This Is England

This Is England

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

Genre: Crime/Drama

Production Company: 
- Warp Films
- Big Arty Productions
- EM Media
- Film4
- Optimum Releasing
- Screen Yorkshire
- UK Film Council

Certificate: 18

Cast

Thomas Turgoose - Also in Somers Town (which was also directed by Shane Meadows), The TV Series of This Is England and more recently Post Jump.

Director

Shane Meadows wrote and directed This Is England. The story is based on fur events of his life when he was growing up and dropped out of school before his O-Levels to become part of a gang.

Marketing

A viral video was released on YouTube to promote the movie. Anyone who saw the video was encouraged to watch the movie. However, the film was mainly heard about through word of mouth. 

Box Office

Budget:£2.2 million

Box Office:$8,176, 544

Awards

Won: 

BAFTA Best British film 2008

Best British Independent Film 2006

Young Audience Award 2007

UK Film Talent Award 2006

Best European Film Award 2008

Young European Jury Award 2008

Best Director Award 2007

Jury Award 2007

Special Jury Prize 2006

Just Film Award 2007

Writer's Guide of Great Britain Award 2007

Nominated:

BAFTA Film Award 2008

Golden Kinnaree Award 2007

British Independent Film Award 2006

Empire Award 2008

Grand Prix 2007

Golden trailer 2008

ALFS Award 2008

Thor 2: The Dark World

Thor 2: The Dark World

Background

Thor 2: The Dark World is the sequel to Thor (released in 2011). It’s based on a comic book created in 1962. This sequel shows Thor, The god of thunder, having to team up with his evil adopted brother, Loki, to save the universe from the Dark Elves. This sequel is also a follow on from the Avengers Assemble film (released in 2012) and shows previews for the new Avengers film (due to be released in 2015).

Certificate: 12A

Release Date: 08/11/2013

Budget

Production Budget: $170 Million

Opening weekend box office: $85,737,841

Worldwide Grosses since release: $644,770,696

Film is considered a success as it quadrupled its Production Budget.

Stars

Chris Hemsworth first acted in Guinevere Jones as King Arthur in 2002. But had his first film debut in Star Trek in 2009 as George Kirk. He is most famously known for his part as Thor.

  Natalie Portman first acted in Developing as Nina in 1994. She is most famous for playing Padmé/Queen Amidala in Star Wars. She’s also starred in V For Vendetta and Black Swan.

Tom Hiddleston first acted in The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby in 2001 But made his first film Debut as Oakley in Unrelated (2007). He’s most famous for his part of Loki I Thor but has also starred in Family Guy and has met the Cookie Monster.

Christopher Eccleston first acted as Dick in Blood Rights (a TV Movie) 1990. His first proper movie was Let Him Have It in 1991. He’s most famous for playing the 9th doctor and G I Joe. He’s most famous for playing bad guys in the Sci-Fi Genre. 

Kat Dennings first acted in Sex in The City in 2000. Her first film debut was Raise Your Voice in 2004. She’s most famous for her role in 2 Broke Girls as Max. She plays Darcy in Thor. 

Marketing

The announcement was made in March 2013. Articles were released in popular magazines and the first trailer was released in April. Loki was reintroduced to the world in the San-Fransico Comic-con. The second trailer was released during Youtube's Geek Week. The film also contained preview footage for the new Avengers movie. 

Production Company: Marvel Studios


Genre: Action/Adventure/Fantasy

Don Jon

Don Jon

Don Jon is about a man who tries to justify his love for porn films to his new girlfriend. He tries to compare them to other movies and show them as an art form. 

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance

Release Date: 27/09/2013

Certificate: 18

Production Company:
- Voltage Pictures
- HitRecord Films
- Ram Bergman Productions

Stars

Joseph Gordan-Levitt wrote, directed and starred in this film. He owns an independent film company and helps produce other independent films . Starred in other movies like 500 days of summer and inception.

Scarlet Johanson is a famous Hollywood actress. Starred in Don Jon to help Joseph. Famous for The Avengers Assemble movie.

Budget

Had a Budget of $6 million.

Gross of  $30,450,756.

