How to structure a response

Ao1: argument (25makrs)
Ao2: examples (25makrs)
45minutes to produce a response


Introduction: briefly express your opinion
                    Identify your film institution


Main: US v UK- link to my opinions
          Disney v movment, flim 4
          Tron         Moon, Kickass
          Toy story
4 quadrants:
pre production
production
distrubtion ( wide release)
exchange (how i can buy or watch)
Conclusion: what does the future hold?
technology becomes cheaper
watch at home on the move


introduction:
- i agree with the statment given
- they can afford all special effects and big famous names which brings in a lot of money for the company
- they can buy all screenings that are available and mercendise that they need to make the film bigger


Main:Hollywood
- Toy story 3 budget was $200,000,000
- the production cost $30,000
- the totoal gross of the film was $415,004,880
- they got paid all together $15,000,000
- prints and advertising, mercendise where $35,000,000
- the director of the film was Lee Unkrich, and the producer was Darla K. Anderson
- diseny bourght pixar for the film
- it made $1,063,171,911 worldwide
- released in eurpoe 6 days earlier than noth america
Compare the budget between the two films which is linked to where they are made as hollywood has a bigger selling audience than the UK. He directed all the toy storys, monsters ink and finding nemo and the producer of this film also did monsters ink, cars and bugs life which were big grossing films for younger children. show the mercendise and how much of a difference they made to the over all cost.
UK
- Moons budget was $5million
- the mercendise cost less than $10
- it was done all on green screens in one place to save money
- there was one actor in the film and they used the split screen but never saw them together as it cost more to do so
- directed by Duncan jones, produced by Trudie Snyder
- they put the voice for the robot on at the last minute to see what the film was like
- specail effects were made on a small budget
- moon took $1,813,302 in the UK for a total of $9,747,108 at the box office and worldwide came to $4,736,945
- it earned $9.5M worldwide
He directed moon and source code which are similar films but he uses bigger names for source code, but it set in one place to save money. She produced Snatch and Lock Stock, She also owned Liberty Films Production Company. they watched the film first then put the sound track on.
Hollywood
- Trons budget was $17million
- invested $170million in Torn
- box office disappointment taken $33million
-directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Steven Lisberger
- they pulled out all the stops on the marketing to get money back
- 23 minute preview screened on IMAX theatres over the world.
- they also put it in 3D to make more money
- they used many different special effects for the film and places to film
- their were a few big name characters which makes money for the film too
He directed tron legacy and horizon which are all about big special effects and making them as an actor stand out. He produced all the trons which shows he is a big fan on making specail effects and bettering a film. compare costs of the films and the budget.
Uk
- Kick Ass budget was $30million
- took $350m at the box office as the starred Angelina Jolie
-directed by Matthew Vaughn, who co-produced the film with actor Brad Pitt
- 14 weeks and 14hours everyday for casting, drafting the script, the sets, the costumes and the filming.
- made $37million world-wide by the us opening weekend 
- writer Mark Millar who was the directer
- they had to make the story a comic first to see how it would do then made it into the film
He directed x-men: first class and stardust. He produced the time traverls wife and the departed which have big actors in them and are both hollywood films and uk films he works with.

Conclusion:
the hollywood films are the biggest selling company ever from the makers like disney, pixar, warner brothers and theres a few others. talk about what i think will happen to the film industry later on in life, and what i think about hollywood films and uk films and there similarities and difference's.

Tron

Disney invested $170million in Torn which was seemed as risky as the original was a box office disappointment taken $33million having cost $17million. To ensure their investment they pulled out all the stops on marketing the film.  Disney designed an exciting line up plan for the movie, some highlights: 3d experience, midnight screening, behind the scene clips, tech gadgets, clothing, toys and more and video game based on the Tron. A new poster was released on December 19, 2009 and banners were released on October 19, 2010 for the second still movie and combining segments from the original Tron poster. The first trailer was released on March 5, 2010 with Alice in wonderland, the second trailer was attached to step up 3D, and another was attached to resident evil and jackass. A new trailer was released on November 9 2010, it was previewed on air on November 5 during episodes of the suit life on deck. It was soon in the Disney theme park as a sneak peak in 3D. The Legacy of the River" that is found in ice hotel in Disney, a high-tech suite inspired by “Tron Legacy”. There was a 23 minute preview screened on IMAX theatres over the world.

