BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM

Production

Which company produced the film?

The studio and the funding came from Germany and England because Germany is supportive with british film making so they helped to fund the film. Labour gave money to tim productions to help make a bigger film production.

What the production budget was?

£3.7 million ($6 million) 

What year was it filmed?

2002

How long the filming took?

It took on average 4 months to film and 9 months for post production.

Where was it filmed?

Middle-sussex, England

What equipment was used for filming?

Sound Mix - Dolby Digital

Negative Format - 35mm fuji

Cinematographic process - Spherical

Printed film format - 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383)

Nationality of the film? 

British

Who owns the source material?

British Sky Production

The main:

Producer - Gurinder Chadha and Deepak Nayare

Director - Gurinder Chadha

Cinematographer - Jong Lin

Editor - Justin Krish

Screen Writer - Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra and Paul Mayeda Berges

Music Providers - Craig Pruess

Main Cast Members:

• Parminder Nagra - Jessminder "Jess" Bhamra
• Kiera Knightly - Juliette "Jules" Paxton
• Archie Panjabi - "Pinky" Bhamra
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Joe
• Shaznay Lewis - Mel
• Anupam Kher - Mohaan Singh Bhamra
• Shaheen Khan - Mrs Bhamra
• Juilet Stevenson - Paula Paxton
• Frank Harper - Alan Paxton
• Ameet Chana - Tony
• Trey Farley - Taz

Distribution

Distribution Company - 

Marketing Budget - 

Test Screening Information - 

Release Pattern - 

Examples of Marketing and Promotion - 

What other media is available on?

Other information e.g difficulties getting a distributer?

Exhibition

Types of cinema shown in? (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH)

How long was it on for?

Box office figures?

Age Classification- (UK/USA)

Who is the primary target audience?

Success?

Other information e.g did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?

release date 12 april 2002// 1 august 2003 

"The Blind Side" Film Production Information

Production

Which company produced the film?

 - Warner Brothers

What the production budget was?

 $29,000,000 (estimated)

What year was it filmed?

Preproduction started in 2007, Julia Roberts turned down the main role, and Sandra Bullock was being a pain.  Sandra Bullock took a pay cut to make the film and agreed to a percentage of the film's profits, which turned out to be considerable.

How long the filming took?

Was filmed over 4 months in 2008. Post production took 7 months after filming to edit.

Where was it filmed?

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA"

What equipment was used for filming?
Camera

Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses 
Arricam ST, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses

Laboratories

CineFilm Laboratory, Atlanta (GA), USA (dailies) 
EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate) 
Technicolor Creative Services, New York (NY), USA (video dailies) 
Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints) 
Technicolor, New York (NY), USA (dailies)

Nationality of the film? 

American

Who owns the source material?

Alcon Entertainment, Fortis films

The main:

Producer -  Broderick Johnson
                     Andrew Kosove

                   Gil Netter

Director - John Lee Hancock 

Cinematographer -   Alar Kivilo

Editor - Mark Livolsi

Screen Writer - John Lee Hancock

Music Providers - Carter Burwell

Cast Members - Sandra Bullock, Tim Mcgaw, Quinton Aaron

Other production information?

• Sean Tuohy uses Safari for Windows, which was not available until 2007.
• The car driven by Leigh Anne Tuohy is a BMW 750LI. However, the BMW 750LI wasn't available until 2006, and the movie takes place in 2004. The '06- '08 models have a face-lift compared to the prior models.
• When coach Phil Fulmer finishes making his presentation to S. J. and Michael, he stands up and says C.J, instead of S.J..

During the first football game Michael plays in, the scoreboard is shown to read VISITOR, but later in the game it is shown to read GUEST


Distribution

Distribution Company - Warner Bros. 

Marketing Budget - $10,000,00

Test Screening Information - 

Release Pattern - 

Examples of Marketing and Promotion - 

What other media is available on? DVD/Blu-ray

Other information e.g difficulties getting a distributer?

Exhibition

Types of cinema shown in? (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH)

Imax, MM, I, AH

How long was it on for?

4 weeks.

Box office figures?

 a total of $255,959,475
$34,510,000 in the first weekend
Age Classification- (UK/USA)

PG-13

Who is the primary target audience?

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/20/entertainment/la-et-blind-side20-2009nov20
Success?

Yes

Other information e.g did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?

FILM WAS RELEASED ON 17TH NOVEMBER 2009 IN THE USA AND 12 MARCH 2010 IN UK WOULD HAVE HAD POSTER AND ADVERTS

TV Drama Terminology

Camera Work


Camera Shots

• Long shot
• Close up 
• Extreme close up 
• Medium close up
• Medium long
• Medium shot
• Cut away shot

Camera Angles

• High angle 
• Worm angle
• Birdseye view 
• Low angle
• Point of view
• Eye level 

Camera Movement

• Zoom in 
• Zoom out
• Tracking
• Pan (left/right)
• Swish pan (fast/blurred)
• Hitchcock Zoom

Sound Terminology

• Diegetic Sound - can be on or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. 
• Non-diegetic Sound - sound that is represented as coming from the source outside the story space
• Title Music - Theme tune, has connotations concerning themes/genres etc.
• Synchronised Sound - sounds which are synchronised or matched with what is viewed. 
• Score/Incidental Music - music used to connote tone/atmosphere.
• Sound Motifs - sounds that are used to show a certain character is about to appear or to show something good/bad is about to happen.
• Sound Effects - These can be diegetic or non-digetic depending on whether they have been added to create realism or connote atmosphere. 
• Dialogue - characters speaking(this progresses the narrative and reveals the characters personality/views to the audience)
• Voice Over - used to give the audience insight into the thoughts of the character.
• Ambient Sound - natural background sound
• Sound Bridge - sound runs between shots, linking them together and helping the narrative flow.

Editing Terminology 

• Continuity editing - 180 degrees rule.
• Parallel editing - a technique of continuously alternating two or more scenes that often happen simultaneously but in different locations.
• Eye-line match - 
• Match cut - varied camera position 
• Shot/reverse shot - switches between the point of views of speakers in the scene.
• Fades - deliberate fades to black connotes parts of the scene.
• Computer generated images (CGIs)
• Jump cuts - break, caused by removing a section of shots and then splicing what remains.
• Graphic match - any juxtaposition of similar images.
• Long take - something that is on screen for a long time.
• Slow motion - everything slows down.
• Iris in - starts as a wide clip then goes in to a small circle.
• Iris out - starts in a circle then goes out to the whole shot.
• Montage - changes the order of the shots to get different actions.
• Movement match - action begins in one shot then moves to the next.