Production Costs
Before the film was even made they'd spent $30m. This was spent on:
Script and Development ($10)
The script budget on a film is usually around 5% of the total budget. 5 writers were used and 2 of them were prize winning novelist Michael Chabon and David Koepp who netted an eight figure pay day.
Licensing ($20)
Marvel own Spiderman, whoever Sony bought the movie rights in 1999 so there has been some conflict between both of the Hollywood big 6's which pushed the licensing price up even further.
Stan Lee who is the co-creater of the Spiderman comic chaacter acts as executive producer. Marvel pays him a sallary of $1m
During the shoot they spent $100m and this money was given to the stars, the directors and the producers and they are paid a weekly wage throughout the shoot. These are called above the line costs and these are made before the cameras start to roll.
Producers ($15m)
Spiderman 2 has two producers, one co-producter and three executive producers
Director ($10m)
For spiderman 1 the Evil Dead director Sam Raimi was used and he was well known for not keeping the costs down.
Cast ($30)
Tobey Maguire landed the title role after the first choice, Heath Ledger, passed away. His pay ($4) jumped up to $17 for the sequal.
Kirstin Dunst was paid an estimate pf $5-$6m for Spiderman 2
Below The Line ($45)
The photography on Spiderman 2 began in New York where they shooted various shots and different locations.
Below The Line costs are the physical production expenses of the shoot including the crew fees.
After the shoot they spent $70m and this including the editing costs
Special Effects ($65)
This is one of the spends that is growing fast
Music ($5)
Danny Elfman composed the music for spiderman 2 for a fee of $2m
The Sell ($75)
Prints and Advertising
These aren't included in the production budget
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
Cinemas
Purdey
Where: The Vue, Leicester
Why: Took her neices and newphews, closest cinema near them and the cheapest
What she saw: Mr Poppers Penguins
How much: Kids AM ticket, £1.25. Bought one large bag of popcorn, £5
When: 10.30am
The screening was full, lots of kids. Had to sit right at the front. Thought it was funny.
Luke
Where: Cneworld, Rugby
Why: Wanted to see the film as it was a childhood favourite
What he saw: Lion King 3D
How much: £5, took his own 3D glasses, 1 bag on m&ms, £2.80
When: 5pm
Got the bus which cost £5 for a return from Lutterworth, enjoyed the film a lot and thought the 3D was good. Lots of families in the audience, enoyable film for everyone
Laura
Where: Showcase Cinema DeLuxe, Leicester
Why: Wanted to see the film, closest to her
What she saw: Footloose
How much: £6, didn't buy any food or drink
When: 4.30pm
Thought it was OK but not great, wouldn't buy the DVD. Wasn't very busy.
Luke B
Where: Doesn't accurately know, somewhere up north
Why: Went to visit his nana and it was the closest cinema to him
What he saw: Johnny English
How much: £3, he drank some water
Very small cinema, only 3 staff. Fell asleep half way through the film so doesn't have a very good judgement on it. 2 screen in the whole cinema and he went with his family.
Average spending around £10
Where: The Vue, Leicester
Why: Took her neices and newphews, closest cinema near them and the cheapest
What she saw: Mr Poppers Penguins
How much: Kids AM ticket, £1.25. Bought one large bag of popcorn, £5
When: 10.30am
The screening was full, lots of kids. Had to sit right at the front. Thought it was funny.
Luke
Where: Cneworld, Rugby
Why: Wanted to see the film as it was a childhood favourite
What he saw: Lion King 3D
How much: £5, took his own 3D glasses, 1 bag on m&ms, £2.80
When: 5pm
Got the bus which cost £5 for a return from Lutterworth, enjoyed the film a lot and thought the 3D was good. Lots of families in the audience, enoyable film for everyone
Laura
Where: Showcase Cinema DeLuxe, Leicester
Why: Wanted to see the film, closest to her
What she saw: Footloose
How much: £6, didn't buy any food or drink
When: 4.30pm
Thought it was OK but not great, wouldn't buy the DVD. Wasn't very busy.
Luke B
Where: Doesn't accurately know, somewhere up north
Why: Went to visit his nana and it was the closest cinema to him
What he saw: Johnny English
How much: £3, he drank some water
Very small cinema, only 3 staff. Fell asleep half way through the film so doesn't have a very good judgement on it. 2 screen in the whole cinema and he went with his family.
Average spending around £10
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Cineworld
Number of screens:
9
Facilities:
Arcade which held over 10 different games to play on, two sets of mens and womens toilets, the stand where you buy your cinema ticket and the food is at the same stand so that you can purchase them together
Staff:
3 people working on the stand for the tickets and food, staff working in the toilets and waiting to clean the cinema after a film has been watched
Number of films:
They are currently showing 20 films
These are..
