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back to industry Students are to select an aspect.

In 2015 it is the commercial aspect of television

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The industry is organized by: - vertical and horizontal business models. ( Use choices A to discuss the aspect of a model or a blend of models from horizontal to vertical) A - digital industries and subsidiaries( specifically BIG MEDIA BIG MONEY.

B- emergent media( specifically new media e.g micro economies on the internet. This is where choice B, games can come in, and far more significantly, social media itself)

C the challenge by VOD to cable TV

This explosion comes with it's new dilemmas. Read an essay by a First assistant camera operator to get a view // A Changing Industry. // Raising money… trying to find money for films has gotten increasingly harder since the digital revolution, if you will. Distribution is basically free on the internet. The concept of direct to DVD is soon to be anachronistic. All those forms of financing will be a thing of the past. ** T ****he middle-class of the film business is going away same as the middle class of most Western society is starting to diminish**. The lack of consistent and reliable revenue sources, as they continue to disappear, results in a higher risk. This means that there will be less films made and the people that are making them will do it from an institutional or set-formula standpoint, which does’t necessary makes for the best movies. Read more [|here]

media type="custom" key="27728739"media type="youtube" key="wsml9I4JWv4" width="560" height="315" Candidates will have a choice from THREE strands of emphasis for their essay preparation on aspects. Any of these three options can be answered with reference to a media industry as a whole or a specific media producer.