In my opinion, is it a good or bad thing that digital film-making has the potential to lessen the control that American film studios have over the film industry- do I think this will happen?
For as long as I can remember all I would see is the denomination of American films that was all I could see and that was all I could watch, from Disney’s ‘Lion king’ when I was a child to the ‘Spiderman chronicles’ today in my late teens. This is a bad thing as film was used to show different cultures and people where very interested in seeing how the other side live now the film industry is as we can say Americanised, all films show the American way of life and it is very interesting that in sci-fi or action films America (American government) saves the world to us we know that the story is fictional but in other places where it is more isolated so to speak will actually believe that America has this great power if they are constantly seeing this on their TV screens.
But things have changed, before America could afford these big budget busting films with all the latest technology and that was all we would see on the big screen but now digital film making has taken over making it far more easier to use so that any can create a film and distribute it worldwide thanks to the improved internet. With the introduction of digital film making everyone has a chance to air their own innovation which is a plus as brings back the cultural identity which was very close to being lost. Not only that but it gives inspiring film makers and independent production companies get to show off their own skills at a low cost we are no longer relying on American film studios to create a good film, with the use of modernised technology it is easier to travel to around to get great scene shot rather than using an American studio which as mentioned before lessen the control that America has over film-making.
Finally as mentioned the internet has increase the influences of film-making as it is extraordinary great resource for film- distribution thanks to the help of you tube and social networks such as ‘Facebook’ and ‘Myspace’ this way small production companies would not have to relate on bigger American companies to distribute their film and taking their profits. So do believe that it is a good thing that American film studio has the potential to lose their control due to digital film-making.
Sunday 9 May 2010
Sunday 25 April 2010
Slumdog Millionaire Research
Synopsis
Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India¹s "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show¹s questions.
Each chapter of Jamal¹s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show¹s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?
When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out.
Here are some of their marketing materials.
Film trailers are considered to be one of the most important marketing strategies for the film. The main purpose of the film trailer is to aware about the film which is going to be released soon in the near future. When we go the cinemas to watch any movie before the film starts we saw many movie trailers one by one especially those movies whose marketing has not yet been started. The main aim for this is to create hype and the excitement among the viewers for the upcoming movies. Basically trailers are considered to be the short film advertisement of new films. It gives hint about the story line, casting stars and the location of the movie.
A film poster is a poster used to advertise a film There may be several versions for one film, with variations in regards to size, content and country of production of the poster. It usually contains an image with text, though this has evolved over time from image-free bill posters through to the highly visual digital productions of today. The text usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tag line the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc.
Production
The production companies for Slumdog Millionaire are:
Slumdog millionaire's main production company is film 4 Which has a horizontal integration as even though film 4 is a fairly large company it has looked for other distributions such as waner bros and pathe pictures.
Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India¹s "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show¹s questions.
Each chapter of Jamal¹s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show¹s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?
When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out.
Here are some of their marketing materials.
Film trailers are considered to be one of the most important marketing strategies for the film. The main purpose of the film trailer is to aware about the film which is going to be released soon in the near future. When we go the cinemas to watch any movie before the film starts we saw many movie trailers one by one especially those movies whose marketing has not yet been started. The main aim for this is to create hype and the excitement among the viewers for the upcoming movies. Basically trailers are considered to be the short film advertisement of new films. It gives hint about the story line, casting stars and the location of the movie.
A film poster is a poster used to advertise a film There may be several versions for one film, with variations in regards to size, content and country of production of the poster. It usually contains an image with text, though this has evolved over time from image-free bill posters through to the highly visual digital productions of today. The text usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tag line the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc.
Production
The production companies for Slumdog Millionaire are:
- Film4 Production
- Celador Films
In August 2007, Waner independent pictures acquired the North American rights and pathe the international rights to distribute Slumdog Millionaire theatrically. However, in May 2008, Warner Independent Pictures was shut down, with all of its projects being transferred to Warner bros its parent studio. Warner Bros. doubted the commercial prospects of Slumdog Millionaire and suggested that it would go straight to DVD without a U.S. theatrical release. In August 2008, the studio began searching for buyers for various productions, to relieve its overload of end-of-the-year films. Halfway through the month, Warner Bros. entered into a pact with Fox searchlight to share distribution of the film, with Fox Searchlight buying 50% of Warner Bros.'s interest in the movie and handling U.S. distribution.
Following the film's success at the 81st Academy Awards the film topped the worldwide box office (barring North America), grossing $16 million from 34 markets in the week following the Academy Awards. Worldwide, the film has currently grossed over $377 million.| Released on DVD: | March 31, 2009 |
| DVD Units Sold: | 2,021,217 |
Slumdog millionaire's main production company is film 4 Which has a horizontal integration as even though film 4 is a fairly large company it has looked for other distributions such as waner bros and pathe pictures.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