Paranormal Activity 3
Contagion
3D The Adventures of Tin Tin Secret Of The Unicorn
Johnny English Reborn
3D Lion King
2D The Adventures of Tin Tin Secret Of The Unicorn
2D Lion King
2D The Smurfs
2D Dolphin Tale
2D The Three Musketeers
3D Arthur Christmas
3D The Three Musketeers
Footloose
Monte Carlo
Reel Steel
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Help: Cineworld Unlimited Exclusive Show
The Twilight Saga Part 1- Breaking Dawn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Twiathlon Screenings
The different types of genres are childrens, horror and drama
9
Facilities:
Arcade which held over 10 different games to play on, two sets of mens and womens toilets, the stand where you buy your cinema ticket and the food is at the same stand so that you can purchase them together
Staff:
3 people working on the stand for the tickets and food, staff working in the toilets and waiting to clean the cinema after a film has been watched
Number of films:
They are currently showing 20 films
These are..
Paranormal Activity 3
Contagion
3D The Adventures of Tin Tin Secret Of The Unicorn
Johnny English Reborn
3D Lion King
2D The Adventures of Tin Tin Secret Of The Unicorn
2D Lion King
2D The Smurfs
2D Dolphin Tale
2D The Three Musketeers
3D Arthur Christmas
3D The Three Musketeers
Footloose
Monte Carlo
Reel Steel
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Help: Cineworld Unlimited Exclusive Show
The Twilight Saga Part 1- Breaking Dawn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Twiathlon Screenings
The different types of genres are childrens, horror and drama
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Disney
The first animation that Disney made was Alice in Wonderland and he planned to use it as his "pilot" film to sell a series of these Alice Comedies to a distributor. On October 16, 1923, a New York distributor, M. J. Winkler, contracted to release the Alice Comedies, and this date became the formal beginning of The Walt Disney Company.
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Alice visits an animation studio, where the animators show her various scenes on their drawing boards. A few of them: a cat dancing to a cat band; a mouse poking at a (live) cat until it moves; a couple mice boxing, while the animators crowd around cheering and acting as corner-men. That night, she dreams of taking a train to cartoon-land, where a red carpet reception awaits. She appears in live action. They have a welcoming parade, with Alice riding on an elephant. The cartoons dance for her, and she dances for them. Meanwhile, the lions break out of the zoo. The lions chase her into a hollow tree, then into a cave and down a rabbit hole. Finally, she jumps off a cliff and awakes back in her bed.
The Walt Disney Studios distributes motion pictures under Walt Disney Pictures - which includes Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios and DisneyToon Studios - Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures.
The top ten highest grossing films for Disney are:
1) Finding Nemo (2003)
2) The Lion King (1994)
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
4) The Incredibles (2004)
5) Monsters, Inc. (2001)
6) Toy Story 2 (1999)
7) Aladdin (1992)
8) Toy Story (1995)
9) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
10) Tarzan (1999)
The Genre in which most Disneys films are is Childrens. Most films are child friendly and mainly based for that audience, however the story lines are suitable for adults also, as they have deep meanings that adults would enjoy as much as the children.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Cars 2, Winnie The Pooh and Prep and Landing are all released on DVD and Blue Ray right now.
The different software that Disney use are..
Ptex: Ptex is a texture mapping software
SeExpr: SeExpr is a language used to provide artistic control and customisation
Reposado: Reposado is is a set of tools written in Python that replicate the key functionality of Mac OS X Server's Software Update Service.
Partio: Partio Partio is an open source library for reading, writing and manipulating a variety of standard particle formats
Munki: munki is a set of tools that, used together with a webserver-based packages and package metadata, can be used by Mac OS X administrators to manage software installs
Dynamica: Dynamica is a plug-in for Maya that provides an interface to the Bullet rigid body engine.
Pythoscope: Pythoscope is a unit test generator for programs written in Python. It's open source, licensed under the MIT license.
The Walt Disney Studios distributes motion pictures under Walt Disney Pictures - which includes Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios and DisneyToon Studios - Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures.
The top ten highest grossing films for Disney are:
1) Finding Nemo (2003)
2) The Lion King (1994)
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
4) The Incredibles (2004)
5) Monsters, Inc. (2001)
6) Toy Story 2 (1999)
7) Aladdin (1992)
8) Toy Story (1995)
9) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
10) Tarzan (1999)
The Genre in which most Disneys films are is Childrens. Most films are child friendly and mainly based for that audience, however the story lines are suitable for adults also, as they have deep meanings that adults would enjoy as much as the children.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Cars 2, Winnie The Pooh and Prep and Landing are all released on DVD and Blue Ray right now.