The film starts with the main character entering the grid and the film changing from 2D to 3D which shows the audience the computer made world, it shows how it’s changed over 28years. The technology for landscapes had some what changed since 1982 when it was released. Tron was the first film to use computer generated backgrounds and special effects, very basic vector graphics. Clu the character was fully computer generated and was played by Bridges but looks younger this time as feat achieved with motion capture and CGI trickery. The audience was left enthralled, prisoners of the virtual world. It was in cinema on 17 December.

The soundtrack used daft punk for the green screen for the Tron legacy movie.  They get third bill on the trailer after the title and the fact the movies in 3D; also they get their own promo poster. Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood and Trent Reznor worked on the social network to help create the mood and understanding menace. Metal band mastodon recorded the music for the DC comics. They use the right artist for the theme of the soundtrack so it fits and sounds good with the movie, but financially doesn’t always follow when a studio hands a entire score to a act, by doing this it would have hit the box office peak. Disney Tron blow the budget $170million. There is no harm going for the synergy music and movie in the case of Tron, which meets sci-fi Sonics.

By using rock power it can take a scintilla in one scene to transform the whole movie. Rock can convey ennui just as effectively like the climax to the graduate. Movie makers and musicians during the 1960s and 70s put a great deal of effort into the soundtrack, even if they had to get an artist to compose the music from scratch. These days artist like to make their soundtracks from scratch as it’s more original. Film music can be compilation of jukebox classic across all genres also cutting edge ambient atmospheric or high-energy electronica. As well as new neo-classical themes or blend of original and off the shelf music which can pull the movie together.

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Spiderman

The script and development of the film spiderman came up to $10million, 5% of it was the script. Davide Koepp got an eghit figure on payday from making of the film. There were 4 fresh writers that also helped, including Pulitz er prize winning novelist Micheal Chabon. The licening cost $20million, Marvel owns the spiderman characters and since 1999 there has been bickering and the price has been going up even further. The co-creater Stan Lee got paid £1million but Lee has threatened to sue for the share of profits from licening.

Every week the producer and director are paid the traditional wage for the lenght of  the shoots. Its called 'above the line' costs that there admited to pay before they start rolling. Producers get $15million spiderman 2 had one co-prodcuer and three executive producers. The director gets $10million, directors are usually brought on after the casting and if the audience dislike the scene the director has to cut or reshoot parts. The chairwomen hirred evil dead director Sam Raini, who wasnt well know to keep costs down.

Cast cost $30million Tobey Maguire landed the title and got $4million which changed to $17million for the sequal. Kirstin Dunst was paid $5-$6million for spiderman 2. Alfred Molina would be paid in the region of $1million, the rest of the cast would get about $3million. Agents and managers go home with 10-15% of their clients payday. Below the line cost $45million is the physical production including crew fees. photographying took up to 3 weeks relocating to get the right shoots.

Special effects cost $65million and music cost $5million, effects is one of the big blockbusters spenders and is growing fast, but music is no more than 2% of their budget and Danny Elfman composed the music and got a fee of near $2million. Prints and advertising came up to $75million, advertising costs are not actually included in the production budget, spending $200million on making the film even more money will be spent on marketing it.

Kick Ass

The main characters featured in Kick Ass were Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasses and Mark Strong, it was directed by Matthew Vaughn and the film was releases on April 16 2010, the generation of the film is 1hour and 53minutes long.

This film is a superhero comedy film which is based on the comic of Marvel Comic's the chief writer Mark Millar who was the executive directer to the film 'Wanted' which starred Angelina Jolie and took $350m at the box office because she was starred as she is a big actresses. There was a lot of hard work put into the film Kick Ass as it took 14 weeks and 14hours everyday for casting, drafting the script, the sets, the costumes and the filming. There was a massive different between the movie Kick Ass and the comic book Kick Ass, in the film its a happy ending as he gets the girl after telling her everything but in the the comic when he tells her she wants nothing to do with him and tells him to 'fuck off'.

