Thursday 13 November 2008

Institution Case Sudy






Pathé is the largest film production company in the world.Founded from Charles Pathe. Pathe also owns a record company 'Gramophone Records'. Pathé originally from Paris, France founded in 1896. In 1886 Mitchell Mark, from New York, was the where Pathe became established in the US and the growth of expansion went beyond that afterwards from that, that is where Vitascope Theater was established Vitascope Theater is the World's First Movie Theater . Pathe expanded to London in 1902 where production facilities were made and movie theaters by 1909, Pathé had built more than 200 movie theaters in France and Belgium. A film exchange was opened in Buffalo, New York. Pathe was dominating the filming market. 60% of films produced was shot from Pathe's equipment.
>TEXT USED<
Once Pathe was established in London in 1910 Pathe were producing different platforms other than moving images. Print was the other platform used, such as , Pathe Gazette was produced and distributed. After WWI Pathe was producing cinema magazines. By 1930 they were producing the Gazette, the Pathetone Weekly, the Pathe Pictorial and covering entertainment, culture and womens' issues. This is where a British version of Pathe is available. It is owned now by Daily Mail and General Trust Group.
>TEXTS IT PRODUCES< The texts that have been recently produced are the film starring Keira Knightly, The Duchess, Adulthood, The QUEEN where the institution that funded the movies and distribute them. The other Texts that are produced is Pathe Records which in reccents years hasn't been so successful
>Funds< Arts Council of England fund Pathe Pictures and thats where they receive their money from. £92 million ($174 million) some of the money has been taken off the National Lottery.


>Recent Films so Far< Easy virtue, The Fox and the Child and Hunger
>Pathe's active region so far< Cinema, DVD, TV
>Financial Report< revenue income- in 2007 was 609 million euors (£304.5 million approx.) on films- 189 million euors, 9 films distributed in the UK, 11 in France. 550 films in total in the film library.
>Distribution< In the UK 'The Queen' 'Perfume'. 'The 'Queen' in the UK sold over one million copies and 60,000 sold in the 1st week.

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