Thursday, April 19, 2012
Film Institutions & Distributions
Warner Bro’s
Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Wonskolaser founded warner Bro’s on The 4th April 1923, however this was only when the company was formally founded, Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated actually stems back from the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, founded in 1904. Warner Brothers have, over the years been very successful, priding themselves time and time again as the best institution and distributor of film, creating some of the highest grossing movies ever and series/sagas ever, like the Harry Potter series (the highest grossing film series of all time, Harry Potter also last year, with its release of ‘Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows – Part 2’, brought Warner Bros. its highest grossing movie ever. The first movie however for Warner Bros. was ‘Where the North Begins’, produced and distributed in 1923. The star of this film was a dog-named Rin Tin Tin who was hired for $1000 per week. Some films that Warner Bro’s have produced are Gran Turino, which had a budget of $33 million. The Bucket List, which had a budget of $45 million. I Am Legend and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which both had budget of approximately $150 million. These are just a few examples of films and budgets from Warner Bro’s who produce many, many films per year.
Revolver entertainment is a marketing-lead, all rights film distribution company that was founded in 1917. It has operations in both London and Los Angeles. One thing that revolver is well-known for would be the promotional stunts that they host. Examples of this would be the Zombie gathering in Leicester Square, in which they tried to beat the world record for this as a promotional stunt for their film ‘The Zombie Diaries’. Another example would be the fact that they were superimposing the facers of political leaders onto Kidulthood billboards in London. One of their most recent successes would be the action thriller Shank. Revolver entertainment films are usually distributed by Magnolia home entertainment.
Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Wonskolaser founded warner Bro’s on The 4th April 1923, however this was only when the company was formally founded, Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated actually stems back from the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, founded in 1904. Warner Brothers have, over the years been very successful, priding themselves time and time again as the best institution and distributor of film, creating some of the highest grossing movies ever and series/sagas ever, like the Harry Potter series (the highest grossing film series of all time, Harry Potter also last year, with its release of ‘Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows – Part 2’, brought Warner Bros. its highest grossing movie ever. The first movie however for Warner Bros. was ‘Where the North Begins’, produced and distributed in 1923. The star of this film was a dog-named Rin Tin Tin who was hired for $1000 per week. Some films that Warner Bro’s have produced are Gran Turino, which had a budget of $33 million. The Bucket List, which had a budget of $45 million. I Am Legend and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which both had budget of approximately $150 million. These are just a few examples of films and budgets from Warner Bro’s who produce many, many films per year.
20th Century Fox
The Fox Film Corporation was formed in 1915 by the theatre chain pioneer William Fox, who formed Fox Film Corporation by merging two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office Attractions Company, a production company. This merging of a distribution company and a production company was an early example of vertical integration. Only a year before, the latter company had distributed Winsor McCay's groundbreaking cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur. Some examples of films 20th Century Fox have produced with the approximate budget are as listed: The Beach which had a budget of $50 million, Cast Away which had a budget of $90 million, I,Robot which had a budget of $120 million, and Water for Elephants which had a budget of $30 million. The also are just a few examples of films and budgets from 20th Century Fox who produce many, many films a year.
Revolver entertainment:
Revolver entertainment is a marketing-lead, all rights film distribution company that was founded in 1917. It has operations in both London and Los Angeles. One thing that revolver is well-known for would be the promotional stunts that they host. Examples of this would be the Zombie gathering in Leicester Square, in which they tried to beat the world record for this as a promotional stunt for their film ‘The Zombie Diaries’. Another example would be the fact that they were superimposing the facers of political leaders onto Kidulthood billboards in London. One of their most recent successes would be the action thriller Shank. Revolver entertainment films are usually distributed by Magnolia home entertainment.Preliminary Task
Dating back to our final preliminary task this was a success. We as a group reached 6000+ views enjoyed and watched by many with excellent feedback. We worked well as a team and hope to keep that level of work out throughout!
What I need to Achieve!
Here was me thinking that my blog was up to a good standard to submit but NOPE! But, after some discussion with my teacher he explained to me what I needed to do to to be able to hit a certain criteria. So I have had to gather a lot of information in a short space of time. Hopefully, I will be aiming to hit a high grade boundry with the work I have put together!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Character Profiles
Character
Profiles
These are the characters
in our piece:
Cavell
This is the main
character and focus in the piece. His mum passed away of a long-term illness
she was battling with. He is now living with his girlfriend in a flat. Damien
is his best friend more like a brother. 
Cavell is trapped in the life of gang culture and goes day by
day making money by typically selling drugs. As well as selling drugs
he wants to go to University, so he does an apprenticeship in
Engineering.
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This is Cavell’s best friend Damien who is more like a brother to him. He supports and cares for Cavell ever since his mum died.
He also is trapped in the life of gang culture and sells drugs like Cavell. He is the older of the two friends. He is quite talented at football and is at college studying sport.
Both
characters want a better life; they are just finding ways to better themselves.
Our target audience is
teenagers/young people aged 16-24. The film opening will captivate a visual
element of the life of one of the many troubled teenagers that live
in the capital.
Brainstorm -
Brainstorm-
As a group, we came up with the idea of an average young teenage boy who has been trapped in the life of gangs. His mother recently passed away and he is now living with himself in the flat or either with his girlfriend.
In the opening sequence we will see him getting ready for what appears to be just another ordinary day. The opening sequence will provide visual elements of the boy waking up, having a shower in a normal modern day life as you do. He got ready to meet his friend who was waiting outside ready to pick him up in a car.
Cavell -
Cavell is the main character and focus in this piece. His mother passed away from a long term illness which has been a constant battle for both him and his mother before she passed away. Cavell is trapped inside his own body and doesn’t know what to with himself anymore and has now ensnared himself with the gang life and only has his friend Damien and girlfriend to rely on. He goes day by day by selling drugs but wants to swap that lifestyle and hopefully go to university so that he can go on and make his mother proud.
Damien -
Damien is Cavell’s best friend [Brother] who is always showing his support and sympathy to Cavell. He is always there to share the good and bad time with him. Damien is a talented footballer who is currently studying sports studies at college and is trying to pursue a football career and tying to stay off the roads.
As a group, we came up with the idea of an average young teenage boy who has been trapped in the life of gangs. His mother recently passed away and he is now living with himself in the flat or either with his girlfriend.
In the opening sequence we will see him getting ready for what appears to be just another ordinary day. The opening sequence will provide visual elements of the boy waking up, having a shower in a normal modern day life as you do. He got ready to meet his friend who was waiting outside ready to pick him up in a car.
Cavell -
Cavell is the main character and focus in this piece. His mother passed away from a long term illness which has been a constant battle for both him and his mother before she passed away. Cavell is trapped inside his own body and doesn’t know what to with himself anymore and has now ensnared himself with the gang life and only has his friend Damien and girlfriend to rely on. He goes day by day by selling drugs but wants to swap that lifestyle and hopefully go to university so that he can go on and make his mother proud.
Damien -
Damien is Cavell’s best friend [Brother] who is always showing his support and sympathy to Cavell. He is always there to share the good and bad time with him. Damien is a talented footballer who is currently studying sports studies at college and is trying to pursue a football career and tying to stay off the roads.
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