Production in the Film Industry

Media Booklet 5

Chose an Actress from the list above. What would they bring to a role in a film?

 Angelina Jolie:

She is a famous actress and very famous for the roles that she plays in action films such as ‘Tomb Raider’ and ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’.

She is a classy female actor and attracts the males for her famous looks but also for the idea of a good looking woman in action playing role.

Think about the films you have recently seen at the cinema. Which ones were recommended by word of mouth? Why did you go and see other films?

 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

I saw this film via friends recommendation and so we went to see this film and it was fantastic, definitely a film that I will recommend to others. The First Hunger Games film was brilliant as well and the second one did play up to expectations.

Insidious Chapter 2

I went to see this film because I had seen the first one and I have a sweet spot for the Horror Genre. This film was good and led into a third film in which will be being made which I will go and see also.

Find out the Budget and box Office of the following films; The Blair Witch project, Paranormal Activity and Avatar. Which of them has made the biggest profit?

 The budget for ‘The Blair Witch Project’ was only $22,500 and made $248,639,099 at the Box Office.

The Budget for ‘Paranormal activity’ was only $15,000 but was adjusted by inflation to $16,887 and then made $193,355,800 at the Box Office and was adjusted by inflation to $210,391,025.

The Budget for Avatar was $237 Million with an added $9 Million for Pre-Release. This film made an incredible $2,782,275,172 at the Box Office.

Find out the Producers and Budgets of the following British Films; Never let Me Go, The King’s Speech and Skyfall. Has film production changed in the UK since the 1990’s?

 Never Let Me Go had a budget of $15 Million and was produced by DNA films, Film4 and Fox searchlight pictures. 

The King’s Speech had a budget of $15 Million and was produced by The UK film council, Momentum Pictures, Weinstein Company.

Skyfall had a budget of $150-200 Million and was produced by Eon Productions and Danjaq.

The Budgets for the films that are produced in this day and age compared to back in the 1990’s are significantly bigger. This shows the size of the films and also the companies surrounding the making of the films. The Audience for films is much bigger as more money is being brought into the Film Industry through the Box Office.

Can you think of any more recent film soundtracks that have proved popular with audiences? Why?

Films with singing such as the American films of High School Musical and Camp Rock which were based around music and so the soundtracks would have been popular with the audiences who went to see these films.

The James Bond film soundtracks would have been popular in the same way as the star wars films and Star Trek soundtracks were very popular. These are very cinematic soundtracks with big orchestras and big sounding sounds to enhance the experience of the films.

How has Lionsgate attempted to survive in the cut-throat world of film production?

 Lionsgate are an up and coming film Production Company who are famous for their production of horror films and were made very popular through the series of Saw films which grew ever popular as they went on. The Saw franchise was probably the biggest Horror movie series in which had the biggest success. Lionsgate have also produced films such as ‘The Expendables’ which was quite popular for the big actors played in this film. Lionsgate has also produced The Hunger Games latest film of ‘Catching Fire’. Lionsgate is a company growing ever bigger as they begin to produce the bigger films with the biggest audiences.