Monday, November 16, 2020

Examples for Question 2: Media Contents (STUDY GUIDE)


Wonder Woman

Key Examples
Title: Wonder Woman
Year: 2017
Studio: Warner Bros Production
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielson, David Thewlis, Donny Huston
Budget:  $300 million (estimated)
Total Gross: $821,847,012 (globally)

Production
Production Company: Warner Bros. (presents), Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films, DC Entertainment, Dune Entertainment (in association with) (as Rat-Pac Dune Entertainment LLC), Tencent Pictures, Wanda Pictures. This film is part of DC Universe, which started out as comic books.
Producers: Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Director: Patty Jenkins has also directed films such as Monster, Five, Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? and more.
Script/Screenplay: Allan Heinberg. He is kinda well known, and is also responsible for Blue Like Jazz (special thanks), Playing it Straight (very special thanks), Thirst (special thanks).
Cast: Gal Gadot (At age 18, Gadot won the 2004 Miss Israel beauty pageant, and subsequently competed in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant in Ecuador. She has led international campaigns as a model for Miss Sixty, Huawei smartphones, Captain Morgan rum, Gucci fragrances and Vine Vera skincare ranges, and Jaguar Cars.)
Chris Pine (an American actor. Pine made his feature film debut as Lord Devereaux in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), and is known for playing James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016), Will Colson in Unstoppable (2010), Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (2014), Jack Ryan in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Toby Howard in Hell or High Water (2016), Bernie Webber in The Finest Hours (2016), Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman (2017), Dr. Alexander Murry in A Wrinkle in Time (2018), and Robert the Bruce in Outlaw King (2018).)
Robin Wright ( an American actress and director. She is the recipient of eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and has earned a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award for her work in television.)
Format: It was filmed in multiple countries: France, US, Italy, & the UK. They closed down Trafalgar square to film the 'end of war' scene using local extras in the production, as well as dressing the location and extras in 1920's costume. There were also 25-30 Extras (made up of bodybuilders and woman fitness instructors) were used in the Warrior woman scenes, each of whom attended a 4 month fitness training camp. Gal Gadot was trained everyday in fitness and combat for 5 months period to the films first production day. Wonder Woman is in IMAX.

Marketing
https://www.instagram.com/gal_gadot/
https://www.dccomics.com/movies/wonder-woman
  • comprehensive social media and merchandising strategy that backed the film beyond standard trailers and brand partnerships
  • warner bros was one of the first studios to buy facebooks augmented reality camera mask with a wonder woman tiara filter, which star Gal Gadot shared on a post that got 8.5 million views. Also, there were five branded Snapchat filters in the lead-up to release, along with a 16-bit in-app game. Gadot also leveraged Twitter to provide fans behind-the-scenes looks at the film's production, including how her costume was made.
  • participatory culture: social media; fb filter; snapchat; instagram; games
Distribution
Karo Premiere (2017) (Russia) (theatrical)
Kinomania (2017) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
NOS Audiovisuais (2017) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Roadshow Entertainment (2017) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
Roadshow Films (2017) (Australia) (theatrical)
SF Studios (2017) (Norway) (theatrical)
Tanweer Alliances (2017) (Greece) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. F.E. (2017) (Philippines) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Austria) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Canada) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (France) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Germany) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Indonesia) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Japan) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Spain) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (UK) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. (2017) (USA) (theatrical)
HBO Max (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD)
KVH Media Group (2017) (World-wide) (all media) (Ships)
Kanal 2 (2020) (Estonia) (TV)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (Argentina) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (Argentina) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (Germany) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (UK) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (UK) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (UK) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (USA) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (USA) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Exhibition
Yes the film got a cinematic release. The opening weekend box office for the filmed earned a total of $223 million globally.
Bibliography
Chris Pine - Wikipedia




    

 
                                    

   









https://www.instagram.com/gal_gadot/ 

https://www.dccomics.com/movies/wonder-woman 

TANK 432

Key Examples 

  • Title: Tank 432 
  • Year: 2015 
  • Studio: Belstone Pictures 
  • Director: Nick Gillespie 
  • Cast: Rupert Evans, Michael Smiley, April Pearson 
  • Budget: 150,000 pounds 

Production 

  • Belstone pictures 
    • Tucked & Making tracks 
  • Producers: Finn Bruce & Jennifer Handorf 
  • Rupert Evans (Early in his career, Evans appeared in the drama Crime and Punishment starring John Simm, and North and South starring Richard Armitage. 

    Evans' first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toro's 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy. He also appeared in Agora, which was filmed in Malta with Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella. 