The different software that Disney use are..
Ptex: Ptex is a texture mapping software
SeExpr: SeExpr is a language used to provide artistic control and customisation
Reposado: Reposado is is a set of tools written in Python that replicate the key functionality of Mac OS X Server's Software Update Service.
Partio: Partio Partio is an open source library for reading, writing and manipulating a variety of standard particle formats
Munki: munki is a set of tools that, used together with a webserver-based packages and package metadata, can be used by Mac OS X administrators to manage software installs
Dynamica: Dynamica is a plug-in for Maya that provides an interface to the Bullet rigid body engine.
Pythoscope: Pythoscope is a unit test generator for programs written in Python. It's open source, licensed under the MIT license.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Kick Ass
Kick Ass, directed by Mark Vaughn is a superhero comedy film based on a comic book that has the same name. Vaughn co-produced the film with the famous actor Brad Pitt, and co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman.
The film is based on a comic book also titled Kick Ass by Mark Miller and John Romita Jr, and it's published my Marvel Comics. The comic is very similar to the film whoever in the film there are some slight alterations
The Kick Ass producers and marketing producers decided to release a series of posters presenting the individual characters also displaying the name of the film and who was playing each character. After this a second batch of posters were made which also focused on each individual superhero. This showed them each posing and the posters show a URL which was each characters individual website when it actually took you straight to the Kick Ass official website. The one more poster which was a theatrical poster which was released two weeks before the first screening, this showed the title in large letters with the superheros jumping through.
Then, Kick Ass released their extended movie trailer soon before the first screen and this involved many more scenes from the movie to entice the audience in to watching it even more. The producers also released short clips about the individual characters apart from Kick Ass. They released one about Hit Girl which showed some of her main scenes to show the audience what they're going to get when they see the film.
Michael Vaughn thinks that the UK Film industry are world class leaders in making movies but they don't have an industry. He thinks they should build an industry.
The budget of the film was $28 million but the film went over the budget by $10 million. This was mostly because of advertising costs but the final edit was a great success in the Box Office.
Kick Ass was a low budget film, they tried to keep the costs down as much as they could and they did it by using different techniques. For example, Kick Ass is set in Manhattan in the USA but it was actually filmed in London, as the director preferred to shoot there. Also in Manhattan it could be quite problematic for scenes such as fighting and gunfire, so they built a set in Elstree Studios with a large green screen. They got high resolution shots of Manhattan and imported them into the Media Composer which created an incredibly realistic outlook.
There was a lot of controversy surrounding this film due to the fact that Hit Girl who is around 10 years old used lots of swear words. Parents didn't think it was right for a child of that age to be using that kind of language and started protests which in theory generated more publicity for the film anyway. There is also a lot of violence, the girl kills lots of men very violently which caused a lot of controversy.
The music for the film was composed by four great names, these are John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius De Vries and Ilan Eshkeri. John Murphy has done work for Danny Boyles 28 Days Later and Sunshine. The music at the end as it builds up to an action packed finale is Murphys.
The film is based on a comic book also titled Kick Ass by Mark Miller and John Romita Jr, and it's published my Marvel Comics. The comic is very similar to the film whoever in the film there are some slight alterations
The Kick Ass producers and marketing producers decided to release a series of posters presenting the individual characters also displaying the name of the film and who was playing each character. After this a second batch of posters were made which also focused on each individual superhero. This showed them each posing and the posters show a URL which was each characters individual website when it actually took you straight to the Kick Ass official website. The one more poster which was a theatrical poster which was released two weeks before the first screening, this showed the title in large letters with the superheros jumping through.
Then, Kick Ass released their extended movie trailer soon before the first screen and this involved many more scenes from the movie to entice the audience in to watching it even more. The producers also released short clips about the individual characters apart from Kick Ass. They released one about Hit Girl which showed some of her main scenes to show the audience what they're going to get when they see the film.
Michael Vaughn thinks that the UK Film industry are world class leaders in making movies but they don't have an industry. He thinks they should build an industry.
The budget of the film was $28 million but the film went over the budget by $10 million. This was mostly because of advertising costs but the final edit was a great success in the Box Office.
