Attack the Block Powerpoint

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Universal Studios

Universal Studios was founded in 1912 by Carl Buttman. It is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production. They normal buy film rather than produce them they may co-produce with other production companies.


'Cowboys and Aliens' was released in 2011 


Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Dreamworks SKG, Reliance Entertainment, Relativity Media, Imagine Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Fairview Entertainment and Platinum Studios
Distributor: Universal Pictures and Dreamwork Pictures through Paramount Pictures 
Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman ,Damon Lindelof ,Roberto Orci and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Director:  Jon Favreau
Writers:  Based on the story by Scorr Mitchell Rosenberg 
Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde 
Budget:  Was estimated to be $163,000,000
Gross revenue: $100,215,116


'Bridesmaids' was released in 2011


Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Apatow Productions
Distributor: Universal Pictures 
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel and Clayton Townsend
Director: Paul Feig
Writers: Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O'Dowd and Jill Clayburgh
Budget: Estimated to be $32,500,000
Gross Revenue: $169,076,745

'The Change-Up' was released in 2011 

Production Companies: Big Kid Pictures, Original Film and Relativity Media
Distributor: Universal Pictures 
Producers: David Dobkin and Neal H. Moritz
Writers: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Director: David Dobkin 
Stars: Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman 
Budget: Estimated to be $52,000,000
Gross Revenue: $37,035,845


'The Thing' was released in 2011 

Production Companies: Morgan Creek Productions and Strike Entertainment
Distributor: Universal Pictures  
Producers: Marc Abraham and Eric Newman
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writer: Eric Heisserer
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Eric Christian Olsen 
Budget: Estimated to be $35,000,000
Gross Revenue: $16,075,075

 'Johnny English Reborn' was released in 2011 

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Studio Canal and Working Title Films
Distributor: Universal Pictures 
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Felner and Chris Clark
Director: Oliver Parker 
Writers: William Davies
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Daniel Kaluuya and Richard Schiff
Budget:  $45,000,000
Gross Revenue: $6,465,685

Big talk productions

Big talk productions is an English film and television production company it was founded in 1995 by Nira Park and is located in London.  They have made films such as Hot Fizz, Shaun of the Dead, Paul, Attack the Block and Scott Pilgram vs .the World 


Paul was released in 2011, it was directed by Greg Mottola and written by Nick frost and Simon Pegg. Nick frost and Simon Pegg also starred in it along with Seth Rogen who did the voice of Paul. The film was produced by Nira Park, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner the budget was estimated to be $40,000,000 and the gross revenue was £13,778,386. It was distrusted by Universal Studios.


Hot Fuzz was released in 2007, it was directed by Edgar Wright and written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Jim Broadbent starred in it. The film was produced by Nira Park, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner the budget was estimated to be £8,000,000 and the gross revenue was £20,792585. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Rogue Pictures in the US


Shaun of the Dead was released in 2004, it was directed by Edgar Wright and was written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Peter Serafinowicz and Jessica Stevenson starred in it, The film was produced by Nira Park, the budget was estimated to be £4,000,000 and the gross revenue was £6,463,463. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

Attack the Block was released in 2011, it was directed and written by Joe Cornish. It featured stars such as Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter and Nick Frost. The film was produced by Nira Park and James Wilson, the budget was estimated to be $13,000,000 and the gross revenue was £2,444,205. It was distributed by Optimum Releasing and Screen Gems. 

Scott Pilgram vs. the World was released in 2010, it was directed by Edgar Wright and was based on the book Scott Pilgram by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh and Jason Schwartzman starred in it. The film was produced by Edgar Wright, Marc Platt, Eric Gitter and Nira Park, the budget was estimated to be $60,000,000 and the gross revenue was £5,081,181, It was distributed by Universal Studios. 

Film Industries

To make a film you have to start with an idea where a person must think of a plot, charaters and will have written a script containing dialogue and stage directions.

Pre-production is the next in making a film where you have to storyboard your script the storyboard is an inportant part as it a way for the idea to flow and you know what shots to use in each frame, normally the writer and director work together on this. Another part of pre-production is finding the location that fits your film idea and hiring crew to help make your film happen. Casting the actors is another part of pre-production and you have to start budgeting for your film before you find the fundings to make it.

They need to find someone who is willing to fund their film idea.

Once you have the fundings to make your film the production of it is when you actually start filming this part is boring for actors as it invovles a lot of waiting around and some scenes are shot more than once if something goes wrong or they want it from another angle. A breakdown script is one of the most important documents that the director has on hand it lists the equipment and props that are needed during filming. Once the filming is done the it is edited into roughly an hour and half long film and sound is added before marketing and distrubtion.

