Across
- 3. (Henry) main theorist behind the concept of convergence
- 8. the blurring of boundaries between audience/producer and media technologies brought about by digitisation, with the smartphone a prime example
- 14. what a corporation achieves by combing subsidiaries in production, distribution and exhibition
- 17. A good example of convergence: a Nick Hornby book (IP), Working Title film and WTTV series
- 18. realistic; convincing
- 19. the theorist behind the ‘readings’ theory
- 20. the low budget, digital only subsidiary of the Sheffield (UK) Indie behind This is England, funded by the now defunct UK Film Council and National Lottery
- 23. production wing of this big six member, Murdoch-owned, Oscar-winner for Birdman, Slumdog…, 12 Years A Slave
- 24. when enough signifiers are combined to create a clear reading
- 25. when there are many possible interpretations or meanings
- 27. the economic term describing the radical changes brought to industries and their established practices by digitisation, especially modes of distribution
- 29. framing from roughly the knee to head
- 30. the dominant production model of the film industry, Bridget Jones’s Baby being an example
- 31. breaking down the media language of a text to understand the processes at work
Down
- 1. a single detail picked out from textual deconstruction for its symbolic meaning
- 2. what you need to combine to create a clear preferred reading
- 4. the media language you use to signify something’s weird…
- 5. a corporation with multiple subsidiaries
- 6. the process of describing the details of a text
- 7. films budgeted at $100m+ risk the financial future of the production companies; Elberse uses the term ‘blockbuster’ to denote the same concept of focusing marketing resources on fewer major releases
- 9. the symbolic meaning of a signifier
- 10. 6th on BoxOfficeMojo’s studio revenue list for 2016, the big six parent name and its main (geographic) subsidiary; home of Spiderman, its biggest hit so far; suffered an embarrassing hack attack
- 11. narrative theorist with a lot to say about equilibrium
- 12. meaning of one text requiring knowledge of others
- 13. when two or more subsidiaries of a conglomerate create synergies (mutually benefit), as Murdoch’s empire did by launching Sky Movies 3D with 20th C. Fox’s Avatar
- 15. one of the big six, merged with Time, home of the Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Hobbit; also Marilyn Manson’s real surname
- 16. Owned by Comcast, this big six member boasts Focus Features and recent acquisition Dreamworks among its subsidiaries, and a US TV network
- 21. outlined archetypes present in all narratives
- 22. big six member owned by Viacom whose biggest hit remains Titanic, but also home for the Michael Bay CGI-fest that is the Transformers series
- 26. one of the big six, owner of Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and more
- 28. the film industry has its big six (7 if you add Lionsgate), but the music industry has a big …