Audiences and Institutions

Audiences and Institutions 

In relation to the media area you have studied, discuss the ways audience consumption has changed over time.

     Over time audience consumption has changed drastically. The shooting business has a major job in the US today. The viewers have had the option to watch movies in an assortment of ways, for example, films, television, and in today’s day, you can even stream a film on a gadget in the palm of your hands. The most significant form of audience consumption is the internet. The internet has an assortment of streaming services for us to have the option to watch any motion pictures we want at any time.

  Since the late 1800s, film making has been occurring, according to the National Science and Media Museum, there was an organization named the Edison Company, that effectively made the kinetoscope, which was the principal gadget to show a moving picture. From that point forward a great deal has changed from what we have in today’s day. There are many films in the U.S that have been progressively become more improved, more popular, and more independent. For instance the movie series of Jurassic Park. This worldwide famous film was first created in 1993, it has gone a long way throughout the years when it comes to the distribution. The large company of Universal Pictures has played a big role in this movie, they distributed Jurassic Park for the world to see. A grand way they announced their more recent versions of the movie from the 21st century is by limited edition posters, created by art directors who show this to the media to catch everyone’s attention to watch their film. Trailers are also created to help with distribution on either cinemas, computers, and even phones. Another fascinating way of how the creators of Jurassic Park distributed their film was by creating a fully functioning theme park in Universal Studios. “The fifth film in the “Jurassic” franchise hit $1 billion at the global box office, making it the 35th movie to reach that milestone,” states article Variety. 

  Another movie who has also changed over time allowing more audience to watch their film is Fast and Furious, this is an action film that had surprisingly been involved in other things like short films, live shows, and theme park attractions. This film, as well as Jurassic Park, was distributed by Universal Studios. Fast and Furious is a series of movies and away all of these movies have been available to the public is because of movie theaters and the television. Once a movie has been out in theaters for about a month or two, it soon moves onto television which further leads on into streaming sites such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and many more. The article Fandom claims this famous series has earned over 5 billion dollars at the worldwide box office in 2017. Over time, the more the movie became popular, the more features they wanted to add for the fans of the movies such as video games, rides, and shows.

  When it comes to audience consumption gradually changing over the years the Spider-Man series has the two movies I discussed beat. Spider-Man has had at least 16 films in over 20 years. Some big production companies that chose to work with this movie are Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures, and Sony Pictures. “Homecoming‘s investment in marketing was a massive $140 million, which even tops Marvel Studios’ investment of $80 million for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and may even top that of their last film in the franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” asserts MCU Exchange. The 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming movie made it big, they made it even bigger once the film was able to be played in the comfort of many people’s homes. Thankfully to electronics we can watch the movie on many streaming sites. They released Homecoming on Xfinity for many people to watch since at this point not as many people go out to cinemas in 2020. The hero Spider-Man and his motion pictures have games, rides, merchandise, and a lot more things used to publicize this astounding film for the audience to receive.

     The last film that I think has a great impact on today’s film industry and has changed drastically over time is Walt Disney’s Beauty And The Beast. Disney has been creating princess movies since the late 1930s. According to Oldest.org The original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released in the Carthay Circle Theater in 1937, ever since the beginning, Disney has been successful in distributing their films on all platforms. Now Beauty And The Beast (2017) can be seen on the famous Disney Plus. “Disney Plus is an on-demand, ad-free streaming service with a growing collection of movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and 20th Century Fox,” claims Business Insider. This streaming site has gotten huge in a few recent months, it is currently simpler for Disney's audience to observe any film like Beauty And The Beast on their television, computer, or phone. This princess movie has been seen by millions ever since it was first announced in 1991, a way the creators of this film can promote their film is by video games, merchandise, soundtracks, posters, and basic advertisements. According to Daily Mail, Walt Disney Pictures gained about 1 billion dollars at the global box office which made it the highest-paid film worldwide in 2017, this shows how much our film industry changed significantly over the years from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs gained about 418.2 million dollars (Oldest.org).

     All in all, over time audience consumption, has changed significantly. I for one feel it has improved since now it is so easy to watch one of your preferred movies at home which is as simple as a click of a button. I am excited about what the film business has coming up for future productions and I am sure glad to be taking this course which teaches me so much about this relevant industry we know and love today.