Film Pitch 2015-2016

Assignment 2: Film Pitch

Our production task for Assignment 2 involves coming up with our own film promotion for an original movie that we have created.

*Note: this CANNOT be a Science Fiction film due to clashes with the exam topic

Title and tagline: Vengeance: “He’s never gonna stop” 

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable): Action, Thriller

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer): A man sets out to kill an entire gang because they killed his family and all he wants is Vengeance

Other successful films that is similar to yours: Taken, The Crow, Taken 2

Narrative structure – what happens in the film and in what order (max 100 words)? The film takes place in current in current Miami, Florida where an ex-marine soldier man comes home from work to find his family killed in cold blood. As left behind evidence prove to be the most ruthless gang in all of Miami known as the Poison Ivies. As his mind fills with anger and Vengeance he sets out to destroy the gang. This means that he must remember all of his military training in order to track down the gang using a set of deadly skills which the gang will not expect. He will stop at nothing.

Hero/heroine, their desires, and the conflicts they encounter etc.: Alex Ryder – An ex-marine who has the record for the most kills in one tour is Afghanistan, sets out to find the gang Poison Ivies who killed his family in cold blood as he will stop at nothing until he sees them all dead and he fulfils his Vengeance.

Costume/props that the hero requires (for film poster photo-shoot): A 16 year old boy dressed up in all black with a dark lighting with a ruthless facial expression looking away from the camera. And also will have a dark background to settle the mood.

Other characters and their audience appeal: Stretch – The leader of the Poison Ivies. Black belt in Martial Arts and spend 5 years in Apalachee Correctional Institution Prison for apparent manslaughter on his own father.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

My target audience is aimed at teenagers aged 16-55 and over because the movie can contain violent gory scenes and a lot of explicit language. Also more aimed at the male and largely the middle class with parents in ABC1 Social class classification. Audience likely to be in education, thinking about going to university and interested in hard-core ruthless films.  

Film trailer and poster analysis of The Wolf Of Wall Street

The Wolf Of Wall Street
Stars: 
The movie has many famous actors to play a big part in the film because as they have a very big established audience, this influences the audience to go and watch this because they like the actors in the film, this means they would spend their money to go and see it.

• Leonardo DiCaprio: Titanic
• Margot Robbie: Neighbours
• Jonah Hill: 21 Jump Street
• Jon Bernthal: The Walking Dead

Production:

The company that produced this big film was by Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Studios or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of U.S. This attracts a big audience as it has a very established audience as they have made many films like:

• The Mission Impossible Series 
• World War Z
• Cowboys vs Aliens

Genre:
This movie contains many different genres for this film. Firstly, the main genre is comedy because it has lots of mature jokes. It also has black comedy.    A black comedy (or dark comedy) is a comic work that employs farce and morbid humour, which, in its simplest form, is humour that makes light of subject matter usually considered taboo. It also has crime fiction because it is based on a real story of a criminal who made $50 million dollars illegally. it also is a biological film, a biological film is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used.

Release:
The movie was release in January 2014 all around the world. 

Money:
The movie's budget was $100,000,000 for the whole movie production. As they had to pay back the money the movie made a grossing of   $116,866,727 by March 2014

User Reviews

By far the Best Movie of the Year, Best Actor, Best Director! The whole supporting cast is excellent as well. This movie will not disappoint it was much better than I expected and the duration of the movie is not felt at all. It definitely did not feel like a 3 hour production. Scorsese put this movie together brilliantly! You are on your toes and engaged throughout from beginning to end. Leonardo DiCaprio is at his best! He will take you through the highs and lows of the movie with an Oscar Winning Performance. I read about Jordan Beaufort and it appears that Scorsese and DiCaprio made this movie as accurate as possible which I really appreciate. I commend Scorsese and DiCaprio for keeping this epic picture as authentic as possible. After all this is Hollywood.

Genre & NCIS

Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Genre: The genre of this film is Sci-Fi and Action because its about two iconic superheroes going face-to-face to try and show whose the most dominant hero and the real protector of Earth. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is an upcoming American superhero film distributed by Warner Bros Pictures.

NCIS:
Narrative: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City's own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis' most revered, modern-day saviour, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting a distinctive and iconic fight on the line.


Character:  The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and owner of Wayne Enterprises. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered with a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and crafts a bat-inspired persona to fight crime. These two iconic characters are Scientific-related because one is from a different planet sent to earth to protect it while one already protects it and they go face-to-face to see who is most dominant.

