Monday 27 February 2012

What makes this a UK film?
Which BFI category (a, b,c,d,e look on your worksheet) does you film fit into?

What attracted it to you?
When you have watched it how does it represent UK?
Did you enjoy it.

Exchange

Where is this film being screened? 
Technical Spec:
Camera
Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses
Arricam ST, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses

Laboratory
Company 3, London, UK (digital intermediate)
DeLuxe 142 Features, London, UK (digital intermediate)
DeLuxe, London, UK (laboratory services)
Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm (Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 200T 5213, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic process
Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed film format
35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3514DI)
D-Cinema


What sort of exhibition? Blanket? targeted? What sort of  cinemas is it screened at? What does this tell us about the audience? Is it exhibited in digital or film format? Why might this be? Can you find a budget for this?

Thursday 23 February 2012

Distrubution & Marketing

Who is the distribution company, who are they owned by, what else have they promoted? How much money have they spent?
  • Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)- Beastly,Chalet Girl
  • Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2012) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
  • Audio Visual Enterprises (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
  • Aurum Producciones (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
  • Budapest Film (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
  • CBS Films (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Concorde Filmverleih (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
  • Diamond Films (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
  • Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
  • Empire (2012) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
  • KT&G Sangsangmandang (2012) (South Korea) (theatrical)
  • Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
  • Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
  • Momentum Pictures (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
  • Nu Metro Cinemas (2012) (South Africa) (theatrical)
  • Paris Filmes (2012) (Brazil) (theatrical)
  • Sam Film (2012) (Iceland) (theatrical)
  • Shaw Organisation (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
  • Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
  • Svensk Filmindustri (2012) (Denmark) (theatrical)
  • Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2012) (Mexico) (theatrical)
  • Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
  • Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2012) (Taiwan) (all media)
  • Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
  • Prorom Media-Trade (2012) (Romania) (all media)



Who is promoting the film, what techniques have they used? To what extent have they used digital technology in this ? 


The actors such as Daniel Radcliffe have been promoting the film through various things including;

  • Radio interviews 
  • Television interviews both US and UK based
  • Posters
  • Billboards
  • T.V adverts
  • Adverts On-line
  • Film Premier
  • Public Transport
  • Magazine/Newspapers
  • Trailers
  • Official Website



What audiences have they targeted, how can you tell?

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Production

 Where did the finance come from?


Budget
$17,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$20,874,072 (USA) (5 February 2012) (2,855 Screens)
Gross
$35,258,145 (USA) (12 February 2012)
$20,874,072 (USA) (5 February 2012)
Weekend Gross
$10,102,658 (USA) (12 February 2012) (2,856 Screens)
$20,874,072 (USA) (5 February 2012) (2,855 Screens)


What production companies have been involved?

  • Hammer Film Productions (as Hammer) (presents)-' The Resident-Wake Wood'
  • Alliance Films (presents)-'Lesbian Vampire Killers-Dorian Grey'
  • UK Film Council (presents)-'Chalet Girl-St.Trinians-This Is England'
  • Cross Creek Pictures (in association with)-'Black Swan
  • Talisman Productions (as Talisman)-'Remember Me"
  • Exclusive Media Group (in association with)-
  • Film i Väst (as Film i Vast) (in co-production with)-'The Girl With A Dragon Tatoo'
  • Filmgate (in co-production with)


Cast and crew: 




Molly Harmon...Fisher Girl

Sophie Stuckey...Stella Kipps

Daniel Radcliffe...Arthur Kipps

Misha Handley...Joseph Kipps

Jessica Raine...Nanny

Roger Allam...Mr. Bentley

Lucy May Barker...Nursemaid

Indira Ainger...Little Girl on Train

Andy Robb...Doctor

CiarĂ¡n Hinds...Daily

Shaun Dooley...Fisher

Mary Stockley...Mrs. Fisher

Alexia Osborne...Victoria Hardy

Alfie Field...Tom Hardy

Victor McGuire...Gerald Hardy

Cathy Sara...Mrs. Jerome

Tim McMullan...Mr. Jerome

Daniel Cerqueira...Keckwick

Liz White...Jennet

Alisa Khazanova...Mrs. Drablow

Ashley Foster...Nathaniel Drablow

David Burke...PC Collins

Janet McTeer...Mrs. Daily

Aoife Doherty...Lucy Jerome


Monday 6 February 2012

The Woman In Black...


Genre: Thriller

  • Film running length: 95 min
  • UK release date: 10/2/2012
  • Directed by: James Watkins
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Distributor: Momentum Pictures