Witnesses production- Fabienne Servan-Schreiber is the executive producer and worked alongside Cineteve.

Witnesses had a budget of – 6.8 million dollars

The missing – John Yorke was the executive producer working alongside with  New Pictures, Company Pictures, Two Brothers Pictures and Playground Entertainment with Fortis Film Fund, Czar TV Productions and Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. But the main ones were New Pictures and Two brothers Pictures.

Original network – BBC

The missing had a budget of around 10 million dollars.

After the end of WWII, social science researchers began to investigate the way in which communication – and particularly, political communication – was used to disseminate propaganda

 Hypodermic model (passive consumption)

Were basically spoon fed information from the television and when we go to watch television were more inclined to watch higher end tv production companies like the BBC over the smaller ones like Dave.

in 1948 Harold Lasswell developed a linear model of communication, one that breaks down the line of communication from point A to point B, in which the SENDER is transferring a MESSAGE, through a MEDIUM.

2step media – Film directors use influencer of which people know and listen to, to entise people to watch it. Also using big well known media companies such as the bbc can help films become more well known and seen due to the fact that people have the mindset of if its on the bbc its good as theyve produced massive hit tv series such as CALL THE MIDWIFE.

Approaches to audience theory will either adopt a QUANTITATIVE ie number based approach (AUDIENCE FIGURES)  QUALITATIVE ( INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND DESIRES FOR EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER)

WHAT PEOPLE SEEK FOR IN FILMS

For the missing you’d have to be a – explorer And for witnesses you’d have to be an explorer as well. Both films you’d be an explorer as there is a demand to find the killer and and discover more about each individual character and their desires in the cases they’re working on.

David Hesmondhalgh said that industries are a risky business. He also worked in the area of cultural industries and promoted the idea that with good intentions a industry can go far it all depends on what the industry does to achieve their target goals.