Tuesday, 10 November 2015
33. Brand Your Blog, Research
Rochelle branded our blog and changed the background theme to a marriage based one. This works for us because our film is centred around a marriage couple
Monday, 9 November 2015
Brand blog (33)
To brand our blog, I uploaded a picture of the word marriage and its teared apart in the middle. This is the whole idea of our sequence of a broken down marriage hence my choice in picture. I also changed the colours to more dull and not bright colours to reflect the idea of a more upsetting period in life. Using bright colours would not go with our theme as it is not a particularly happy sequence.
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Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Our own distribution company (32)
Distribution company name; Milkyway Pictures
- Our film appeals to people who are into drama. It can also appeal to married couples or people looking to get married. The mystery and the fact the audience finds the clues before the main character make sit interesting.
-We will use social media to promote. Twitter would be or main one so we can get people involved with hashtags. Facebook and Instagram will also be used to get across our pictures and trailers and special and behind the scenes clips.
- We will do a winter release as this is a small film, releasing it at any other time will have a lot of competition. Winter also ties into the tone and atmosphere of the film.
-The film will be available in Dvd, Blue ray and On Demand.
-We will not ave any cross media links or synergous links due to the fact that we are not a big budgeted movie so these will be useful. Aldo, the synopsis of our film doesn't need to have products are brands based around it as the film is on a broken marriage which has no necessary links to any products.
Our Site I made; http://group18media.wix.com/digital-media
- Our film appeals to people who are into drama. It can also appeal to married couples or people looking to get married. The mystery and the fact the audience finds the clues before the main character make sit interesting.
-We will use social media to promote. Twitter would be or main one so we can get people involved with hashtags. Facebook and Instagram will also be used to get across our pictures and trailers and special and behind the scenes clips.
- We will do a winter release as this is a small film, releasing it at any other time will have a lot of competition. Winter also ties into the tone and atmosphere of the film.
-The film will be available in Dvd, Blue ray and On Demand.
-We will not ave any cross media links or synergous links due to the fact that we are not a big budgeted movie so these will be useful. Aldo, the synopsis of our film doesn't need to have products are brands based around it as the film is on a broken marriage which has no necessary links to any products.
Our Site I made; http://group18media.wix.com/digital-media
32. Distribution Research, Research
Our movie has the genre of drama, for the research we chose to look at movies similar to ours in genre to see which companies produce and distribute such films.
The first movie we have looked at is south paw, this is an action drama, of a professional boxer who is fighting to get the custody of his daughter and get his life back on track after his life dramatically falls apart.
Produced by:
WanDa Pictures, Riche Productions, Escape Artists, Fuqua Films
Marketing tools:
this film also has movie posters produced such as the poster shown above, dramatic movie posters such as this draw in and inform the general public of the existence of this film. they may have also have shown trailers on tv, this brings the movie into the home, they may also include out of home advertisement such as bus posters.
this film had many connections used as advertisement for this film, people who have a large fan following such as Eminem and 50 cent, took part in acting and creating the sound track for this movie. the input of such well known people creates an audience for the movie and in turn brings fans in to watch the movies. they will communicate with their fans, telling them of their imput on this film, over social media such as twitter and Facebook.
Type of Release
Southpaw had a wide release, it was released in most popular cinemas and was released in most cinemas over the globe.
Format Availability
Southpaw is to be released on DVD/Blu- Ray disc and On Demand on the 27th October 2015, three months after it's worldwide cinematic release.
Box Office
Southpaw had an opening weekend of $16.7mn, ultimately it grossed a little over $90million,
Synergous
Southpaw has a synergous link with its soundtrack. Eminem produced it on his record label shady records.
Would they distribute ours?
Weinstein distributed the film and they are likely to distribute ours. Firstly, they are one of the largest mini-major film studios and our film is not exactly major which makes them perfect to distribute our film. secondly, they distribute African American films which our film can be classified as.
Format Availability
Gone Girl was released on the 13th January 2015 on Blu Ray & DVD, also On Demand
Box office and DVD Sales
Gone Girl opened to an opening weekend of $13.1mn in the USA, and ultimately made over $300mn worldwide gross.
Synergous
The soundtrack was produced by columbia records. Columbia Records is an American recording label, under the ownership of Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group. Furthermore, when the blue rays where purchased a 36 page book was given with it.
Would they distribute ours?