Markering, distrubution and exibiton is when you reasle the film to cinemas if the does well on its first realse the cinemas will continue to show it and reasle it on DVD to earn back the money spent on the prodution. If the film doesn't do well when it is first reasled the cinema will not comtinue to show it.

Sound

In the first part of the clip no non-diegtic sound is used only dialogue is used. The sound effect of the envolope makes it seem awkward as it's a bussiness transaction, as there is no soundtrack it may make the audience feel slightly awkward as well. The locking of the door is emphasized because its an issue, he feels vulnerable with the door locked. The dialogue is punctured by awkward silences this draws attention to his disability, and they are in an unusual situation for both of them as she perhaps isn't used to doing business with a disabled person and he have never been in that situation before.

There is a diegetic soundtrack of classical music when the dad gets into his van, it is inappropriate to how he is feeling as the music is fast and upbeat whereas he feels anxious and worried about his son. Sound effects are used the pressing of the horn and the moving of the windows and seats emphasizes his nerves.

A sound bridge is used and carries over from the man in the van to the room, non diegetic soundtrack makes you feel sympathy for the the disabled guy, it's mellow music and the dialogue is reflected by the music as he's telling the call girl how she's never been touched. In the last soundtrack a harmonica is used, harmonicas are normally used in the blues which creates a mood of sadness

How editing constucts the representation of disability

Throughout the whole of the clip continuity editing is used. At the very begining hard cuts are used to emphasize the tension between the characters, there is an eye line match, this is trying to create awkwardness between the three characters as we see everything from the boy in the wheelchairs eyeline. A close up of the call is used, it shows her looking down then cuts to a medium close up dad looking awkwardly at the call girl, normally you wouldn't take your dad to something like that so the awkwardness is inhanced by both him being in a wheelchair and the fact he has to take his dad with him.

There is match on action when the dad picks his son up out of the wheelchair and a second match on action when he places him on the bed, it seemless action. There is another eye line match from the boys point of view he is in the bed and she is locking the door, we can tell he feels uncomfortable and vunerable because the eye line match draws attention to this.

A cross cut from the bedroom to outside of the dad getting into the van could show that he hasn't gone far incase his son needs him for any reason. Shot and reverse shot of when they are having a conversation are quick tranistions which makes the conversation seem awkward.

An eye line match/point of view shot to show the window where supposedly the boy and call girl are, this shows the dad is worried about his son because he has a disability, the eye line match draws attention to this. The angle of the camera doesn't change through a series of jump cuts this highlights that he prehaps bored, nervous or worrried. The last tranistion is a cross cut back to the bedroom.

Camera movements and shot to represent age

The clip starts with a dolly shot, this type of camera movement is used so we as the audience can appreciate the men working this shows age as only older men would be working with tools such as hammers and large pieces of wood.

At the beginning of the next scene it starts off with a long shot and pans across the court yard so we know where the girl is, it then goes into a medium long shot to show what she is wearing, she is wearing casual clothes to show that she is a teenager and dresses for comfort instead of practicality.

When the young girl gets into the truck we see a close up of her face she looks confused as to what to do and doesn't know how to drive, this suggests that she is still young. A wide shot of the area suggests that it isn't really an area for teenagers and young people so you can assume that older people live around that location.
Medium long shot shows the old man standing behind the cars that have just crashed, we can see his clothing and this leads us to believe he is a teacher of some sort as his clothes don't match but he is in smart but casual wear. The crash in the foreground of the shot is to maybe represent the conflict between the young and old generations.

The panning motion from the young boy to the man and vice versa shows the height difference and that the man is older and more in control, a close up of the young girl and we are at her eye level to show how vulnerable she is which shows her true age. A two shot shows the older women is being protective over the young girl we can see you cares and has a motherly instinct towards the young girl through her body language and facial features.

A slightly low angle shot shows the men to be more powerful, and although the young girl isn't in the room with them it's seen at her eye level and we see them how she would see them. Still at eye level with the young girl we see he looking up at the man in a way a child would if they were being told off  by a parent.

The next scene is of the girl in her room a tilt is used to revel the note she leaves behind and the magazines on the bed this shows she is girly and still young young as she is reading teenage magazines, there is a pan to show a teddy and another pan ti show pink lights and pictures, there is then a slow zoom onto one of the pictures to show her emotion in this scene, only a young person would feel this way after a petty argument and is slightly over reacting.

The camera then moves outside and tilts upwards the camera being outside makes us feel like an outsider like the young girl does this makes the audience feel sorry for her and we see her as vulnerable. A medium close up of the old women emphasizes the emotions and maternal feeling she has towards the young girl.

Now the young girl has run away we are eye level with the man, the last shot is a close up of the mans face  this highlights his age as we see worry and guilt much like that of a father