Task A1

Henry McCullogh
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The budget will have to be that much because it is a
blockbuster and requires a lot of money to make the
film. It would of done well worldwide because of how
well the James bond films do
Locations-In the film through their
budget they have used lots of
different locations to make sure that
the film stays interesting and it will
never get boring. The different
settings in the scene change the
mood and feeling of the film. They
have used countries like Mexico to
film the day of the dead ceremony,
this setting suits this scene because
people know that the day of the
dead ceremony is originated from
Mexico. This can make the film
successful because the audience
see different blind blowing
locations.
Director- The director is Sam Mendes and he
is a well known director, he has lots of
experience in making major films that a lot of
people are interested in, he has directed
films such as Skyfall which is also a James
bond film, this will make the film spectre a
success because he has past experience of
making a James bond film which can make
the film of spectre successful. This would of
cost a lot to have him direct the film because
they know that he has made successful James
bond films in the past. Therefore they would
have had to pay a lot of money for him to
direct the film
Blockbuster-Spectre
Casting- Daniel Craig is featured in this
film and he is a very good actor this will
attract people to come watch the film
if they are interested in Daniel Craig
which a lot of people are, he plays the
part of James bond and he makes the
film people recognise him as James
bond . They would have had to pay
Daniel Craig a lot of money but it would
make the film successful , he has
featured in many James bond films
before meaning he has experience
playing that part which can make the
film a success.
Distribution-There were many
Equipment- In spectre they used the best
people who distributed the film
technical aspects they could of used they used
across the globe, one of the main
the best camera such as the Panavision
distributors was Sony pictures
camera which can average a cost of between realising, they have realised it in
£25,000-£30,000 pounds this would of made many countries such as uk,italy and
quite a big of damage to the budget but not to Germany. This would have had led
much, this allowed the camera quality to beat to the success of the film because
its best when filming, this will allow the film to Sony are a very big company and
be a success because the camera work will be have a lot of connections with
high quality and this will make the film even people meaning they would find
better through the quality of the camera work the best place to distribute the
because of the camera. films. This would of effected the
budget because they have to get
the film out to the audience.
Box office Ex Machina-Mini major
Budget:
$15,000,000- They would need more money because the genre is sci- fi meaning the film will cost
quite a lot, also they would need this amount generally because it is quite a big film
Gross USA:
$25,442,958 sci- fi is typically a universal genre that people can identify with Cumulative
Worldwide Gross:
$38,978,784-It would of done well internationally because universal were the main distributors
and they would of distributed to places that would of take interest in the film
Equipment- There was top quality Casting- There were many well known actors but this meant
equipment used within the film to that it made the film more realistic because it seemed like they
ensure that the camerawork was at were normal people which made it more believable for the
its best, in this film they used a audience. One of the actors called Domhnall Gleeson he has
camera called the Sony CineAlta featured in tv shows and films, some being well known such as
F65, this is a very good camera and harry potter which shows he is a experienced actor which will
ranges from the price of £15,000- make it a more successful film, this would of effected the
£25,000 which shows that it is a budget because it would of cost quite a bit to have him involved
very good camera, It has a long in the film. In the film a man falls in love with this women and
zoom which means that they could she is an attractive actress so she's suits the role because it
film from different distances to makes it more realistic. Distribution-There were many distributors
give a cinematic effect which who distributed the film but the main one
would have been necessary for the Locations- There were many locations used. was universal pictures international who also
tension parts of this film. Also it One of them was pinewood studios which is a made the film. This would have saved money
means that the camera quality is at well known studio, the studios are very well on the budget as they would already have
its best, this would have been laid out and big which can fit a lot of people the contacts in order to market the film
costly to the budget however in it meaning filming time is reduced because internationally as opposed to paying another
necessary in order for the film to you can fit more people in the studio. Using conglomerate to distributed the film. But
be filmed at high quality and may locations like this would of mad the film a this would of made it a success because of
have been why it contributed to success because they are very easy to film in the people they know and they know what
the success of the film. and in particular good filming within the are good places to distribute the film. The
studio meaning the camera work within the film was distributed to many different places
Director- The director of the film was called so this meant that the film was made
film can be at its best quality making the film
Alex garland. He directed and wrote the film, international.
a success . The also filmed in countries like
This means that they did not have to pay
Norway and I believe they didn’t need to do
another person to write the film which meant
they spent less money he is a English novelist
this because the film is roughly set in one
who is well known for this film ex Machina place.
and also for the film Annihilation- this shows
that he has experience in making good films
which led to the success of this film because
the knowledge of this director. They wouldn't
be able get directors like Sam Mendes
because they expect a lot of money and ex
Machina budget isn't that big as it is a mini
major
Box office Small scale-Monsters
Budget:
£500,000 The budget does not need to be big because it is a small scale film meaning that the details of
the film do not need to be that good meaning the budget can be less than a mini major or blockbuster
Opening Weekend USA:
$20,508, 31 October 2010, Limited Release
Gross USA: Casting- There were many actors
$237,301 involved but none of them where really
well known, this can be a good thing
Because it makes the film more realistic
Equipment -The equipment used was because these look like normal people
not that expensive this is due to the and not actors because they are not
budget this film is a small scale film known which can make the film more
meaning that, the budget is quite small successful. The main actor within the
meaning that they have a bit of money to film was Scoot McNairy and he has been
spend on a good camera but this means Distribution- There are
seen in many films which means he has
they couldn't get the best camera, One of many different distributors
experience which can make the film
the cameras they used was the PMW- used to get the film out to
successful, the cost would of effected
EX3/5 this camera cost around ££6,261.67 the audience the main
the budget but not to much.
which is still a good camera given the distributor was blue sky
budget that the film has. Locations- There were many locations but they media who distributed it to
weren't specific they were just in countries which many countries, blue sky
may have not led to the success because they are not media are a big company
specific locations because they are not specific so they know connections
location just countries, meaning that there wasn’t which will get the film the
really a structure for the film meaning that this may right audience it needs to
of not led to the films success get. . I was distributed to
many different places to
Director- The director was Gareth James Edwards is an English ensure that the right
film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, audience was shown the
production designer and visual effects artist, which shows he is film and it could make as
very skilled in what he does but he has not been recognised for much money as possible.
any previous films, which shows that he didn't have much
experience before he directed this film but he had the knowledge,
to direct a film so there is a positive and a negative towards him, it
wouldn't of cost much out of the budget to have him as the
director of the film but his knowledge made the film successful
even if he didn’t have the experience .