Netflix facts

Netflix (February half term homework)
History of Netflix
Netflix was founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in 1997. Reed had borrowed Apollo 13 and had forgotten to give it back so was fined. He then came up with the idea of creating a home entertainment system where people can watch films without worrying to take it back. The pair then developed the idea of choosing online what you want to watch and the DVD would be delivered to you and you send it back once you're done- Netflix. Later they then decided to move it online and now have over 167 million customers world wide.

Content
Netflix partners with content providers to license streaming rights for a variety of TV shows and movies. The company also produces their own original content called 'Netflix originals'. Netflix has pledged $17 billion to original content in 2020. This $17 billion spend on content is up from $15.3 billion in 2019 and their content spending is predicted to increase to $26 billion in 2028. 

Awards
Content that Netflix have produced has been award winning. It has won 8 Oscars out of 45 nominees. Examples of winners and nominees include: The Irishman, Marriage Story and Roma. Netflix has also won Grammy awards for music within their original content. This includes: Orange is the new black, Stranger Things and What happened, Miss Simone? Netflix have won Golden Globes for their original productions including: The Crown and House of cards.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jungle Book - End of year question

Explain how changes in production and/or distribution methods have affected the film industry. Refer to Disney’s 1967 and 2016 versions of The Jungle Book to support your answer. In your answer you must consider how historical and economic contexts influence the production and/or distribution of mainstream films. Changes in production and distribution methods have affected the film industry in many ways which have allowed it to develop over the years. Historical and economic contexts have had a big influence on production and distribution as advancements in technology have effected the methods of production and distribution. For example, the film industry has advanced from physical distribution of DVDs and film strips to digital distribution of being able to stream content. Disney is part of the 'Big 5' film companies which means that it has a big budget to use for the production and distribution of films and this allows the company to have access to the newest technologies s...
Read more

Representation Theorists and Stranger Things

Image
Stuart Hall Representation Key Ideas:  Meaning is constructed by representation, by what is present, what is absent and what is different. A representation implicates the audience in creating its meaning but stereotyping tries to fix the meaning of representation in  a 'preferred meaning' A preferred meaning is what the media company wants the audience to decode from the media product and accept the message given. Stuart Hall applies to Stranger Things Throughout Stranger Things, there are many representations used and each have a meaning to be decoded by the audience:  Events and preferred reading Events and preferred reading Individuals and preferred reading Issues and preferred reading Social Groups and preferred reading Scientist is killed Scientist: clever, vulnerable The threat of an alien: powerful, mysterious Group of boys playing a game: intense game Mike: Leader as he is narrating game ...
Read more

The Big Issue - Lesson 3 - 26/01/21

Image
 Representation and The Big Issue Representation: how someone, something or somewhere is presented to someone else. Who/what does The Big Issue represent and why? The Big Issue represents big social issues e.g. poverty, racism. They present issues which mainstream media doesn't normally bring attention to. They give people a voice who aren't normally given one in mainstream media or are normally represented in a negative stereotypical way. They focus on representing reality and showing issues which are relevant on a wide scale. What we see on the cover of The Big Issue has been carefully considered to convey a message which suits the ideology of the street paper. However, how we interpret a text/representation is influenced by our awareness of social, political and historical context in which the text has been created. These representations ae created through the media language selected e.g. colour pallet, layout, typography. Who or what is being represented on the front cover ...
Read more