Film Production

 Film Production Booklet

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• Angelina Jolie
• Family relations - Married to Brad Pitt 
• Well-known actress 
• Because of this she will induce a large target audience, especially due to her mix in film genre's from romance (Mr and Mrs Smith) to action and adventure (Salt and Tomb Raider)
• She would be one of the main attractions of the film, due to not only her acting skills but here looks - Male audience? 
• Previously an Oscar winning actress as well as winning multiple awards for various appearances in well known and profitable films.

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• I was told to go and see Fight Club via word of mouth, although having seen it before the film provided enjoyment not many others could. Another, for Media homework was to watch Identity. I actually really enjoyed it, especially seeing as I wouldn't have watched it if I was recommended it.
• The word of mouth technique works in reverse however, Elysium is a film I was planning on seeing but recently I have been told by a few people that it wasn't very good - unrealistic and o development on character. This really let me down and actually made me not want to see the film.
• The most recent film I saw at the cinema was actually Thor 2, purely because me and some friends wanted a mindless action film to go to. Marketed as nothing but a pure action film was the reason I went to see it.

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•  1. Paranormal Activity - $15,000 budget - $107,917,283 profit at Box office (USA) 
•  2. Blair Witch Project - $60,000 budget - £14,901,157 profit at box office (UK)
•  3. Avatar - $237,000,000 budget - $760,505,847 profit at box office (USA) 

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• The Kings speech - $15,000,000 budget. Producers: Momentum Pictures, Weinstein Company, The UK film council
• Never let me go - $15,000,000 budget. Producers: DNA films, Film4 and Fox searchlight pictures. 
• Skyfall - $150,000,000 - $200,000,000 budget. Producers: Eon Productions and Danjaq.
• The financial backing that the films have are nowhere near the Americans. This is why the majority of films are produced in Hollywood with British actors, producers and editing teams. 
• There has been a rise in multinational producers since British films of the 1990's such as Momentum and Danjaq (In Kings Speech and Skyfall respectively).

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• The 28 Days Later soundtrack has become iconic within the film industry. It has been used in multiple TV shows since its release in the influential horror film and has actually become popular as a song for people to listen to. It is the inspiration to a lot of recent music for the Thriller/Horror film genre. The use of synthetic FX and electric guitar gives it the sound of a mainstream song while still being able to be used in films.
• Not only in film, but also game music has been very influential and popular within audiences. The Soundtrack to the massively popular game L.A Noire has become popular and even having one of the tracks making it in to the iTunes charts. The typical Noire type music, with the smooth Jazz and the tense atmosphere is easy listening and actually gained the game popularity.

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• The main way in which Lionsgate have survived in the "Cut-throat world of film" is by their production of very popular horror series, one of which ha a colt behind it. Saw and Hostel and both unbelievably popular films in terms of their profit and their audience attendances - even if it is generalised to a specific audience. They do not only produce mindless horror however, their film portfolio is actually incredibly diverse and powerful. Films such as Precious, The hurt Locker, Juno and The Cove and all massively inspirational, real life dramas. Affiliating themselves with such films are essential in their survival and actually improve the quality of their image greatly. Finally, affiliations with other big names in other forms of entertainment, such as books. The Hunger games is currently their biggest expenditure, being based on a book trilogy which sold over 50 million copied in the USA alone.