Kick Ass was a low budget film, they tried to keep the costs down as much as they could and they did it by using different techniques. For example, Kick Ass is set in Manhattan in the USA but it was actually filmed in London, as the director preferred to shoot there. Also in Manhattan it could be quite problematic for scenes such as fighting and gunfire, so they built a set in Elstree Studios with a large green screen. They got high resolution shots of Manhattan and imported them into the Media Composer which created an incredibly realistic outlook.
There was a lot of controversy surrounding this film due to the fact that Hit Girl who is around 10 years old used lots of swear words. Parents didn't think it was right for a child of that age to be using that kind of language and started protests which in theory generated more publicity for the film anyway. There is also a lot of violence, the girl kills lots of men very violently which caused a lot of controversy.
The music for the film was composed by four great names, these are John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius De Vries and Ilan Eshkeri. John Murphy has done work for Danny Boyles 28 Days Later and Sunshine. The music at the end as it builds up to an action packed finale is Murphys.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Moon
The film 'Moon' directed by commercial directer Duncan Jones is a film written specifically for the actor Sam Rockwell. Duncan Jones is the son of David Bowie. Being the son of a famous musician, it opened up a lot of opportunities for him to start in the film industry. He co-wrote the script with Nathan Parker.
The film Moon only took 33 days to film. This is unusual a most films take months or even years to produce. This shows how tight of a budget that Jones was on making the film. He used 'Below The Line' This means that he just targetted publicising to a specific audience. For example, because the film is about science he went to NASA and did interviews for popular science magazines. However, this does drop his audience by quite a lot because not everyone reads science magazines.
The budget for Moon was 5 million dollars. This is a very small budget for a film considering some films spend 100s of millions just publicising the film. However, Jones took steps to minimise the cast such as using one main actor the whole way through. This actor was Sam Rockwell. CGI was used to create more than one of him because in the film he has clones. They spent most of the CGI money filming one scene where he was playing ping pong against himself.
It was produced in Shappertone Studios which is in London. Filming in a studio yet again saves more money as filminf out side would mean that it would have to be weather permitting. If it rained it would mean there would be hours lots which would cost more money so filming it in a studio meant that they could get everything done when it needed to be done.
Kevin Spacey who was the voice of Gerty, didn't agree to be the voice over until the film had actually been produced. Because he didn't trust that the film would be good, he decided to wait until he agreed to be the voice. The same happened for the person that created the music soundtrack. He didn't agree to do the music until the film had been produced.
The Film won a Bafta but didn't get put in for an Oscar as it would have cost them too much to send out copies of the film to every judge on the panelling board.
The film Moon only took 33 days to film. This is unusual a most films take months or even years to produce. This shows how tight of a budget that Jones was on making the film. He used 'Below The Line' This means that he just targetted publicising to a specific audience. For example, because the film is about science he went to NASA and did interviews for popular science magazines. However, this does drop his audience by quite a lot because not everyone reads science magazines.
The budget for Moon was 5 million dollars. This is a very small budget for a film considering some films spend 100s of millions just publicising the film. However, Jones took steps to minimise the cast such as using one main actor the whole way through. This actor was Sam Rockwell. CGI was used to create more than one of him because in the film he has clones. They spent most of the CGI money filming one scene where he was playing ping pong against himself.
It was produced in Shappertone Studios which is in London. Filming in a studio yet again saves more money as filminf out side would mean that it would have to be weather permitting. If it rained it would mean there would be hours lots which would cost more money so filming it in a studio meant that they could get everything done when it needed to be done.
Kevin Spacey who was the voice of Gerty, didn't agree to be the voice over until the film had actually been produced. Because he didn't trust that the film would be good, he decided to wait until he agreed to be the voice. The same happened for the person that created the music soundtrack. He didn't agree to do the music until the film had been produced.
The Film won a Bafta but didn't get put in for an Oscar as it would have cost them too much to send out copies of the film to every judge on the panelling board.
Hollywood- The Film Industry
Major studios are vertically, horizontally and laterally integrated. This means that vertically is usually pre production, porduction and then cinema. Horizontally integrated means that sound, equipment, studios andpublicity are also included.
Oligpoly-This means that they own everything,for example the big 6. The Big 6 are:
- Disney
- MGM
- Sony
- Paramount
- Fox
- Universal
These include sequals, prequels, remakes or can be based upon a book a TV program or video game. This increases the proft.
Distribution Window- This is the best time to distribute the film
- DVD/Blueray
- TV
- Internet Downloads
- Soundtracks
- Video Games
- Merchandising
Conglomerates will try to use syngery within sectors of thecorporation to maximise profit. It's where multiple products and services are created on the basis of a successful brand within the same corporation
Below The Line- More money is spent upon marketing and advertising a major studio film than previously the case. It's efficient and cost effective for targetting a limited and specific group. This can take the form of tie in's with other products and companies
Above The Line- this is a type of advertising through media such as television, cinema, radio, print, web banners, and web search engines to promote brands. This type of communication is conventional and considered impresonal to customers.
