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Working Title-20 Questions

Working Title - 20 Questions

1. Who were the co-founders of Working Title?
The Co-founders of Working Title are Tim Bevan & Sarah Radclyffe.


2. When was the company founded?
The Company was founded in 1983.


3. Where is Working Title based?
The production company Working Title is based in London.


4. Who are the co-chairpersons of WT now?
The co-chairpersons of Working Title are now Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.


5. What awards have Working Title won?
They have one a various amount of awards but the main ones are 26 BAFTA's and 6 OSCARS.


6. How many full time staff does WT employ?
Working Title have now got around 42 members that are fully employed.


7. What is Working Title’s philosophy?
Their Philosophy and aim is to make movies that audiences can appreciate.


8. List 5 box-office hits that Working Title have made.
Some movies that made the box office are Bridget Jones Diary, Four Weddings and a funeral, Notting Hill, Elizabeth and bean.


9. List 5 flops that Working Title has made.
The Boat That Rocked, Thunderbirds, Green zone, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and A Serious Man.


10. What is Richard Curtis’ relationship with Working Title?
He has directed a lot of Working Titles film's that have been produced and became a success.


11. List 2 famous directors that Working Title have worked with?
Richard Curtis is one and another would be Kirk Jones.


12. What is Hugh Grant’s relationship with Working Title?
He has starred in a few of working titles films one being deemed as a success would be Bridget Jones Diary.


13. Find out about the Coen Brothers (films, genres, status) and what do they have to do with Working Title?
They are Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen, these two brothers together are American film makers who write, produce and direct movies/films.


14. Who owns 67% of Working Title films? When did this happen? Why did this happen?
A large production company called Universal saw potential that Working Title had to offer, so they got 67% of Working Title.


15. List two of Working Title big blockbuster films and find out their budgets.
Four weddings and a Funeral had a large budget of $4.4 million and madethen made an astonishing $245,700,832 profit, just in the box office. Bridget Jones had a budget of $26,000,000 and made a huge profit of $10,733,933 only on it's opening weekend.


16. What genre of films is Working Title most famous for?
Many comedy films have been produced through Working Title and I would say this would probably their most famous genre.


17. What other genres do Working Title films like to make?
The have many genres of film ranging from Comedy and Romance up to big blockbuster Thrillers and Horrors.


18. Find out as much as you can about WT2 (when established, films made, budgets, awards)?
Working Title are an independant production company that we're founded in 1999, some of their most famous films would include Shaun Of The Dead and Billy Elliot. Their Headquarters are established in London, they also have two other locations including Ireland and Los Angeles U.S.A.


19. What information can you find out about Working Title through their web page?
You can find a varied amount of things, such as their up and coming movies, trailers and news.


20. Find out one other interesting fact about Working Title that you would like to share with the class.
The company also released a modernised version of the children's novels, The Borrowers in latter stages of 2011.

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Film Production – Class Notes

Development – Process of finding a story, ideas from a variety of sources. Range from novels, real life events or computer games. One you have an idea you’ll need to write a pitch which you then take to a film producer. Even at this stage you need a clear idea of who it’s aimed at.

Pre-Production – Once funded establish budget and begin to form a film crew (storyboard script). Then break script down into scenes – identify locations.

Production – This is simply the process of making the film, if you did your job probably in pre-production, so it is straight forward. Film is very expensive/difficult to store so therefore an increased number of film makers use digital cameras to save money.

 Post-Production – This stage you give your film editor your film. They then begin putting it together. Special effects added, soundtrack added and also any missing dialogue will be added – then a director’s test will be done and a test audience will feedback.

Score – A score is music specified and composed for a particular film.

-          The opening weekend for a film is very important and needs to be good to make an impact on the box office and stand out so more people watch it. If it’s no good then there wasn’t enough advertising involved or it wasn’t good enough. Some films have a reasonable opening weekend and then pick up, this is due to word of mouth etc.

Wide Release – This is the most common release method, which is where the film is released nationally in all markets. Majors use this pattern; this requires heavy investment in prints and national advertising.

Modified Wide Release – Film opens in a few major markets and expands weekly building awareness and allows positive word of mouth.

Exclusive and Limited Runs – Exclusive and limited runs begin with a limited number of screens, usually in large urban areas like Toronto. This is based on word of mouth.

Territorial Saturation – Involves saturating territory with bookings, heavy advertising and promotion, before moving onto another territory - specific markets would be French language films.

Universal Release – A film comes out in several countries e.g. USA and the UK.