20th Century Fox are not likely to produce our film. Firstly because they are distributor of the six major American film studios and our film is not major so they wouldn't distribute it. Secondly, the genres they normally distribute are not our genre (drama). They are known for comedies and animations mainly.
The first movie we have looked at is south paw, this is an action drama, of a professional boxer who is fighting to get the custody of his daughter and get his life back on track after his life dramatically falls apart.
Produced by:
WanDa Pictures, Riche Productions, Escape Artists, Fuqua Films
Distributed by:
The Weinstein Company
Marketing tools:
this film also has movie posters produced such as the poster shown above, dramatic movie posters such as this draw in and inform the general public of the existence of this film. they may have also have shown trailers on tv, this brings the movie into the home, they may also include out of home advertisement such as bus posters.
this film had many connections used as advertisement for this film, people who have a large fan following such as Eminem and 50 cent, took part in acting and creating the sound track for this movie. the input of such well known people creates an audience for the movie and in turn brings fans in to watch the movies. they will communicate with their fans, telling them of their imput on this film, over social media such as twitter and Facebook.
Type of Release
Southpaw had a wide release, it was released in most popular cinemas and was released in most cinemas over the globe.
Format Availability
Southpaw is to be released on DVD/Blu- Ray disc and On Demand on the 27th October 2015, three months after it's worldwide cinematic release.
Box Office
Southpaw had an opening weekend of $16.7mn, ultimately it grossed a little over $90million,
Synergous
Southpaw has a synergous link with its soundtrack. Eminem produced it on his record label shady records.
Would they distribute ours?
Weinstein distributed the film and they are likely to distribute ours. Firstly, they are one of the largest mini-major film studios and our film is not exactly major which makes them perfect to distribute our film. secondly, they distribute African American films which our film can be classified as.
Gone Girl
Gone girl is an american physiological thriller, involving a missing wife and a husband being accused of her murder. this is a film similar to ours as it has a plot line revolving around a failing marriage and a sudden disappearance.
Produced by:
- Regency Enterprises and TSG Entertainment
Distributed by:
20th Century Fox
for this movie it was originally a well know book with many readers and a large following of the author, this fan base, created a audience for the film. as well as the posters as seen above been displayed along with the increased sales of the book. this film would have been easily advertised outside of the home, as well as inside the home with television adverts,
Type of Release
Although Gone Girl was released in many cinemas worldwide, it was first screened at the 52nd New York Film Festival. It was later released in cinemas worldwide.Format Availability
Gone Girl was released on the 13th January 2015 on Blu Ray & DVD, also On Demand
Box office and DVD Sales
Gone Girl opened to an opening weekend of $13.1mn in the USA, and ultimately made over $300mn worldwide gross.
Synergous
The soundtrack was produced by columbia records. Columbia Records is an American recording label, under the ownership of Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group. Furthermore, when the blue rays where purchased a 36 page book was given with it.
Would they distribute ours?
20th Century Fox are not likely to produce our film. Firstly because they are distributor of the six major American film studios and our film is not major so they wouldn't distribute it. Secondly, the genres they normally distribute are not our genre (drama). They are known for comedies and animations mainly.
31. Final Ideas, Research
Our genre is going to be drama.
The plot for our movie will centre around the dramatic sudden end of a couples marriage, which involves the wife leaving while the husband is at work, with their children. We felt that a drama was best for this because, through research, we saw that dramas can implement romantic tragedies and heightened emotions which are definitely things we want to feed into the core our movie.
For the opening of our movie, we have decided that the husband, who will be played by Leo, will walk through the door of his home and immediately know that something is wrong. The home will be trashed and he will be in shock. The couple are coming off the back of some real marital problems, he calls her name and gets no reply and finds her wedding ring and note on the table. He drops his keys and notices that family pictures are smashed. His stress is revealed through his body language.
If the film were to be produced as a whole film, we would the main body of the film be, the husband finding the wife and kids, now living with their mentally ill mother who is becoming increasingly unstable without her medication, and follow his struggles to get custody of his kids off of his mentally ill and dangerous wife. the ending of the film will conclude with the husband gaining custody of the kids and the wife is sent to get proper treatment for her mental disorders
After Feedback
After feedback from our teacher, we have decided to keep the house intact, instead of having it completely trashed, but still have photo frames and wedding photo be broken and scattered across the floor.
