The Big Six

1.       When talking about the media, what do we mean by the 'Big Six'? 

This means six big media companies. Most major media outlets are owned by these six companies.

2.       Who are the 'Big Six'? What other companies do they own? 

The six companies they own are ‘National Amusements’, ‘Disney’, ‘Time Warner’, ‘Comcast’, ‘News Corp’ and ‘Sony’.

3.       Find an example of a major media product that each of the 'Big Six' have produced within      the last year, and research key information about these productions (budget, cast(if relevant), advertising campaign, release dates etc.) 

Disney- Beauty and the Beast was released 17^th March 2017. The cast included a list of top class actors such as Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad etc. This 2017 film was an adaption of the fairy tale film from 1991 which had the story of a beast falling in love with a young pretty woman.  It was directed by Bill Condon and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. The budget for the film was $160 million. The music for the film was done by Alan Menken. Disney spent around $140 for marketing the film across the world and the first official teaser trailer was released on July 7^th 2016.

Time Warner- Dunkirk was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film had an all-male cast including Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy etc. The budget for this film was $100 million. The plot for this film was a young British private trying to survive at a beach in Normandy, trying to dodge dive bombers. It shows their struggling journey to get across the English Channel. Music from this film was composed by Hans Zimmer. The teaser trailer was released online on 4 August 2016. The official trailer was released on 5^th May 2017.

Sony- A new camera was released 7^th October 2016. It is called the a6500 Premium E-mount APS-C Camera, the price starts at £1500.Sony advertise their product on their website which has a video to watch to try and sell their product. It also presents various reasons why you would buy this camera.