Oligpoly-This means that they own everything,for example the big 6. The Big 6 are:
- Disney
- MGM
- Sony
- Paramount
- Fox
- Universal
These include sequals, prequels, remakes or can be based upon a book a TV program or video game. This increases the proft.
Distribution Window- This is the best time to distribute the film
- DVD/Blueray
- TV
- Internet Downloads
- Soundtracks
- Video Games
- Merchandising
Conglomerates will try to use syngery within sectors of thecorporation to maximise profit. It's where multiple products and services are created on the basis of a successful brand within the same corporation
Below The Line- More money is spent upon marketing and advertising a major studio film than previously the case. It's efficient and cost effective for targetting a limited and specific group. This can take the form of tie in's with other products and companies
Above The Line- this is a type of advertising through media such as television, cinema, radio, print, web banners, and web search engines to promote brands. This type of communication is conventional and considered impresonal to customers.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Narrative and Todorov
Narrative
How the story is constructed eg. beginning, middle, end.
Linea: Story is told in the order in which it happens
Non-Linea: Manipulated narrative/flashbacks/order is changed
Todorov
Equilibrium: State of Normality
Disruption: A disturbance to the normality
New Equilibrium: A new normality as a result of the disruption
Todorov believe that there are the same character roles in every film we watch. These character roles are...
The Villain - Struggles again the hero
The Donor - Prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object
The (Magical) Helper - Help the hero in the quest
The Princess and her Father - Gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Noted that functionally the princess and the father cannot be clearly distinguished
The Dispatcher - Character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off
The Hero or Victim - Reacts to the donor, weds the princess
False Hero - Takes credit for the heroes actions or tries to marry the princess
How the story is constructed eg. beginning, middle, end.
Linea: Story is told in the order in which it happens
Non-Linea: Manipulated narrative/flashbacks/order is changed
Todorov
Equilibrium: State of Normality
Disruption: A disturbance to the normality
New Equilibrium: A new normality as a result of the disruption
Todorov believe that there are the same character roles in every film we watch. These character roles are...
The Villain - Struggles again the hero
The Donor - Prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object
The (Magical) Helper - Help the hero in the quest
The Princess and her Father - Gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Noted that functionally the princess and the father cannot be clearly distinguished
The Dispatcher - Character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off
The Hero or Victim - Reacts to the donor, weds the princess
False Hero - Takes credit for the heroes actions or tries to marry the princess
Barthes
Enigma Code: Puzzles/Questions/Mysteries that the text creates for the reader to solve. For example,
Who is the killer? - Crime/Drama
Who is the Father? - Soap Operas
Will they fall in love? - Romantic Comedies
Action Codes Prepares the audience for something that is about to happen
eg. Picking up keys = leaving
Letters through post box = something important arriving
Who is the killer? - Crime/Drama
Who is the Father? - Soap Operas
Will they fall in love? - Romantic Comedies
Action Codes Prepares the audience for something that is about to happen
eg. Picking up keys = leaving
Letters through post box = something important arriving
Monday, 3 October 2011
British Film Industry
BBFC:
An independant non-government body which classifies and cencors film, video as well as computer and console based games released in the UK
British Acadamy of Film and TV: Pormotes understanding and appreciation of Britains ricyh film and television heritage and culture.
BFI: Aims to support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image.
British Film Council: The oficially UK agency for international cultural relations. It's film departments promotes new British films (features and shorts) internationally principally through fesitval and showcases
UK Film Council: Government backed lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad.
Main British Production Companies
Pathe: Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Jeepers Creepers
Film 4: Finding Eric, 4 Lions
Working Title: Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead
Momentum: Longest Yard
BBC Film Network: Damned United
An independant non-government body which classifies and cencors film, video as well as computer and console based games released in the UK
British Acadamy of Film and TV: Pormotes understanding and appreciation of Britains ricyh film and television heritage and culture.
BFI: Aims to support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image.
British Film Council: The oficially UK agency for international cultural relations. It's film departments promotes new British films (features and shorts) internationally principally through fesitval and showcases
UK Film Council: Government backed lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad.
Main British Production Companies
Pathe: Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Jeepers Creepers
Film 4: Finding Eric, 4 Lions
Working Title: Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead
Momentum: Longest Yard
BBC Film Network: Damned United
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