Tuesday, 25 February 2014

British & American film revision

Transformers

Production

Which company produced the film? (funding)

di Bonaventura Pictures Hasbro

What was the production budget?

$150 million

What year was it filmed?

2007

How long did it take to film? Where was it filmed?

83 days in the US

What equipment was used for filming?

Arriflex 235, Panavision C-Series Lenses

Nationality?

USA

Who owns the source material?

Hasbro?

Who are the main producer, director, cinematographer, editor, screen writer and music providers?

Director: Michael Bay
Producers: Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce
Editors: Paul Rubell, Glen Scantlebury
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen
Screen writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Music Provider: Steve Jablonsky

Who are the principle cast members?

·      Shia LaBeouf (Sam)
·      Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes)
·      Josh Duhamel (Air Force – William Lennox)
·      John Turturrow (Agent Simmons)
·      Racheal Taylor (Maggie Madsen)
·      Tyrese Gibson (Air Force – Robert Epps)
·      Anthony Anderson (Glen Whitmann)
·      John Voight (Secretary of Defence)

Any other production information e.g. any problems?

?

Distribution

Distribution company US/UK

DreamWorks Pictures (US)

Paramount Pictures (International)

Marketing budget

$30 million

Test screening information

?

Release Pattern

USA (8 July 2007) 4,011 Screens
UK (29 July 2007) 456 Screens
With 9 other countries released in ending on 5 August 2007 in Estonia

Examples of marketing and promotion

Tv adverts, trailers, posters

What other media is it available on?

DVD, Blue-ray, download, tv

Any other information e.g. difficulties getting a distributor?


Exhibition

Types of Cinema shown in (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH)

Imax, MM, I, AH

How long was it on for?

Screened for 3 weeks, in cinemas for 1 month



Box Office figures

$709,709,780

Age classification (UK/USA)

12A

Who the primary target audience was

Young males, 12 -30 years
Secondary: family audiences

Success (compare to DVD/Blue-ray/download)

?

Any other information e.g. did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?

It was in cinemas for the time it was planned.


Attack the Block

Production

Which company produced the film? (funding)

Studio Canal, UK Film Council, Big Talk Pictures, Film4 Productions

What was the production budget?

$8 million

What year was it filmed?

2010

How long did it take to film? Where was it filmed?

6 weeks, across London

What equipment was used for filming?

Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses



Nationality?

UK

Who owns the source material?

?

Who are the main producer, director, cinematographer, editor, screen writer and music providers?

Director: Joe Cornish
Producers: Nira Park, James Wilson
Editors: Jonathon Amos
Cinematography: Tom Townend
Screen writers: Joe Cornish
Music Provider: Basement Jaxx, Steven Price

Who are the principle cast members?

·      Jodie Wittaker
·      John Boyega
·      Alex Esmail
·      Franz Drameh
·      Leeon Jones
·      Simon Howard
·      Luke Treadaway
·      Jumayn Hunter
·      Nick Frost

Any other production information e.g. any problems?

?

Distribution

Distribution company US/UK

Optimum Releasing

Marketing budget

$1 million

Test screening information

?



Release Pattern

USA (31 July 2011) 8 Screens
UK (15 May 2011) 352 Screens

Examples of marketing and promotion

Tv adverts, trailers, posters

What other media is it available on?

DVD, Blue-ray, download, tv

Any other information e.g. difficulties getting a distributor?


Exhibition

Types of Cinema shown in (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH)

Imax, MM, I, AH

How long was it on for?

Screened for 3 weeks, in cinemas for 5 months

Box Office figures

$3,831,475

Age classification (UK/USA)

15

Who the primary target audience was

Young males, 15-30 years

Success (compare to DVD/Blue-ray/download)

?

Any other information e.g. did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?


It was in cinemas for the time it was planned.

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