    Evans has starred as Edmund Allingham in the BBC's The Village;[5] as Elliot Howe in Rogue; as Peter Fleming in Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond;[6] and as Brother Godwyn in World Without End.[7] He also guest-starred in ITV's High Stakes sitcom with Richard Wilson, and Paradise Heights, the BBC drama starring Neil Morrissey. Evans was a lead in the Amazon series[8] The Man in the High Castle. In 2014, Evans starred in the horror film The Canal, and in 2016 had a supporting role in the horror film The Boy. In February 2018, Evans was cast in a regular role for The CW's fantasy drama series Charmed, a reboot of the 1998 series of the same name. The reboot "centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches."[9] Evans plays Harry Greenwood, a college professor and the sisters' whitelighter – a guardian angel who protects and guides witches.) 
  •  Michael Smiley (He became well known for his role as Tyres O'Flaherty, the bicycle riding raver, in two episodes of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, and for his appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Melbourne Comedy Festival.[3] He played Mac, a former member of the British Army's Parachute Regiment in the 2008 horror film Outpost and as a zombie in Shaun of the Dead.[citation needed] 

    In 2003, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Creatures of Beauty. In 2004 he appeared in season 2, episode 4 of Hustle as Max the forger.[4] He also was a small character in episode 2 "The Model" of 15 Storeys High.[citation needed] 

    He has appeared in all three series of The Maltby Collection on Radio 4 as Des Wainwright, an eccentric security guard who keeps repeating himself and reminding people he was in the SAS. He plays the part of Benny "Deadhead" Silver in the BBC drama series Luther. In 2010, he had a major role in the film Burke & Hare alongside his Spaced co-stars Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes. In 2011, he starred in British horror film Kill List. The film received critical acclaim, and earned him the "Best Supporting Actor" Award at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards. 

    In 2013, he has appeared in an episode of BBC One's Ripper Street as George Lusk, and the critically acclaimed Channel 4 shows Utopia as Detective Reynolds and Black Mirror as Baxter.[citation needed] He also starred in A Field in England as the main antagonist, the alchemist O'Neill. He also played Roddy in Father Figure. In November 2013 he appeared in the third episode of the BBC Two Mitchell and Webb comedy Ambassadors as Mr Jackson. In 2014, he played Micky Murray in BBC Four's The Life of Rock with Brian Pern.[citation needed] To coincide with the opening stages of the Giro d'Italia in May 2014, Michael Smiley:Something to Ride Home About was a travelog programme for BBC Northern Ireland, directed by George Kane, featuring Smiley cycling around Northern Ireland and meeting local people.[6][7][8] A second series was commissioned for 2015. In 2014 Smiley played Colonel Morgan Blue in the Doctor Who episode "Into the Dalek".In 2013, Smiley also starred in the Netflix show Black Mirror as Baxter in “White Bear”. He also had a major role in British crime series Luther (TV series) acting as “Deadhead” Benny Silver from 2010 until 2019. In 2019, Smiley co-starred with Elijah Wood and Martin Donovan in the film Come to Daddy directed by Ant Timpson.[10] 

    In 2020, he is currently starring in Dead Still a 6-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, alongside co-stars Eileen O'Higgins & Kerr Logan , which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv.[11] The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.) 
  • April Pearson(skins, tormented and bristol old vic, theature return and collaboration with Jamie Patterson) 
  • Netflix 

Marketing 

Distributions 

  • Netflix 
    • Released in the US 
    • Yes, Netflix is one of the biggest corporations that releases a bunch of movies every yea 
  • Fantasia International Film Festival on 23 July 2016 
  • DVD in the UK on 22 August, and IFC Films released it to video on demand in the US in 2016 

Exhibition 

  • No, it didn’t get a cinematic release but it was released on dvd, Netflix, and shown at a film festival 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_432#Release 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4475992/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Evans


Wonder Woman 1984 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman_1984#Cast

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/wonder-woman-1984-everything-need-know/


Production


Production Company: Warner Brothers which has been franchised. It is the sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman and the ninth instalment in the DC Extended Universe.


Executive producer:


Written & Directed by: Patty Jenkins she officially signed the contract for the sequel in September, 2017. Her deal is to write, produce and direct Wonder Woman 1984, for which she reportedly negotiated a whopping $8m fee, making her the highest paid female filmmaker in history. Production Designer Aline Bonetto and Costume Designer Lindy Hemming are also part of the team returning from the first film.


Produced by: Charles Roven Deborah Snyder Zack Snyder Patty Jenkins Gal Gadot Stephen Jones.


Screenplay: Patty Jenkins Geoff Johns David Callaham, whose previous credits include Godzilla, Doom and The Expendables. He's also contributed scripts to Zombieland: Double Tap and Mortal Kombat.


