Ex_Machina Research

Ex_Machina (2015) Directed by Alex Garland

Research the following areas:

• producer
• director
• distributor
• cast
• budget
• locations
• technology
• number of screen - opening weekend
• number of screens - peak number
• box office figures

Apply each of the seven areas from the specification to each film.

1. the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
2. the importance of cross media convergence and synergy in production, distribution and marketing;
3. the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, distribution, marketing and exchange;
4. the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
5. the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
6. the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international or global institutions;
7. the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour

This work will also be on SMHW.