Iconography: What we see is two superheroes going to war with each other. this shows how two people have to pick a side as people can look up to both superheroes.

Setting: The setting takes place in earth but one of the superheroes hails from another science-fictional planet called Krypton.







Evil Dead (2013)

Genre: The genre for this film is horror because the film is about devil possession and it in the middle of a forest which is quite typical for where a horror film will take place

NCIS:
Narrative: Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival.

Characters: A women who is a drug addict goes with 3 friends and her brother to a cabin in the middle of the woods and gets possessed by the devil as she kills everyone one by one.

Iconography: There is no one to look up to in this film as everyone has the equal chance of danger of dying that others.

Settings: The settings is in a cabin in the middle of the woods which is a very typical place for the movie.







The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies (2014)

Genre: The genre for this film is fantasy, action as it is based in a fictional world with many different creatures like dragons and dwarves.

NCIS:
Narrative: Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

Characters: The characters in this films are Thorin Oakenshield, a dwarf eager to take his rightful place as king on the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins, a little Hobbit who is stuck between his home in the Shire and helping taking the Lonely Mountain. Gandalf, a wizard helping the movement towards the Lonely Mountain. Legolas, an elf who is destined to fulfil his fathers wish to destroy Thorin. Azog the Defiler, a pale orc who leads an army on the Mountain.

Iconography: You can look up to almost anyone in this film as they are all iconic in their own way because they all have their own speciality and secrets.

Settings: Middle-earth is the setting of much of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. The term is equivalent to the term Midgard of Norse mythology, describing the human-inhabited world, i.e. the central continent of world of Tolkien's imagined mythological past. Tolkien's most widely read works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, and Middle-earth has also become a short-hand to refer to the legendarium or its "fictional-universe".

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Age:  12 - 45

Gender: 60% Male and 40% females

Education: Wide range of education

Race/ Ethnicity: Wide range of ethnicity

Job/ Profession: Wide range of professions

Social Class: Upper middle class to Working class

Home: Mainly cities/ countryside

Typography - Task 1

Camerawork: Minority Report shot-by-shot analysis

Wide Shot: In this shot, the image of the protagonist (Tom Cruise) is trying to run away from the pursuers. We see this image of the car which looks worn-out and wrecked and it has been abandoned. this shows that it possibly has something to do with a fight scene that can potentially happen. There is also enough background to show that this is an alley way so it shows that it will be a narrow fight as alley ways are normally narrow so there is little space to run away so the protagonist will be forced to fight.  

Medium Close Up: In this image we see the protagonists pursuers which appear to be dressed in a special futuristic suit which can imply that they are ready for a fight. Also it shows enough background to show that there are more than one pursuer which can highlight the fact that the protagonist is desperately needed to be captured alive or left for dead.  





Close Up: In this image we see that the protagonist is captured and his facial expression can show that he is nervous about what is about to happen. This could show that he has to quickly react to what he can do. We needn't to see any background as he is trying to quickly think

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GCSE Media Key Concepts

Language
We know it is a Science-Fiction poster because the Title, the release date and the tag-line shows how that Earth has been destroyed for a very long time. also the font shows how the world has become destroyed and it is now a wasteland, which shows the science-fictional genre of the film.

Institution
The movie was made by RatPac-Dune Entertainment as they are owned by Warner Brothers who are known for amazing films like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes which are both post-apocalyptic science fiction films. The movie was directed by George Miller and produced by Doug Mitchell

Audience 
The target audience is mostly targeted at older male teenagers that are very fond of post-apocalyptic adventure. Also this film can be targeted towards older males as well because this film is a remake of another Mad Max that was made in 1979 with Mel Gibson and it was favoured by many teenagers back in the day and they would love to watch a remake that came out recently due to new ages of technology. Also the movie contains a lot of fighting and action that many teens and young adults would enjoy.

Representation
The focal picture shows a man looking into the distance where it shows many bad guys coming to kill him so he's on the run to get away from them in his cool muscle car. This shows that the movie can be targeted to petrol-heads and for people who loves action. Also there are no women in this poster so women may look away from a film like this as there are no women. 