Above & Below the Line Advertising

Above & Below the Line Advertising


'Above The Line' is a type of advertising through media such as television, cinema, radio, print, web banners and web search engines to promote brands. This type of communication is conventional and is considered impersonal to costumers.


'Below The Line' Is efficient and cost-efficient for targeting a numbered and specific group. This can take the form of tie in's with other companies and products.    

Representation - Old People

Representation - Old People



http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-inbetweeners/4od#2920835

This is a clip of The Inbetweeners - Series 2, Episode 5, in this series Simon, Will, Jay and Neil go to an old peoples home. The old people within the episode become across as very frail and weak, they are also very dependant on the youths that are surrounding them. Furthermore, they seem to be shown as a burden and unwanted. They are shown little respect by other age group that are with them. They are shown as disabled in this drama and the clothes that they are wearing are dull, out dated and old fashioned.

Audience and Institution - Class Notes

Audience and Institution - Class Notes

1. I think that different kinds of people watch different kinds of programmes and because of this it makes the media varied and a lot more interesting. All different kinds of people watch the news and therefore it gives it a mass audience. Soap Opera's like Coronation Street, Eastenders etc. also have a mass audience. Other programmes like Big Brother, X Factor and Britain's Got Talent also have a mass audience becuase they are not on all the time and many kinds of people watch them.

2. I would say that I experience a lot more media when alone compared to when im with others.

70%  - Alone
30% - With Others

3. I conssume the media by:
-TV                     -Twitter
-Ipod                  - Blog sites (Tumblr ect.)
-Laptop             - Posters/Billboards
-Facebook        - Youtube
-Last FM            - Magazines

4. - Word of Mouth/talking
    - Text
    - Facebook
    - Phone
    - Blogs

The Male Gaze

The Male Gaze

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Chocolate box : The 'Chocolate Box' look is a full/half smile lips are ususally together or sometimes slightly parted but only showing a small amaount of the teeth. Usually the full face or three quaters of it are facing toawrds the camera.

Invitational : The 'Invitational' look usually concentrates on the eyes, mouth is shut or only with a small smile the head is to one side and looking back at the camera.

Super Smiler : The 'Super smiler' look shows the full face with a wide open toothy smile the head is susally thrust forward and chin thrown back, hair often being swept away by a breeze giving a wind-blown look.

Romantic or sexual : The 'Romantic or Sexual' look a fourth and more general classification devised to include male and female.

Trevor Millum

Seductive : The 'Seductive' look involves the eyes and are less wide, perhaps shaded, can include a small smile sometimes.

Carefree : The 'Carefree' look usually contains long unrestrained outward-flowing hair, mostly smiling or grinning.

Practical : The 'Practical' look is very concentrated mouth is usually closed and the eyes are very object directed and sometimes contains a slight frown and the hair is often short.

Comic : This look is diliberatly ridiculious, often the expressions are very exaggerated and the person portraying the look is usually acting the fool by pulling funny faces to benefit the audience and give a comedic affect.

Catalogue : This look contains a neutral look as though acting like a dummy or manikin, looks very artificial or wax like, eyes are usually open wide and are wearing a smile but it looks like the personality has been removed.

How Old People and Teenagers are represented in the Media.

How Elderly people and Teenagers are represented in the media.



Elderly People

Elderly people are shown to be very unwanted and portrayed to be a burden. They also are shown out to have a lack of common sense and seem to be very dependant on other people. They are also usually shown no respect by other ages in the media and therefore they are feeble, weak and helpless in comparison. Furthermore, they are shown to be very boring and are old fashioned or out-dated. They usually seem to be deaf and unable to hear.

Teenagers

Teenagers are usually shown to be violent and anti-social, They are usually lazy and greedy, which then leads on to them being shown as obese. They are usually up to no good and vanderlising peoples property or taking drugs, which gives them a view from the audience that they are never going to acheive anything in life.

Camera Shots - Homework

 Mid Shot

 Close Up Shot (CU)

 Long Shot




 Over The Shoulder Shot (OTS)




 High Shot

 Low Shot

Representation - The Man

I would say this man is homeless, he has no family and therefore is forced to live on the streets.The clothes he wears look as though they are his only clothes as they are scuffed up and have been tampered with. He also hasn't exactly made a n effort with his appearance because he has patched up his trousers.


It looks like he spends most of his days living in depression and begging. He spends this money paying for his bad habit, smoking. People are also giving him a wide birth/a lot of space. 

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