Censorship

Censorship

Film Production And Distribution Research

Dreamworks was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. It is owned by Reliance ADA Group and owns Dreamworks Records (former), Dreamworks Interactive (former), Dreamworks Television (current), Dreamworks Home Entertainment (current) and Go Fish Pictures (former). Dreamworks is a producer of films and is worth an approximate amount of £3.5 billion. Dreamworks pictures highest grossing film is Shrek 2 with $919,838,758 made worldwide. Dreamworks produce comedy films that appeal to children and subtly to adults.

Twentieth Century Fox was founded in 1915 by William Fox in which he merged two previous companies. It is owned by News Corporation and has been since 1985. They are the owners of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, Fox Interactive, 20th Century Fix Home Entertainment, Fox Television Studios, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Television/20th Century Fox Television and Fox Star Studios. 20th Century Fox is a producer of films and in 2006, their total assets were $40,790,188. The highest grossing film Fox has distributed is Avatar (2009). They mainly produce films of action/adventure genre and television programmes/series.

 

 

Working Title films was founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe. Working title is a subsidary to Polygram (1991-1999) and then Universal Studios from 2000 to present. This company is a producer of films and produce mainly comedy films. Some of their films include 'Love Actually', 'Johnny English' and 'Nanny McPhee'. The highest grossing film of Working Title is 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' in 1994 starring Hugh Grant. Their films ae also mainly British with Hugh Grant starring in a large amount of them. Working Title have grossed $4.25 billion since working under Universal Studios.

 

 

Universal Studios (aka Universal Pictures) is an American motion picture studio which was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsely and ules Brulatour. The parent of Universal Studios is NBC Universal. The subsidaries are Universal Animation Studios, Focus Features and Illumination Entertainment. In 2011 Universal Studios had a revenue of $4.239 billion. Films of Universal Studios include aws, Jurassic Park, E.T, Bridesmaids and Scott Pilgrim. E.T was the highest grossing film at $359,197,037 and Jurassic Park a close second at $357,067,947. Universal Studios do not produce a specific genre but more of a range including sci-fi, horror, thriller and comedy.

Lionsgate was founded in 1997 by Frank Giustra. It is an American entertainment company that distributes independent films. Subsidiaries of Lionsgate include: Celestial Tiger Entertainment, Debmar Mercury, Grindstone Entertainment group, Mandate Pictures, Pantelion Films, Roaside Attractions, Sea to Sky Entertainement, TV Guide Network, Epix and Codeblack Films. In 2011, Lionsgate total assets was $1,557 billion and their highest grossing film is The Hunger Games at $408,010,692. Some of the genres that Lionsgate disreibute are action, horror, thriller, comedy and fantasy.

Warp Films was founded by Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett in 2002 and is based in Sheffield and London in the UK. They are also the owners of Warm Australia and Warp X. Warp Films is a production company and is famous for producing one of the most popular independent films: This is England. This is England was released in 2006. Its budget was a mere £1,472,500 and made a huge £5,058,600 in the box office alone.

 

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Target Audience For Genre

Target audience notes from Chloe1312

My chosen genre is thriller and this is a brief over view of what the typical viewer of my genre would be.

Script - The Debt

Script - the Debt

Our Synopsis

John and Nicole have arrived back from their holiday. They think everyone is perfect. They innocently walk into their road when suddenly John spots two familiar figures that he doesnt want to see. He sees them and they see him. He sweeps his girlfriend up and continues to walk towards his house unaware that in a split second he would be knocked out and waking up on his living room floor. There wherabouts of his girlfriend was unknown, all he knew was that she was kidnapped by a threatening note that was left behind. John then makes it his mission to escape the debt of the gangsters and get his girlfriend back. However, John does not know what problems lie just around the corner.

My Synopsis - Thriller

Robert is 15, everything in his life is perfect. He couldn't ask for a better family, better friends or anything better in his conscious life. However, there is one thing wrong with Robert. Every night when he goes to sleep, his recurring nightmare continues to haunt him. The ones he love, the ones closest to him, encounter a devastating death. When Robert soon discovers that his deams are a de ja vu he takes it upon himself to help save the lives of those that are about to die.

Evaluation Of Three Preliminary Tasks

What is good? This piece used the 180 degree rule appropriately.

What can I do? Ensure that I use the rule correctly.

What can be improved? There was a brief shot of an empty space, ensure that there is always something going on in the shot. Use more dialogue as there wasn’t enough. Make sure that the purpose/genre of the task is apparent.

What will I avoid? I will avoid unnecessary camera shots and also make sure that my dialogue is clear and involves more than just 2 lines of speech.

What is good? The match on action shots was very tight. Also, the music suited the action of the character walking down the stairs. (Synchronised sound)

What can I do? I will ensure that my matches on action shots are carried out appropriately. I will also use music to my advantage by giving it a style to parallel my action or my genre.

What can be improved? Use more dialogue within the task as not a lot was said.

What will I avoid? Not using enough dialogue to explain what is happening.

What is good? Camera angles were constructed correctly.

What can I do? Use a range of camera angles to express characters, feelings and genre.

What can be improved? The 180 degree rule was broken. The shots weren’t very focal. The use of camera angles didn’t suit what was being portrayed. The dialogue wasn’t very clear and so needs more detail.

What will I avoid? I will avoid using too many different angles within one short period of time. I will also avoid using dialogue that provides no meaning to the sequence.

Thriller - Codes And Conventions