When we talk about the film industry, we're referring to its six different component parts: Development, Production, Facilities, Distribution, Exhibition and Export.Latest research shows that there are around 400 registered companies in the film industry, this figure varies depending on the number of productions being worked on at any one time(as some production companies close down once production is complete).In 2006, the UK film industry contributed £4.3 billion to the UK economy, up from £3.1 billion in 2004.
Major Film Industries:
A major film studio is a production and distribution company that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box-office revenues in a given market.
The "Big Six" majors, whose operations are based in or around Hollywood, are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s.
The "Big Six" are;
- 20th Century Fox
- Warner Brothers Pictures
- Paramount Pictures
- Walt Disney Studios
- Universal Studios
- Columbia
Independent/ 'Mini-Major' Film Industries:
Most of today's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures. For example, Universal Studios owns 67% of Working Title Films, a British film company that gets funding from Universal studios and the BFI.
The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies, which are known as independents or "indies". The leading independent producer/distributors—Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company, and former major studio MGM— they are sometimes referred to as "mini-majors". Other examples are Dreamworks, Summit Entertainment, MirrorMax Films, New Line Cinema and Working Title. This print screen has been taken from Wikipedia, it shows a table of the major conglomerates, the production companies they own and other smaller companies branching from the big six:
For our film, in which we are making a promotional package for, in real-life, we would use an independent company such as New Line Cinema or Working Title Productions. We would use these because our film is a social-realist production, and will be shown in both arthouses and small cinemas. Our funding would come from the BFI, National Lottery funding and funding from larger companies that own our independent companies, for emaple, New Line Cinema is owned by Time Warner, so a majority of our funding would be provided by them. 
Key words associated with media industry:
+ Convergence: Convergence is when one particular device has many other feautures than its primary use. It is the process in which a range of media platforms are integrated within a single piece of media technology. For example, a smart phone. A phone was primarily used to make phone calls, now they have converged with other products so they are able to also send emails, listen to music, take videos and pictures, play games, watch TV and access the internet.
+ Synergy: A state in which two or more things work together in a particularly fruitful way that produces an effect greater the sum of their individual effects. Expressed also as "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." For example, Disney Studios produced High School Musical, then their Disney store outlets sold other media products such as a CD/Soundtrack, a game, DVD and interactive toys.
+ Audience: The recipients of a media text, or the people who are intended to read or watch or play or listen to it. A great deal of media studies work is concerned with the effects a text may have on an audience.
+ Star: A person who has become so famous, both for doing their job (actor, sport player) and appearing in many sorts of media, that their image is instantly recognisable as a sign, with a whole range of meanings or significations.
More key words associated with this course can be found on this website;
http://www.mediaknowall.com/gcse/keyconceptsgcse/keycon.php?pageID=keyterms
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