Starring: cast includes Gal Gaddot the leading role then along side her Chris Pine, Kristin Wiig is Cheetah, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal the star of the Netflix drama Narcos, is another personal choice by Patty Jenkins, Lynda Carter might have a cameo this has not been fully confirmed yet though.


Marketing

 

 

 

Events: On June in 2018, Gal Gadot attended the Warner Bros. DC presentation at the 2018 San Diego Coming's con and some footage from the film would be shown to promote it. Director Patty Jenkins and actors Gadot and Pine attended the Wonder Woman 1984 panel at SDCC on July 21, 2018, where a short clip of the film was shown. New footage was shown during CinemaCon 2019 in Las Vegas, with a first look at Kristen Wiig in the film. In June 2019, Warner Bros. screened an extended look to European exhibitors at CineEurope in Barcelona, Spain.

Merchandise: Merchandising around the film featured standard superhero toys, but also ties to more women oriented products such as branded cosmetics, jewellery and purses, which could bring in as much as $1 billion worldwide in sales, Karina Masolova, executive editor of The Licensing letter, told Bloomberg.

Social media campaign: Social media was a cornerstone of the campaign, Warner Bros was one of the first studios to buy Facebook's camera mask, with an augmented tiara. Lead actress Gal Gadot shared it on her Facebook account which has a substantial 8.5m Likes. There were five branded snapchat filtered in the lead up to release, along with a 16 bit in app game. Gadot also leveraged Twitter to provide fans behind the scenes looks at the film production, including her costume made. Dr Pepper released Wonder Woman themed can



Tucked

http://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/epk/Press_Kit_Tucked_080318.pdf


Production Company: Belstone Pictures

Written & Directed by: Jamie Patterson

Produced by: Finn Bruce, started as a runner for television shows such as Britain's Got Talent, Top gear and helped in the film Les Miserable. He quickly recognised that he needed to move to different areas of film this is when he started making short films.

Starring: Jordan Stephens well known from the popular hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks, Derren Nesbitt is well-remembered for his role as Major von Happen in the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare, Steve Oram, Oram is an English actor, comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his role in the 2012 film Sightseers, directed by Ben Wheatley, which Oram also co-wrote, and April Pearson who is a child actor who starred in the well known television show Skins which has a very wide range audience.


Distributors

Where you can watch it: Amazon, BFI Iplayer, BT TV, Google Play, iTunes, Curzon Home Cinema, Microsoft Films & TV, Rakuten TV, Sky Store

Different formats: You can also buy tucked as a DVD and digital HD.

Events: Brighton, Duke Of Yorks Picturehouse + Q&A with Jamie Patterson, Jordan Stephens, Derren Nesbitt, April Pearson & Finn Bruce. London, Cineworld Leicester Square + Q&A with Jamie Patterson, Jordan Stephens, Derren Nesbitt, April Pearson & Finn Bruce. Brighton, Dukes at Komedia + Q&A with Jamie Patterson.

Reviews: touching, unexpectedly funny end-of-life drama set in Brighton, with a terrific performance by 83-year-old Derren Nesbitt. Tucked is small but bright and multi-faceted: like a jewel. Nesbitt is its biggest sparkle.This feel-good comedy uses a cross-generational queer friendship to explore the nuances of gender in the drag world.atterson's film works some fresh variations on a familiar theme and benefits from two splendid performances.


Exhibition

Screenings: Cardiff, Cineworld
Dublin, Cineworld
Glasgow, Cineworld Silver Burn 
Leeds, Cineworld White Rose
London, Barbican Centre 
London, Cineworld Leicester Square 
London, Curzon Bloomsbury 
London, Hackney Picturehouse
London, Crouch End Picturehouse 
London, Rio Cinema, Dalston 
Newcastle, Cineworld
Norwich, Cinema City
Nottingham, Cineworld 
Sheffield, Cineworld
Southampton, Harbour Lights
Stratford Upon Avon Picturehouse 
Mon 16 September 2019, London, Catford Film
Tue 24 September 2019, Clonakilty, Co Cork, Clonakilty Film Club @ The Park Cinema
Tue 1 October 2019, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ramor Arts Centre
Fri 18 October 2019, Minane Bridge, Co. Cork. Tracton Film Society @ Tracton Arts and Community Centre,
Tue 5 November 2019, Carlow, VISUAL Carlow
Tue 12 November 2019, Birr, Co. Offaly, Birr Arts Centre
Tue 12 November 2019, Broadstairs, The Palace Cinema
Sun 17 November 2019, Penzance, Savoy Cinema
Sun 29 March 2020, Letchworth Garden City, Broadway Cinema



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