Online Piracy Statistics

Source: http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-piracy/
Date: November 2011

• 67% of Digital piracy sites are hosted in North America and Western Europe
• 22% of all global Internet bandwidth is used for Online Piracy
• 91.5% of files available for download on Cyberlocker sites (Rapidshare, Megaupload,etc) are copyrighted material
• Websites hosting pirated content receive more than 146 Million visitors per day.
• $12.5 billion in economic losses each year due to Piracy in the music industry
• 71,060 jobs lost in the United States every year due to Online Piracy
• 95% of music downloaded online is illegal
• $59 billion of Softwares were illegally downloaded in 2010
• China has the Highest online piracy rate of 91% in world followed by Columbia with 90% and Russia with 80% online piracy rate.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

• Director: Peter Jackson
• Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage
• Adapted into a movie trilogy from the book 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Production companies: MGM, New Line Cinema
• Release date: 14th December 2012
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
• Certificate: 12A
• Available in 3D
• Budget: $180,000,000
• US Gross April 2013: $302,000,000

Star Trek: Into Darkness

• Director: J.J. Abrams
• Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch
• Release Date: 9 May 2013 (UK)
• Production companies: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot
• Genre: Sci-fi, Action, Adventure

media in the online age : independent film distribution

media in the online age : independent film distribution

Film Industry and Fandom

Fandom - A Fandom is a group of people who share a specific interest such as a film franchise or tv show.  They socialise with other fans so that they can discuss and share their views or knowledge.

• Fans use Youtube to create videos responding to the films they like.  This links to the idea of 'cultural production', fans producing their own media products based on films.  One example is the YouTube channel HISHEdotcom which redoes film endings in comical ways:

• 'Transmedia' is when media texts are shown in different forms.  An example of this is Marvels Avengers which started as a comic book and has now become a film.

• Fans can follow actors and films on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter:

We the Media

Dredd (3D)

Poster:

Official Trailer:

• Director - Pete Travis
• Writer - John Wagner
• Starring - Karl Urban (Star Trek, Doom) and Olivia Thirlby (The Darkest Hour, Juno)

• Genre - Action, sci-fi
• Release date - 21 september 2012 (USA)
• Budget - $35,000,000
• Production companies - DNA Films, IM Global
• Distributors - Lionsgate (USA), Entertainment Film Distributors (UK)
• Available in 3D
• Official Website: http://www.dreddthemovie.com/index.html

• Links to Lionsgate twitter page: https://twitter.com/lionsgatemedia

• Links to Facebook
• Trailer
• Blu-ray special features info
• Link to buy the movie: http://www.lionsgateshop.com/product.asp?Id=28059&TitleParentId=8031

• Promotional website (non-official): http://www.judgementiscoming.com/

• Lionsgate movies YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LionsgateMovies

• http://www.youtube.com/lionsgatelive

• TV Spots:

• Official Soundtrack:

• Motion Poster

• Movie clips, behind the scenes and interviews: