Monday, 29 February 2016

Case Study Infomation


Case studies

Macro Budget

Star Wars VII the Force Awakens (2015)

Director- JJ Abrams

Stars- Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Lucasfilm, Bad Robot, Truenorth

Budget- $200,000,000 (Estimate)

 Box Office- $2.008 billion USD (Estimate)

 Distributor- Disney

EXTRA NOTES

They had a huge Ad campaign beforehand spanning across social media, TV, trailers in cinema, posters, billboards, games, apps, YouTube

Everest (2015)

Director- Baltasar Kormákur

Stars- Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Working Title

Budget- $55,000,000

Box Office- $202,394,678 (worldwide)

Distributor- Universal Pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There were not that many different ways they distributed, however there TV ads which showed a trailer and of course they had a social media page and website however that normally comes as standard.

The Theory of everything (2014)

Director- James Marsh

Stars- Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior

Certificate- 12a

Production company- Working title

Budget- $15,000,000

Box office- $121,201,940 (worldwide)

Distributor- Universal pictures and Focus pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There was a large advertising campaign on TV and in cinema multiplexes. However there was no cross media convergence with this film. Also there was no technological convergence.

The Worlds End (2013)

Director- Edgar Wright

Stars- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman

Certificate- 15

Production company- Working Title

Budget- $28,000,000

Box office- $46,089,287 (Worldwide)

Distributor- Universal pictures and Focus pictures

EXTRA NOTES

There were TV ads and trailers in cinemas around the world. They have social media pages on twitter and Facebook, however they did not have a website or app. This may be because of the genre.

Low Budget Indie

Four Lions (2010)

Director- Christopher Morris

Stars- Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar

Certificate- 15

Production company- Film 4, Warp Films and Wild bunch

Budget- £2.5 Million

Box Office- $4.6 million

Distributor- Optimum releasing and Drafthouse

EXTRA NOTES

There was a website for the film and there are social media pages. However there was no apps. They had not had an ad campaign on TV however there were ads in cinema multiplexes.

Withnail & I (1987)

Director- Bruce Robinson

Stars- Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths

Certificate- 15

Production Company- Cineplex-Odeon Films, Hand Made Films

Budget- $1,100,000

Box office- $1,544,889 (worldwide)

Distributor- Cineplex-Odeon

EXTRA NOTES

There were no ads at all just showed at cinemas, started off slow and turned into a cult film. Went onto DVD. NO social media or website.

This Is England

Director- Shane Meadows

Stars- Thomas Turgoose, Stephan Graham, Jo Hartley

Certificate- 18

Production company- Warp Films

Budget- £1.5 million

Box office- $8,176,544 (worldwide)

Distributor- Optimum release

EXTRA NOTES

No apps or anything of that kind. There were no TV or cinema ads due to the nature and budget of the film. Also there is no website.


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