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Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Honeytrap

Production

Directed by Rebecca Johnson

Produced by Sarah Sulick



Set and filmed in Brixton 

Budget: Under £1 million
This was made through crowd funding and grants from the BFI.

Cast: 
Although familiar faces such as Lucien Laviscount (Waterloo Rd) and Jessica Sula (Skins) were used in the cast, the director also chose to use street casting around Brixton to get actors for the film as it makes the film seem more authentic.


Distribution


Anchor Bay were the distributors of the film. They are a subsidary of Starz Media. 

The target audience for Honeytrap are Urban young people aged 15-25 and Urban adults 25+.

Marketing

Social media was used to market the film as it was cheap, easy and would directly reach its target audience.




Film festivals such as the BFI premiered a showing of Honeytrap on the 17th of October 2014.
This helped to market the film also.

The director has also been on the news (BBC) to promote the film.




HoneyTrap - Case Study


HoneyTrap is a movie based on the honeytrap murder but told through the female perspective of the event.

The film was filmed and set in Brixton as this is where the actual event occured.

The film is Written and Directed by Rebecca Johnson.
Produced by Sarah Sulick, Bright Productions.



The budget was under 1 million pound. The was made through crowd funding and using money from the BFI.



Layla is played by Jessica Sula
Troy is played by Lucien Laviscount

The film marketed itself thought the BFI London film festival.

The target audience of the film are urban youth aged 15-25+

Social media like FaceBook, Twitter and Tumblr were marketing tools.



Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Guardians Of The Galaxy - Case Study

 

Guardians of the Galaxy a sci-fi superhero film based on the Marvel Comic with the same name. The film was directed by James Gunn who also worked on Scooby-doo and Dawn of the Dead. It was released in the summer of 2014 and the film's box office was $732.6 million making it Marvel's third highest grossing film. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 

The film is about a group of misfit extraterrestrials that  are in the run after stealing a coveted orb.

Chris Pratt as Star-Lord

Zoe Saldana as Gamora

Dave Batista as Drax The Destroyer

Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Racoon

Vin Diesel as Groot




Final Presentation