Ashley Faulkner

Outline the structure of the creative media sector

The film industry is the one which creates films and distributes them. It is worldwide but some countries are better at producing films than others. E.g. America and China who are two of the biggest film producers in the world. Examples of companies in the film industry are Dreamworks Animation, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures.

*The Radio industry is a common term that is used for any companies public service providers who are involved with the broadcast of radio stations. Examples BBC Radio 1, 95-106 capital fm etc

*The games industry is the one that makes video games. They do this by having several teams working on different parts of the game like the level creators and programmers. Examples Rockstar, Bethesda softworks etc.

*The television industry is made up of a lot of different sectors. It is one of the most powerful industries that have a range of different channels for all kinds of people. The different sectors of the industry make the programs for different genres. A few of these sectors are the BBC, ITV, E4 etc.

*The Print Industry is massive multinational companies that create templates and insert text and images to advertise what their company is about. Some examples of companies that do this are The sun, OK, gamesmaster etc.

The advertising & Marketing industry is used to persuade people to buy or watch something. Another purpose of advertising is to show employees that a company is successful. Some examples include McDonalds, KFC, Subway etc.

*The press is responsible for the newspapers and gossip magazines. The purpose of this is to spread the news about celebrities and ordinary people. Anything that is found out is reported. Examples include the sun, mirror, chat etc.