Film Production - Part 5

Production - How films are produced

1.  

• Angelina Jolie.
• She is a very well-known actress and so is likely to attract a large audience.
• She would also attract a large male audience.
• She has been in movies such as, 'Tomb Raider', 'Mr and Mrs Smith' - these are all action movies and would certainly attract a specific type of audience. 
• Many people would attend a movie just to see her in it. 
• She won an Oscar for her performance in, 'Girl, Interrupted' - made her more well-known as an actress and would have increased her 'fan-base' massively. 
• Married to Brad Pitt - more publicity and more popularity. 

2. 

• Grown up's 2 - heard about it from a friend who said that it was funny. I had already been aware of the film but was going to wait for it to come out on DVD to watch it. However, after hearing that it was good, I decided to go and see it with a friend. I am also a fan of Adam Sandler.  
• Wolverine - I saw this movie because I am a big fan of the X-men movies. I enjoyed the previous X-men movie and so decided to go and watch it. 

3.

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

4. 

• Never let me go - $15,000,000 budget and some of the Producers are DNA films, Film4 and Fox searchlight pictures. 
• The Kings speech - $15,000,000 budget and some of the Producers are The UK film council, Momentum Pictures, Weinstein Company. 
• Skyfall - $200,000,000 budget and the producers are  Eon Productions and Danjaq. 
• The budget's for films has certainly increased in the UK since the 1990's. (four weddings - 2.9m - Skyfall 15m)
• Many of the successful British films in the 90's were co-produced television companies such as channel four and the BBC. Many of the recent popular British movies have been produced by bigger companies such as Momentum pictures. 
• Still doesn't have the financial backing, similar to that in America. 

5. 

• Drive Soundtrack - fits perfectly with the film and creates the atmospheric mood, wanted throughout. 
• Moulin Rouge - extremely memorable and without it the film would not be as popular as it is now. 
• Kill Bill - many of Tarantino's movies have memorable soundtracks - they create the mood he wants to have in his film and are essential for keeping the audience engaged. 

6. 

• One way in which Lionsgate have attempted to survive is by releasing horror films that have become popular franchises, such as Saw and Hostel. They cleverly combined these films with more sophisticated movies, such as the award winning 'Crash', which was extremely popular. Lionsgate bought Artisan along with other companies and this improved their success. Artisan have produced films, such as 'it's a wonderful life' and 'reservoir dogs' therefore improving the buyers (lionsgate) portfolio and making them into leading film entertainment company. They have grown into a successful producing studio, through, "the combination of organic growth and accretive strategic acquisitions". This diversity has meant that they can survive in the Cut-Throat world of film production.