Having the house intact prevents the audience from thinking that the home was burgled, by strangers and stops any confusion related to how the mess was caused. we intend on showing this by introducing the mess with a close up shot of the husbands foot as he accidentally steps on the glass of the broken photo frames and having the torn images of their happy family in the shot under the glass.
this lets the audience know what's happened before he does, so they can start piecing together the story and wait to see his reaction to the news, of which will be distress and anger as he finds the ring on the table.
this introduces the absence of the wife and kids with more of an impact, than if we were to have the home be wrecked.
The plot for our movie will centre around the dramatic sudden end of a couples marriage, which involves the wife leaving while the husband is at work, with their children. We felt that a drama was best for this because, through research, we saw that dramas can implement romantic tragedies and heightened emotions which are definitely things we want to feed into the core our movie.
For the opening of our movie, we have decided that the husband, who will be played by Leo, will walk through the door of his home and immediately know that something is wrong. The home will be trashed and he will be in shock. The couple are coming off the back of some real marital problems, he calls her name and gets no reply and finds her wedding ring and note on the table. He drops his keys and notices that family pictures are smashed. His stress is revealed through his body language.
If the film were to be produced as a whole film, we would the main body of the film be, the husband finding the wife and kids, now living with their mentally ill mother who is becoming increasingly unstable without her medication, and follow his struggles to get custody of his kids off of his mentally ill and dangerous wife. the ending of the film will conclude with the husband gaining custody of the kids and the wife is sent to get proper treatment for her mental disorders
After feedback from our teacher, we have decided to keep the house intact, instead of having it completely trashed, but still have photo frames and wedding photo be broken and scattered across the floor.
Having the house intact prevents the audience from thinking that the home was burgled, by strangers and stops any confusion related to how the mess was caused. we intend on showing this by introducing the mess with a close up shot of the husbands foot as he accidentally steps on the glass of the broken photo frames and having the torn images of their happy family in the shot under the glass.
this lets the audience know what's happened before he does, so they can start piecing together the story and wait to see his reaction to the news, of which will be distress and anger as he finds the ring on the table.
this introduces the absence of the wife and kids with more of an impact, than if we were to have the home be wrecked.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
30, Planning Homework, Research
Film Plot
Our film will center around a broken marriage, the husband will come home but his wife will not be there. Her marriage ring will be on the table and there will be wedding photos smashed on the floor.
Props
Wedding Ring(s), A Briefcase, Photos, Photo, Frame, Table
Location
All we need is a a room. We are still debating as to whether we will use our college media room (or a room in college) or using Marie's aunty's home which is very near to us.
Costume
Costume is not a concern for us
Monday, 2 November 2015
Additional Work: Sound Design, Research
Sound design is an often overlooked aspect of film making but in fact it is a very important part of a film and deserves more attention.
Directors are usually credited with the success or failure of a movie, an important part of the director successfully achieving his goals with the movie is working closely with the sound designer. The sound designer will add sound to the movie in post-production and help the director realise any moments of tension or suspense or things of that nature.
Sound designers approach their job in many ways. The sound designers on the Robert Redford picture, 'All Is Lost', say that they approached the sound design musically. They created the sounds from scratch, most people are under the misconception that sound design is recorded, but it is in fact made. The 'All Is Lost' sound designers likened the choosing of sound by sound designers to the process a casting director would go through to cast a character. They argue that is sound is utilised successfully that the character becomes a character in and of itself. The sound designers also feel that sound can create a movement.
'Psycho' is a very famous movie, where there are stab scenes. Quite famously, the sound designers stabbed watermelons to create the stab sound effects.
Directors are usually credited with the success or failure of a movie, an important part of the director successfully achieving his goals with the movie is working closely with the sound designer. The sound designer will add sound to the movie in post-production and help the director realise any moments of tension or suspense or things of that nature.
Sound designers approach their job in many ways. The sound designers on the Robert Redford picture, 'All Is Lost', say that they approached the sound design musically. They created the sounds from scratch, most people are under the misconception that sound design is recorded, but it is in fact made. The 'All Is Lost' sound designers likened the choosing of sound by sound designers to the process a casting director would go through to cast a character. They argue that is sound is utilised successfully that the character becomes a character in and of itself. The sound designers also feel that sound can create a movement.
'Psycho' is a very famous movie, where there are stab scenes. Quite famously, the sound designers stabbed watermelons to create the stab sound effects.
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