GCSE Media Summer Project (Improved Learners Response)

Guardians Of The Galaxy
1)
-The movie: Guardians Of the Galaxy fits into the sub-genres of Action, Adventure and Comedy because as it is part of the Marvel series.
-The movie is about a group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.
-The setting is based in space which consists of many science-fictional planets. Also another way about how this movie is a science-fiction film is that there are many funky spaceships and it contains many extra-terrestrial organisms that comes in many shapes and sizes. Also there is a talking raccoon named Rocket and also the main enemy is a evil creature along with a talking tree and all it says is "I Am Groot".  
-The themes is of criminals turned into superheroes as they try to save the galaxy from evil. Also this movie contains the sub-genre of fantasy and adventure because it contains the typical good vs evil.

2)
-The company responsible for making this film is Marvel and Directed by James Gunn
- The Cast:
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana as Gamora
Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
Vin Diesel as Groot
Bradley Cooper as Rocket
Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Djimon Hounsou as Korath
Glenn Close as Nova Prime Irani Rael
Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector:
-Year Of Release: July 2014
-Owner Of Marvel: Avi Arad
-Marvel is known for many film most importantly:   

Iron Man (2008)Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) Thor: The Dark World (2013)The Avengers (2012 film)

Budget: $170,000,000
Critical Reception: Ratings: 8.1/10 from 537,794 users   Metascore: 76/100
Reviews: 1,042 user | 636 critic | 46 from Metacritic.com

Users Reviews

A Beautiful Space Fantasy

31 July 2014 | by alan_holloway_2 (England) – See all my reviews

It's no surprise that when Marvel's latest movie was released many, many people (the non comics reading kind, mainly) said "Who?" The comic itself has never been what you call top tier, with various incarnations having been around for decades, although the film is based on the team created by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning in 2008, now being serviced by top writer Brian Bendis.

Marvel certainly have made sure the Guardians have plenty of publicity, turning a bunch of also rans into a must see event and even having the confidence to proclaim "The Guardians Of The Galaxy Will Return" at the end of the movie. This is a company with the utmost confidence in their product, and after seeing it it's very easy to understand why.

First and foremost, Guardians... is fun. After a truly heartbreaking beginning everything goes a bit daft, mixing swashbuckling sci fi action with larger than life characters, and whilst at first you may be a little puzzled, it all streamlines into a simple plot soon enough. Basically, Guardians leader Peter Quill (known mainly to only himself as Star Lord) has a plot device, and other people also want the plot device. He forms an alliance with a very disparate bunch of people who each have their own reason for helping him. To go into more detail really isn't that necessary, as all it will involve is laying out a roster of names and personal grievances, and you'll get all that when you watch the film, because if you're reading this review I will lay odds you're going to see it.

The movie looks beautiful throughout, probably thanks to the thousand or so "Digital Artists" who take up a large part of the end credits. Ship design is fantastic, with many looking like they were pulled direct from a Chris Foss art book, and if you know Foss you'll know this is a high compliment. Yeah, the bad guys have dull, dark vessels with inadequate lighting (surely evil needs to see as well?) but the good guys have some sexy vessels indeed. Sound wise, it may seem odd that a 2014 state of the art sci fi movie will have a 1970's chart soundtrack, but the inclusion of The Runaways, Rupert Holmes and, of course, Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" is completely explained and rather poignant. It would be nice, too, if kids start downloading some of this awesome old stuff and finally start listening to real music (so speaks an old fart).

So in a nutshell this is a very good movie. It's packed with fun and enjoyable characters, but also has it's fair share of down beats and dead beats. Top honours are fought out for between Chris Pratt, excellent and ridiculously likable as Peter Quill, and the brilliant Rocket Raccoon, a purely CGI character stuffed with attitude and some great one liners. The other main characters all do well, however, with even big bag Ronan (no, not the Boyzone one, mores the pity) being well served and very well played with menace aforethought by Lee Pace.

One thing people want to know about Marvel films is what's the after credits scene like? Well, without being spoilery, I'll say two things: one, it's NOT a big reveal or anything like that, but two, it's really funny if you have a knowledge of a certain old Marvel character. Oh yeah, and you get to play everyone's favourite game in the movie - 'Spot Stan Lee'. It just wouldn't be the same without him mugging it up somewhere.

