World Cinema - Elle

 

Elle

The estimated budget was:

 

 €9,000,000 (estimated)

 

The Opening Weekend sold in Italy:

 

€378,085 (Italy)

 

Gross:

 

$801,682 (Worldwide)

 

The film is rated R but is given an 18 Certificate.

 

The film had stars in that had been in many movies before:

 

• Isabelle Huppert was casted as Michèle Leblanc in Elle. She had already done many films before like, The Lacemaker & My Best Friends Girl. She is known for doing, Elle, Amour, The Piano Teacher & I Heart Huckabees.
• Laurent Lafitte was casted as Patrick in Elle. He had already done many films before like The Crimson Rivers. He is known for Elle, The Crimson Rivers, Little White Lies & Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods.

 

Star Ratings:

 

• 7.3/10 (IMDb)
• 90% (Rotten Tomatoes)
• 3/5 (Common Sense Media)

Reasons why Elle made money:

 

• The film received good ratings from the critiques' and film sites like IMDb.
• The advertisement usually helps the film get more views. The advertisement such as posters, billboards, trailers & merchandise.

 

American Independant - Manchester By The Sea

 

Manchester By The Sea

 

The estimated budget was:

 

$8,500,000

 

The opening weekend in the USA sold:

 

$4,223,828

 

Gross:

 

$47,614,786

 

The film was rated 15

 

There is some stars in Manchester By The Sea:

 

• Casey Affleck is not a major star but he has been in some big films like, Interstellar & The Assassination of Jesse James.
• Lucas Hedges isn't a big star either but he is known for Moonrise Kingdom & The Zero Theorem.

Star Rating:

 



8/10 - IMDb

 

4/5 - Common Sense Media

 

96% - Rotten Tomatoes

 

Reasons why Manchester By The Sea made money:

 

• It was an amazon film as Amazon Studios produced it. This makes the popularity of the film go up because a lot of people use amazon.
• The film made $4,223,878 on the opening weekend.
• The film received a lot of good ratings from different sites.
• The advertisement helped the movie be a success as the advertisements is what usually helps the film become successful.

British Film - Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them

The estimated budget was:

$180,000,000

The opening weekend in the USA sold:

$74,403,387

Gross:

$721,605,251

The film was rated PG-13

There was big stars in Fantastic Beasts like:

• Eddie Redmayne - He has probably become famous for doing Les Miserables as it is a well known musical. In Les Miserables he played Marius which is one of the lead roles. The musical film got a good rating for it and it was very good. He has also done other films like, The Theory of Everything, Jupiter Ascending & The Danish Girl.

• Dan Fogler - He has been known for being in TV Series and Films. These include The Good Wife (TV Series), Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears A Who! & The Goldbergs. 
• Ezra Miller - He was known for being in TV Series and Films as well. These include, We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Batman V Superman:  Dawn of Justice & Suicide Squad. 

Star Rating:

7.6/10 (IMDb)

4/5 (Common Sense Media)

73% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Reasons why Fantastic Beasts made money:

•   The opening weekend $74,40,387

• The director directed the Harry Potter movies and has directed The Legend Of Tarzan which were both very successful.

• Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them was realised 18th November 2016, this was probably because more people would've had more time to go see films as it is in November. 

• The advertisement for this film was successful as it got peoples attention as the film made $74,40,387. The advertisement had different ways to advertise, they have billboard posters, trailers, posters and adverts on the TV. 

Representation Of Gangs

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Aims & Context

Aims & Context

• I am going to do a step out line.

• Genre - Crime/Horror

• Audience - Teenagers & Young Adults

American Blockbuster - Jurassic World

Jurassic World - American Blockbuster

The estimated budget was:

$150,000,000

The opening weekend in the USA sold:

$208,806,270

Gross:

The USA Gross - $652,270,625 

The Worldwide Gross - $1,670,400,637

The film was rated PG-13

There are big stars in Jurassic World like: 

Chris Pratt - He was in a marvel film called Guardians Of The Galaxy which is why he is well known. 

Ty Simpkins - He was in Insidious and Insidious 2 which is why he is also well known as well as Iron Man 3. 

Nick Robinson - He was in Jurassic World then he went onto making The 5th Wave. 

The Genre of the film are Action, Adventure & Sci-Fi. 

Star Rating:

7/10 (IMDB)

3/5 (Common Sense Media)

71% (Rotten Tomato) 

Reasons Why Jurassic World Made Money: 

Big stars - Chris Pratt is a big star that has been recognised recently from doing 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' which is a Marvel film and Marvel films are quite popular.

The opening weekend sold $208,806,270 

Jurassic World came out on 12th of June. This is usually the first weekend that teenagers taking their exams would be finished. 

It is part of a Franchise which automatically draws in people who were interested in the first three movies. This also makes it more likely to be selling more money more quickly. 

The director of Jurassic World - Colin Trevorrow - and executive producer - Steven Spielberg - are well known. Colin Trevorrow may not have been very famous but he did direct Safety Not Guaranteed and the rating on that got 7 stars out of 10. Whereas, Steven Spielberg is most known for the starting the 'Jaws' Franchise.

The advertisment was probably a big part of being sucessful. They had multiple different trailers, posters, billboards and probably advertisments in magazines and newspapers. The advertisments probably had to pay a lot of money but because Jurassic World was a sucess it paid off because they made a lot of money.

Reflective Horror Sequence Analysis

When we were deciding the 'storyline' for the film, I eventually came up with the idea of a serial killer with a mask on roaming around the college. I did say that the killer could stalk particular student's to make it more effective; but the person I was picturing to be the serial killer didn't actually want to be the killer. However, the idea of the serial killer being in the school did get put down for the main idea. Our audience was aimed at teenagers aged 15 and over.

When we were filming, I felt like I was the only one who was being positive and it was slightly off putting for myself although I didn't stop trying to be positive. We took it in turns to film as the first shot was of the schools sign and entrance. We did this to set the scene for the audience. The shots then continue into the school, and then fades into black.

The next shot is a close up of the killer moving towards the camera and past it. The camera then cuts to two teenagers, which shows us the film sequence is indeed set in a college. The two teenagers are made to look as if they are running from someone, possibly away from the serial killer. My critique for this shot was that, as I was in the clip I tried to be positive and acted like I was actually being chased and my group member I was with didn't quite act like he was being chased.

The next shot was of a door closing at the top of the stairs. This was made to make the viewers feel tense as to who made the door close. The shot is a medium to long shot. After that there is a shot of people walking towards and past the camera. This is another way of showing that we're in a college. It can also make the viewers feel tense as to what's going to happen to the other college students. The camera then flashes to white and fades out to a new scene.

In the next shot we see a hallway which leads to some stairs, which is panned up the stairs. I did this shot to make the viewers question if the killer is up there or not. I then recorded my shadows walking past the wall to be the killers shadow walking past. This was also to make it a bit more tense. I then walked around outside where there were bushes, making it feel like someone was going to pop out. As nobody did I particularly focused on a bench that was old and broken slightly, this was to represent loneliness and solitude.

The next thing I filmed was a spiral staircase that had a door open at the top. I thought that it would make a good ending to the sequence as the mystery is yet to be solved. I used the lighting in the area as well to my advantage because it is low-key lighting and low-key lighting doesn't make you feel as safe as high-key lighting.

Throughout the project, I felt like it was me doing everything myself as the others wouldn't help as much as I would've liked them to. One of them did more than the other but only a bit. I felt like I was doing it on my own, like it was mostly me who was filming, coming up with the idea, bringing what I could to make a mask & editing and embedding the film on my own and on my own youtube channel.