A lot of the scenes in the film are not what they seem and catch your eye which convinces you its realistic. They used hugged green screens for the fighting scenes which caused a lot of trouble on set at Elstree studios. Special effects like motion tools which were used so you could track the background and features called speactramatte which allows to you change the keys with such fine detail, which makes it so realistic. He trys to get the highest quilty of sound so they dont have to do it again and so it will sound the same for next time. It was inportant they got a interesting soundscape to cut through out the film. The wide-range sounds track was also a changelle to keep consistency mainting the material through a range from elvis to prodigy.

The film was given a R-rating which wasnt good when the film was amied at 14year old boys but some how after realsing the tralier for the movie it got everyones attention, also by marketing Kick Ass as posters like all films do and indivigual ones of the characters which were realsed to allow the audience to get to know each hero and what their like. The film in the end made $37million world-wide by the us opening weekend they did which made its budget back straight away. The film did well but not as well as some people thought it would do, as they didnt make any extra money on top of the budget.

The music used in the film was composed by John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius De Vreid and Iian Eshkeri, but Murphy's music stands out the most as it sounds from his two films '28 days later' and 'Sunshine'. Using the same music again doesnt always get everyones attention but his choice was relatively obscure and a nice treat for movie buff. They used it at the early stages in the making of the film as it was a temporary measure. It is hard to use some music as it might not fit in well with the scene thats why he used re-use music as it fitted better.

Narrated by Dave Lizewski, this story is about himself as a New York teenager and buying a costume and dressing up as a hero as he wants to be noticed and fight crime. At the begining there is nothing special about him he is an average person wanting to be a hero and help average people like himself make it safer on the streets, he makes a name for himself 'Kick Ass' and slowly becomes a big hit with the public. Before he even became a super hero and well known there were two other hero's called Big Daddy and Hit Girl who are played by  Nicolas Cage and Chloe Mortez who are a father and daughter fighting crime and trying to work their selfs up to kill Frank D'Amico as he played a part in killing Big Daddys wife whilst he was in prison for something Frank D'Amico did. Franks son Chris becomes a part of the hero's 'Red Mist' as he wants to part of his dads company and get involved but he doesnt understand the actually reason he is wanting to kill these hero's, but when it is shown in front of the whole nation the final show down of Kick Ass.

My cinema experiance

The cinema vue i went to has 9 viewing screens which show different films at a time and some over run so they can fit enough people in to watch the film as some films become very popular as they might be a series of them or big actors/actresses names shown in the film or like the film lion king which was a big hit and is a lot of peoples childhood memories which they created into 3D which got a lot of peoples attention to see if it is any better. There are a number of different genre films from romance to action and also horror, so there is something for everyone and the ones that get the most viewers are put into the biggest cinema rooms and shown a lot more than other films as these are the films that make the most money and are wanted to be shown more often compared to other films that might not be as popular, lion king is for everyone from teens to adults from youngsters as its a big part of everyone life as a child and brings people together again. The staff help you to your seat and tell you want screen you are in and hope you enjoy the film, they also give you your ticket and other items like popcorn and sweets you may buy which is where they make there money as they are more expensive to buy at the cinema than they are anywhere else, if the customer enjoys there time they will come back again and gives the cinema more money. The prices at the vue are:
Adult: £8.00
Children:£5.95
Teen 13to18: £6.35
student: £6.75
Senior: £5.95
Family: £23.80
Orange Wednesdays: 2for1
VIP seats: £1.70 on top of normal price
3D screeings: Adult: £2.60 on top of normal price
                        Student/Teen/Senior/Children: £1.95 "          "
                        Family: £7.80 "        "
                        Over 18: £1.05

Disney

The Disney channel is owned by Walt Disney and known as the largest best-known studio in Hollywood. Disney also owns the well known Disney channel television show, operates the ABC broadcast television network, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions as well as owning and licenses 14 theme parks around the world. The 10 biggest grossing films made from Walt Disney are:

1)     Finding Nemo (2003)

2)     The Lion King (1994)

3)     Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

4)     The Incredibles (2004)

5)     Monsters, Inc. (2001)

6)     Toy Story 2 (1999)

7)     Aladdin (1992)

8)     Toy Story (1995)

9)     Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

10)  Tarzan (1999)