For research we looked at the production and distribution of the films ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘The Knife That Killed Me’. These films were made by different institutions, one being by a mass media conglomerate and the other made by indie producers.

Below you can see the institutional research on ‘Gone Girl’, created by the conglomerate producer:

Below you can see the institutional research on ‘The Knife That Killed Me’, by the indie producers:

We also looked at the entire process of creating a film, and specifically, the roles within that. Below you can see a poster from ‘Conception to Reception’, where we place the different jobs into the 6 processes of creation. It was very interesting to see how certain roles are required throughout the entire process, and then some are only needed in one category.