Sunday, 22 January 2012

Paranormal Activity case study

Advertised through the website for example peoples reactions recorded and put on the website,this made people think that they should go to the cinema for the experience rather than watching it on new forms of media such as streaming .Social networking playing a huge role in the distribution by having a button to press to demand a local screening. This is Showing that the film industry is following the new froms of media by changing the way in which production companies communicates with there audience.
The target audience responding to this by uploading there reactions onto social networking sites and opinions of the film.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/

Sunday, 15 January 2012

week 2 task

 

 
10 films that we have watched and how we have watched them:

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 2 - Cinema, DVD

Thor - Cinema, online streaming

Twilight Breaking dawn part 1 - Cinema

Captain America - Cinema

Sweeney Todd - DVD

Sherlock Holmes - Cinema

Bridesmades - DVD

Shutter Island - DVD

Real Steel - Cinema

Paranormal activity 3 - Cinema



Top 10 films in the UK box office:

1. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

3. The Iron Lady

4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

6. Puss in Boots

7. Goon

8. The Artist

9. New Year's Eve

10. Hugo



Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Origin: American

Budget: $145,000,000 (estimated)

3D release: No

Main stars: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner



The Iron lady

Genre: Drama, Biography

Origin: UK, France

Budget: $13,000,000 (estimated)

3D release: No

Main stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Richard E. Grant



Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music

Origin: USA

Budget: $75,000,000 (estimated)

3D release: No

Main stars: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney



New Year's Eve

Genre: Comedy, romance

Origin: USA

Budget: $56,000,000 (estimated)

3D release: No

Main stars: Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel and Ashton Kutcher



Hugo

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery

Origin: USA

Budget: $170,000,000 (estimated)

3D release: Yes

Main stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloƫ Grace Moretz and Christopher Lee

Director: Martin Scorsese


List new releases for January/February 2012

Jan
Iron lady-
Jan 6th,
Staring Meryl Streep,
Drama
The Darkest Hour-
13th Jan,
Staring Emile Hirch
Sci-fi
War Hourse-
13th Jan
Jeremy Irvine
Drama
Shame-
13th Jan
Staring Carey Mulligan
Drama
j.Edgar -
20th Jan
 staring Leonardo Dicaprio
Drama
Underworld Awakeing-
20th Jan,
staring kate Beckinsale
Horror
3D
The Sitter-
20th Jan
 Staring Sam Rockwell
Comedy
Haywire-
20th Jan
Staring Ewan Mcgregor
Action
Coriolanus-
20th Jan
Staring Gerard Butler
Drama
Intruders-27th Jan
 staring Clive owen
Horror/Thriller
The Descendants-
27th Jan
Staring George Clooney
Comedy/Drama
A Monster In Paris-
27th Jan
Staring Adam Goldberg
Comedy
3D

Feb
Man On a ledge-
3rd feb
Staring Jamie Bell
Thriller
The woman in Black-
10th Feb
Staring Daniel Radcliffe
Horror
The Vow-
10th Feb
Staring Rachel Mcadams
Romance
A Dangerous Method-
10th Feb
Staring Keira Knightley
Drama
The Muppets-
10th Feb
Staring Amy Adams
Family/comedy
RampRat-
10th Feb
Staring Ben Foster
Action
Star wars-
10th Feb
Staring Natalie Portman
Fantasy
3D
Journey 2:The mysterious Island-
10th Feb
Staring Michael Caine
Family
3D
Ghost Rider-
17th Feb
Staring Nicolas cage
Action
3D
Safe House-
24th Feb
Staring Denzel Washington
Drama


What conclusions can you make about trends in film production and trends in audience behaviour? What do UK audiences seem to want?

