Sexy beast analysis

 

What impact does it have on the production of a film, if it is produced by a large global conglomerate?

 

What impact does it have on the production of a film, if it is produced by a large global conglomerate?

When a company such as Warner Bros is in control of the production of a film The film will have first of all a massive budget to cover the costs of the actors, CGI, locations etc and then has a separate budget almost as big as the movies production budget just for advertising the film. An example of this can be the production of the film Wonder Woman which had a total budget of 120-150 million dollars with the movie making 821.8 million USD.

As Wonder Woman was produced by Warner Bros it is expected to have a pretty big budget as I explained above the total budget for the production of Wonder woman was around 120-150 million dollars and it was around the same budget for internet and television advertisements with the television advertisements they had spent just over 3 million USD. When a movie like wonder woman is made and it makes a massive profit that profit can be used to fund other movies that are being made by the same company and example of this can be Aqua man and the rest of the most recent DCEU movies. Along with getting a big budget is that you can spend it on various shooting locations and set design such as the beach sequence in wonder woman where they had filmed In Palinuro in Italy this is where all of the Themyscira scenes were filmed.

Having a large budget also effects how much visual effects and CGI can go into any scene that needs it such as the beach fight scene and the many slow-motion shots throughout the whole of Wonder Woman. When doing the special effects in Wonder Woman Patty Jenkins the director always story-boarded the scene so in case they wanted to change something when they were visualising they could easily make the change, and then go into the final stages of the VFX and CGI. They also used A lot of Blue and Green screen especially in the shots where they had large environments such as the beach fight scene and the ending fight scene against Ares in Wonder Woman.

With the budget Wonder Woman was given they were able to film on 70mm IMAX cameras these are one of the biggest Cameras you can use to film a movie and get it to look as nice as possible on an IMAX screen. IMAX cameras need extremely large rigs to be able to manoeuvre them or you will need lots of manpower. These types of cameras were extremely useful when it came to filming the beach fight scene as they had a massive rig which allowed them to circle around the whole of the 900 extras that were featured in the fight scene. When filming with all these extras they were spread over two beaches working with this many people means that both the producer and the director will have to work together to control and fox any issues with the filming or the choreography.

In conclusion having a big film production company Helps dramatically by giving the movie produced a huge budget if it is tied to a big company such as Wonder Woman being tied to DC. This allows for the movie to already have a following such as fans of the comics or previous media iterations of the character.

 Film Industry Belstone 

1) Belstone pictures was founded in 2016 After Finn had come back from working overseas in Los Angeles.

2)They are an indie film company based in the UK.

3) Fin Cardigan is the owner of Belstone pictures with a few of his relatives being producers in many of their films.

4) Belstone pictures has only been running for 4 years and in those four years they have produced three movies one of which made it into theatres this film was 'Tucked'

5) Tank 432 is there biggest film out and cost around 300,000 pounds but had not made as much money as their most recent film Tucked.

6) They do not tend to work with the same directors as they may not be able to afford them for a second time.

7) Tracks is one of there movies that is currently in production with no current release date.

Film Industry

1) In 1903 Warner Bros started acquiring movie theatres but they had only begun producing films at the beginning of 1913.

2) In 1917 they shifted their main production headquarters to Hollywood, California where they then went on to establish Warner Brothers Pictures in 1923

3) The production company Warner Media and the recent CEO of Warner Brothers is Ann Sarnoff. Other companies that Warner Media own are AT&T, HBO, Viacom, and the Walt Disney Company.

4) Warner Bros has been running for almost 97 years 

5) The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Twister and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are Warner Bros highest grossing films. These helped Warner Brothers fund many of their other upcoming films from that point on especially the DCEU movies.

6) The budget for the Dark Knight rises 250 million USD, the budget of Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 was also 250 million USD, while the budget of Aquaman was only 200 million USD.

7) For the majority of their top films they tend to work with a lot of the same actors and directors to make sure that the feel of the film stays the same.

8) Some of the upcoming films include Shazam fury of the gods, Wonder Woman 84, The Flash, Sesame Street, The Suicide Squad and Sherlock Holmes 3 and the Green Lantern Corps movie.

 Introduction to Film Genre 

1) A film genre is a category based on similarities either in the narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the emotional response to the film.

2) Genre is used to develop the type of story the filmmakers are trying to create and then focuses on the target audience they are trying to get the watch the film e.g horror film audiences 

3) A sub genre is the division of a larger genre of film. They are also used to keep fans of the genre more invested rather than using the same basic form of the genre e.g comedy a sub genre of that would be Rom-com.

4) A hybrid genre is when you don't focus exclusively on one genre but you blend two or more genres into the film.

 

Mean Girls analysis                                                                          Nosa Ighodaro

 

Costumes

In this Mean Girls scene all the actresses can be seen wearing pink this has connotations to them being very feminine and a typical “girly girl”, this also shows that they very much care about their appearances and how they are seen by everyone around them. Cady however does not match the dress code exactly; this later shows her becoming nervous and thinking she wont fit in because she did not dress the way the other girls dressed. The mothers costume connotes to her wanting to relate to her daughter and her friends by wearing the same type of clothes and colours as them which can also indicate that she wants to be younger.

Props

There are many props throughout this scene that have deep dives into the characters and how they are portrayed especially on the characters themselves. The most common prop shown on the cast are purses, handbags, and makeup; This connotes to them again being very feminine and that they very much care about their appearance and they will carry excessive amounts of items to make sure their appearance is kept to a specific standard such is their very girly stereotype. In the house however all the props are used to portray the wealthiness of the family such as the roman statue that is seen upon entering the house, this can be seen as quite an expensive object leasing the audience to think that this family is very rich.

Colours

The colours used in this scene are implemented to show the stereotypes of the characters. The main colour spread throughout this scene is pink which again is seen as a very feminine colour alluding to the main characters stereotypes. The colours of the interior and exterior of the house is all white which be wealthy among other things such as pure meaning the family think they are innocent which is almost the opposite of what they are.

 

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