred to as "Bollywood".
Which produces 20% of films in India.