Earned 5 times its budget and was a successful independant movie.  

Awards

Nominated for The Gotham Award.

Nominated for Independent Spirit Award.

Got second prize Key Art award

What makes it Indie?

Mainly funded by forgein companies (Hong Kong)

Trance

Trance

Budget: $20 Million

Worldwide gross: $24,261,569

Not considered a major hit because it only made $4 million more than it spent.

Plot

The film is about an Auctioneer who becomes involved with the theft of a painting from his own auction house. However, he is attacked and suffers a blow to the head giving him amnesia. He then has to go through trance states to try and remember where he hid the painting.

Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery

Certificate: 15

Cast

James McAvoy made his first film debut in The Near Room (1995). He’s well-known for his parts in Narnia, Wanted and X-men: First Class. Has recently starred in a few crude comedies with unlined seriousness; such as: Filth.

Vincent Cassel first acted in the TV show La Belle Anglaise (1988) but made his first film debut in Les Cigognes n’en font qu’a leur tete. Famous for his part in Black Swan.

Advertising

Advertised through posters on public transport and occasional trailers. James McAvoy is also a very popular actor so this may have also encouraged people to go to watch the film. But the main reason Trance got it's popularity was because of it's viral release.

Production companies

Pathe: First started around 1906. Makes a lot of British/French films. Recently produced Philomena.

Cloud Eight Films/Decibel Films: Recently made company. Famous for 127 hours.

Film4: First started in 1999. Recently did Attack the Block; Slumdog Millionaire; One Day and The Inbetweeners Movie.

Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes: 68%. Good storyline but confusing.

IMDb: 6.9/10

Rolling Stones: 3/4 stars. Confusing.

A NutShell Review: This year's inception

Tralier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTW1JecmZo

Blue Is The Warmest Colour - Success

Blue Is The Warmest Colour is is an independent French film with a production budget of $5.4 million. The film as about a life changing journey for Adele as she falls in love with another young woman, Emma. This film took a worldwide gross of $6,627,524 which is impressive for an arts films. It would be inticing to an audience because of its awards, critical reviews, the message behind it and that it is something different to Hollywood movies. However it's audience is very limited as it is rated an 18 due to the strong sexual scenes contained in the film. Also modern day audiences don't really like to read subtitles which could also limit the audience as it is a French film. Along with this, it is only shown in Art centres because it is an independent film.

Tralier link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OLRrocn3s

Aims and Context

Film Sequence

• Horror Film clip
• Target audience of between 18 and 30 years old, Middle class, Fear of the dark and corner of the eye, no specific gender due.
• Apply cinematography (such as: Extreme close ups, Point of view and two shots) and low-key lighting that is common to the horror convention.
• Explore conventions of horror (such as: corner of the eye and dramatic irony) and stereotypes of gender
• As director/camera, try out techniques inspired by Insidious

Horror Film Prototype

The scene starts with a midshot of Charlie from behind. We used this to try and give the impression that something or someone was watching her. We then faded it to a midshot from in front as if the shot was being taken by a webcam. We only used diegetic sound so the shot seemed more realistic to the audience. Also by using this wide midshot, the audience got information that the main character didn't get. We then reversed the shot back to behind Charlie in a midshot to emphasise again that Charlie was being watched. This shot then cut to Charlie in a blackout. By doing this, it was a sudden shock to the audience and Charlie herself. This was when we started to use non-diegetic sound to put the audience on edge. We then cut to a extreme close up of Charlie's eye which was followed by the camera panning. We used this shot technique to place on the common fear of "something in the corner of your eye". Fears are a common convention of horror movies. Also by using an extreme close up, it made the audience feel uncomfortable as people don't normal like being that close to another person. The shot then cut to a long shot of Charlie turning around. We used this to give the impression that Charlie was being stalked, almost like prey. The diegetic bang sound in the background was used to jump start a chase seen which was done as a point of view shot from the "monster". This chase was also emphasised by the shadow going over Charlie as she ran. The shot then cut between Charlie's hands, her panicked face and the darkness behind her. We used this to unnerve the audience as quick cuts are commonly used in horrors for this effect.