In closing, "Guardians Of The Galaxy" is right up there with the rest of Marvel's cinematic output, making a clear mark by being totally different to anything else we've so far seen. It's Fun with a capital 'F', and engaging throughout. Some of the violence may be a bit much for smaller kids, and there's a bit of moderately fruity language (is 'dick' fruity still? I fall behind sometimes). That said, kids who don't mind a walking tree impaling people or a raccoon murderising people with a kick ass gun will have a blast. Big, beautiful and bad ass, "Guardians Of The Galaxy" is definitely the feel good fantasy of 2014, as evidenced by the grin still stuck to my face. All together now... "I'm hooked on a feeling..."

A sprawling space opera full of humor and action.

Author: Brent Hankins from www.nerdrep.com
30 July 2014

I remember sitting in Hall H at Comic-Con two years ago, when Marvel first announced Guardians of the Galaxy. This came on the heels of the title reveals for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World, and my initial reaction was one of utter confusion. What the hell was Guardians of the Galaxy? I was completely unfamiliar with the source material, and upon learning that the team featured a gun-wielding raccoon and a fighting tree creature whose could only speak a single phrase, I was even more puzzled.

Fast forward to Comic-Con 2013, when James Gunn appeared onstage in Hall H to showcase the first trailer for the film. It was so unlike anything Marvel had ever done before, so far outside the box that I immediately fell in love with it and couldn't wait to see more. Although that first trailer was well-received by the Comic-Con audience, the general public seemed to be scratching their heads in much the same way that I had when the film was first announced. Marvel fans would love this, no doubt, but could this bizarre little sci-fi romp with a cast of unknown characters actually work?

The answer is a resounding "yes," as Guardians of the Galaxy is not only an exceptionally well-made comic-book film, but an exceptionally well- made film, period. It's a sprawling space opera with a host of memorable characters, a joyous sci-fi romp through beautifully realized worlds, wildly inventive action sequences, and an almost nonstop barrage of humor and fun. The protagonists are a bizarre assembly of losers and misfits, with the CG-created Rocket and Groot providing some of the most emotional and human moments of the film, and it's all brilliant. Marvel should be applauded for allowing Gunn the opportunity to realize his vision, because rest assured, this film wouldn't have been nearly as good with someone else at the helm.

Guardians of the Galaxy has a distinct personality that sets it apart from other Marvel offerings, yet there are enough recognizable elements to remind audiences that it exists in the same world. Clocking in at just under two hours, the film maintains an impressively well-balanced pace, avoiding the problem of over-inflation that many superhero films fall victim to. I can't think of a single moment when I wasn't completely enthralled with everything that happens on screen, and as soon as the credits began to roll I was ready to watch it all over again.

I was smiling almost all the way through

Author: marcus-blakelock from United Kingdom
31 July 2014

Expectations: surpassed - and they were pretty damn high to begin with.

Excitement: met - after watching the teasers, the clips, and after Captain America the Winter soldier I was crossing my fingers Marvel were on a roll.

Face: still trying to recover - you know when you go to the cinema to see a comedy ( a film designed to make you laugh ) and you feel like an idiot for paying for the ticket as you were forcing most of the laughter in the company of your friends? This is a film that it's genuinely easy to laugh about:

The humour is so subtle because the characters are so subtle - they're not too animated, they're not too stereotypical and they are NOT what we've come to expect from traditional superheroes and THAT'S WHY THIS FILM WORKS SO WELL! Regardless if you're a Marvel fan or simply a fan of movies in general this is an experience you will welcome as it's new and refreshing to a sci-fi genre which really needed something new and refreshing and with great performances, stunning visuals and a barrel of laughs mixed with the right amount of action this was a real treat to watch.

Thank you Marvel Studios.

3)
Target Audience: People of all ages as it contains the comical humour, the action-packed magic touch of Marvel and the adventure for the older more mature viewers. Also there are many mentions of explicit language and references that can be inappropriate to younger viewers 

HSBC Advert Project

My HSBC Advert shows of the best football teams in the world right now. these are football teams that have made great accomplishments over the years because they consist of some of the best players in the world like Angel Di Maria, Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bayern Munich for example have won the most championships and awards in Germany at the moment. Two key players: Manuel Neuer and Arjen Robben have recently made the XI Team Of The Year. Bayern Munich is constantly a strong, over-powered team.

These teams have also have lots of good rep to live up for because these teams because they all have had legends to try and over-power with players like Ryan Giggs, Roberto Carlos and Franz Bekenbauer.  

