Essay 1 - The Film and TV Industry Essay

There are many film and TV industries across the world, they all have filming facilities with in them, for this particular essay I will concentrate on regional, national and international companies.

The first company that is regional to us is based in the heart of Birmingham, Indefinite Wisdom is a company that offer many opportunities to people who want to get their ideas recognised to make them into the media and film industry. This particular company advertises for people to bring their concepts to them to get developed into possible films. Infinite Wisdom has many big investors backing them up financially, BBC, National Lottery, Screen wm. With big investor such as these you know the company will not have budgeting issues when developing your idea. This type of company fits into the media sector as a whole because it allows anyone with a solid concept to try and make it into the industry by being financially backed up by a company like this.

Next the other company that I have researched on is ITV, this national company has been around since 1995, it has many programmes that catch the eyes of the UK’s population instantly, The Bill; Britain’s got talent, Emmerdale. These recognised programmes have been screened on our TVs for many years, these ‘programmes also known as soaps have been financed by many investors, they are so successful that they have made it into the 5 channels that come standard on our TVs with out the audience having to get a television package through other companies. This type of company sits well with in the media and television sector as it just needs an audience because they don’t depend on the average person to keep them going financially, as long as hey are invested into by bigger parties they will still bring entertainment to our televisions.

The final company that I researched into was Sky; it is an international company that was formed in 1990, with over 11 million subscribers in the UK and Ireland it is a very successful company. It also has many other services as well as just providing hundreds of TV channels to people, Internet, Landline and many interactive services. Sky has many packages ranging from £10 all the way to up to £79. This company has many offices across the country with many branches offering the population thousands of jobs. This company sit well in the TV and film industry, as it is the one, which provides us with many hours of entertainment, and with out companies like this we wouldn’t be able to watch subscribed channels.

After completing this essay I have came up with many conclusions, the smaller the company (regional) it is easier for the average person to pursue and develop a concept with the financial backing required. This is because with the bigger companies in the industry only deal with the bigger parties in the industry. My final conclusion is that the larger the company in the TV industry the more jobs available for the average person.