  • like a variety of films genres such as drama, action,family.
  • Like famous actors to be in films
  • Like films that could possibly have a follow on film such as star wars and Ghost Rider
  • 3D films becoming popular,audience appreciating animation more want to experience new things.
Why do you think these films have been most successful? Be as specific and detailed as you can; consider things like the importance of the star, the use of special effects, the concept, type of film, and your own ideas about what makes each film successful.
  • Because they all have very famous actors/ famous director.
  • All have large Budget
  • Have had successful films relating to them for exampleMission Impossible

Film Industry task

Twilight saga Braking dawn part one
  • Genre :Adventure,drama,fantasy
  • Overview: The Quiliets close in on expecting parents and newly weds Edward(the vampire) and Bella (the human),whose unborn child poses a threat to the wolf pack and the town of forks.
  • Director:Bill condon
  • Production company or companies:
Summit Entertainment (presents)
Sunswept Entertainment
TSBD Canada Productions (uncredited)
TSBD Louisiana
TSBD Productions (uncredited)
Temple Hill Entertainment
Total Entertainment
Zohar International


Any other companies involved?:
North Shore Studios  production offices
Aaron Sims Company, The  concept art
Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
Atlantic Records  soundtrack
Body Studio, The  music mixed at
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
Chop Shop Records  soundtrack
Comerica Entertainment Group  production financing
Coulon Casting  extras casting
Dakota Music Services  music preparation
Danetracks  sound design and editorial
Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
EFilm  digital intermediate
EMS Payroll  extras payroll
Eye2Ear Music  music consultant
Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
Louisiana Entertainment  state film office
Panavision Remote Systems  Supertechno cranes provided by
Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
Playback Technologies  computer graphics
Prologue Films  main title (design and production)
Reder & Feig  production legal counsel
Silver Screen Supply  location equipment/rentals
Silver Screen Supply  production supplies
Sixteen19  post production services
Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
Unlimited Security Specialists  security by

  • when was it released?  Is this a significant time? 18 November 2011 this is significant because it is close to December and lots of films are realised at this time so that family's can see them over the Christmas period.18 November is also a Friday which means more people would go to the cinema on a Friday evening.
  • how many screens was it released on here and in the US? USA 4061 Screens
  • Trailer - what sort of narrative expectations do you develop?  How successful do you consider the trailer to be?  Look at the full length trailer and the teaser trailer if there is one. Trailer shows the wedding and pregnancy also shows the wolf packs anger and the fact they are willing to do anything even kill Bella in order to protect themselves.I think that the trailer is successful because it shows the brief outline of the story and unlike a lot of trailer you get a understanding of the film and develop possible ideas about it. 
  • Poster campaign (again, might include a teaser poster with ltd information) - how does it sell the film?  Consider the mise en scene and information given 
     This is the poster campaign for Twilight This sells the film because it shows the two main characters,very close which suggests romance the writing is blood red relating to vampires that have a huge role in the film.The fact that the poster its self is very dark suggest that the film has a dark side to it.
    • consider the use of the Internet in the marketing of the film - what sort of things were done?
    • Was/Is there any merchandise available alongside the film, or promos in the way of things like happy meals/giveaways/competitions Because there is a huge fan base they have a large amount of merchandise.for Example: jewelry that Bella wears,posters,calenders,clothing etc
    • was there a soundtrack?  Is there any significance/relationship to who the artist is or what the song is?
    See the full track listing below:
    Standard Edition


    1. The Joy Formidable - Endtapes

    2. Angus & Julia Stone - Love Will Take You

    3. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain

    4. Sleeping At Last - Turning Page

    5. The Features - From Now On

    6. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

    7. Theophilus London - Neighbors

    8. The Belle Brigade - I Didn't Mean It

    9. The Noisettes - Sister Rosetta (2011 Version)

    10. Cider Sky - Northern Lights

    11. Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)

    12. Imperial Mammoth - Requiem On Water

    13. Aqualung & Lucy Schwartz - Cold

    14. Mia Maestro - Llovera

    15. Carter Burwell - Love Death Birth


    Deluxe Edition 


    16. Hard-Fi - Like A Drug

    17. Sleeping At Last - Turning Page (Instrumental)

    18. Kevin Teasley - Eclipse (All Yours)

    19. Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (Video)

    These are significant because some of the songs such as Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth have been used thought the serious and became more popular because of the twilight fans The soundtrack of twilight has been made into Cd's with all the songs form the film on.
    • who are the audience, what are their needs and how have they been targeted? Target audience are mostly teenage girls we no this by the fact that all the men are good looking.The film itself shows Taylor laughter(Jacob)with his top off for parts of the film to show his six pack, women can relate to the love story and can aspire to have a relationship like Bella and Edward.The film also secretly appeals to some men like a guilty pleasure mostly because of the action and special effects used.
    • what was the commercial (i.e. $ + £) and critical success (reviewers responses) of the film? Budget: $110,000,000(estimated) Opening weekend )