SSC Film Studies

How important are film franchises for producers and audiences?

 

Film franchises are important to both audiences and producers, as they are a great money making opportunity for the producers and great entertainment for the audience. Franchises can be a great money making opportunity for companies if they are done right, a fan base is usually key to making a good franchise for example star actors, award winning directors and usually a well known story from bestselling books. Franchises usually take their stories from bestselling books such as harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, this helps the success of the franchise as the fan base that follow the books might want to watch the books come to life on the big screen. Award winning directors also help with the success of a franchise as many people go to see movies that have been directed by directors that have made amazing movies in the past such as James Cameron who directed Titanic and then went on to direct the biggest box office Movie of all time, Avatar.

 

Many Franchises use Synergy to make more Profit theses include things such as Comics and Graphic novels, TV shows, Video games and toys and merchandise, all of which produce more profit for a franchise. Franchises can be adapted from video games such as the resident evil franchise but also to generate more profit, this can be done by bringing out a game that is connected to the franchise or just a game that tells the same story but it allows the audience to play through the film and be a part of it, the video games might also answer questions that have not be answered in the films. TV series are also used to maybe tell the story of characters that are mentioned in the films but not a big part of the film or tell the story of the main character and what they got up to in-between the films. The TV series are usually animated and are show on the kids channel as this saves money for the companies. The main use of synergy is too keep the audience aware of the Franchise just in case the Franchise brings out a prequel or sequel.