Essay plan

Discuss the issues raised by media ownership in the production and exchange of media texts in your chosen media area.

Example of what I need to talk about -

Pros:

* Summit Entertainment is owned by Lionsgate which gives them an advantage in terms of budgets, funding for films attracting stars and distribution deals.

Cons:

* While big media companies grow and grow, they are dominating the film industry, stifling the chance of smaller companies e.g. to compete on the playing field.

* Lionsgate may insist on a particular star or style of a film - Summit Entertainment may take fewer creative risks as part of a large traditional organisation.

Producter of Breaking Dawn: Wyck Godfrey

known for producing all the Twilight Saga films, other big films such as I, Robot, Daddy Day Care, A Good Day To Die Hard

Lionsgate equired Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million

The Lionsgate brand may both help and hinder Summit Entertainment:

- Lionsgate produce a lot of horror movies such as 'The Last Exorcism' which could mean that they want to make Breaking Dawn Part 2 be more gore than the other Twilight

- Could help as Lionsgate are a very big rich company and have produced many successful films such as The Hunger Games