$100 Million Science Fiction Film

Group Members: Dillan, Tarik, Mitesh & Mya

Name: RadioActive

Sub-Genres: Action, Dystopia

About: The falling out of governments around the world leads to the declaration of nuclear war in a free-for-all fight to be the best battle. The devastation causes Earth to become a Radioactive Wasteland where people that survive fight to live for food and water. But everyone that was immune by the Radioactivity leads to each person having a different mutation depending on their genes.

Director: Michael Bay

Cast: Vin Diesel, Jessica Alba ft Unknown Actor

CGI/Special effects (SFX):Futuristic Version of Earth, Explosions

Filming locations: London, Medium Set

Cameras: 4K HD

Editing: Regular

Marketing: Billboard Worldwide + Premier in Major cities

Sound: Traditional Film Score

Total Cost: $99 Million

I think that this Science-Fiction would be successful because it contains many famous actors like Vin Diesel and Jessica Alba. We also plan on making the unknown actor to play a big part in the film to give them a chance of fame and make him a person someone will like. We also will advertise the movie worldwide to ensure everyone will be aware of this movie and hopefully influence many people that this can be the next biggest blockbuster movie.

Textual Analysis

              
Sub-Genre
Back To The Future has a Sci-Fi  Genre because it contain lots of futuristic time travel to it and it also has a lot of comedy and adventure to it because Marty McFly travels back in time to change his life which means meeting his parents in the past and he's is trying to change his future. also the comedic genre also takes place in the film because it shows how he goes to the past and then his own mother fancies him and many people can find it amusing.

Conventions
The typical features of the movie is that it has time travel, in which shows how a man travel back and forth in time trying not to destroy the space time continuum. also it shows that a man went back to the past in the time of the wild west. also it shows how he goes to the future and it has futuristic new technology like flying cars and hover boards. it also shows a mad scientist

Target Audience
The target audience is very lenient as it can be for all ages with the amount of comedy and for people who enjoy Sci-Fi. but the problem is that it can contain mild inappropriate language so it can limit the minimum age to be at least 3+.
Sub-Genre
Star Wars had a variety of complex genres, it mostly can consist of action adventure of a group of people travelling through space where they encounter different different planets with different species like little bears known as Ewoks and a large Wookie known as Chewbacca while they're in the middle of a war. Also they also have Comedy as it shows how different species try to get along and how they try to sort their differences.

Conventions
The feature it has to consist of a Sci-Fi film is that it contains many different types of space ships and different species from another planet. it also has the different species from many different planets where aliens and humans all can end up with the same kind of Jedi powers.

Target Audience
The rate of action and adventure can influence many young adults and kids as well as normal adults that enjoy Sci-Fi. Also this film is a classic so many old adults can enjoy this as well. Apart from the minor violence the movie is aged 12+


Sub-Genre
Terminator: Genisys also has a variety of sub-genres, one that is almost obvious is action about how a robot is sent back in time to kill someone. It also shows time-travel because this movie is set in the future and the present.

Conventions
The features that it has to be a Sci-Fi film is that it has robots with organic human tissue, it has time-travel and it has a lot of action.

Target Audience
The target audience for this movie can be difficult to conclude. the rate of action, explicit language and humor can limit this movie to a 15+, which is ironic because the other Terminator films have also been a 15+.

My First Post

1. Why did you choose GCSE Media Studies? My friend recommended it to me and I thought it would be interested
2. Which part of the course are you looking forward to most? I am looking forward to the editing of the poster
3. What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? I want to learn to edit 
4. What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? I am hoping for at least a minimum B
5. What was the last TV programme or film you watched? The last movie I watched was Jurassic World and the last T.V programme I watched was Game Of Thrones
6. Why do you think that TV programme or film appealed to an audience? Jurassic World had brought many memories as the original were very good
7. What technology have you used to access the media in the last 24 hours? (Radio, TV, phone etc.) I usually go on my phone or my iPad
8. What device do you use most to access the media? Usually my phone 
9. Find the trailer for Jurassic World on YouTube and embed it in your blog. What film genres would Jurassic World fit into? http://www.jurassicworldmovie.com/ I would fit Jurassic World into Sci-Fi /Action Adventure
10. Why does Jurassic World appeal to a family audience? Dinosaurs are appealing to many people as many kids enjoy them so they want to try and watch as many films that link with dinosaurs as they can