Transcript Evaluation Q3

Title of film: Unhinged
Shannon Cassidy
Mainstream
Independent
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The producers get famous actors to
play the characters to appeal to a
wider audience.
Higher budget – for costumes, props
and a famous location.
Higher advertising campaigns eg. TV
trailers, posters, internet adverts on
Youtube, Facebook etc.
Special effects look more realistic.
They are shown in international cinemas
for a short amount of time until they
are released to DVD.
Examples of mainstream film companies:
Universal, Dreamworks, Paramount,
Warner Bros.
Examples of big mainstream thriller films:
Harry Potter, The Black Swan, Seven,
Inception, Saw etc.
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Actors aren’t well known, it’s a way of
getting known to top acting agents.
Lower budget.
Lower advertising campaigns – festivals,
Facebook statuses, viral videos on Youtube.
Aims more to a niche audience.
Special effects not as realistic as
Mainstream films.
Examples of independent film companies:
Focus Features, Lionsgate, Pathe, Optimum
Releasing, Revolver.
Examples of big independent thriller films:
The Holding, Shaun of the Dead, Kill List,
kidulthood, adulthood etc.
My groups film falls into the category Independent. This is because the film company we
used in our opening title sequence was Focus Features, this immediately indicates our
film category is Independent. We had a low budget meaning we couldn’t make the
recce in a high class location, also when my group were discussing the location we had
planned it to be in a run-down warehouse where we didn’t have to pay for any props
as the warehouse was already containing all we needed. We don’t use any special
effects apart from the title where we have made it look like it gets lifted up with the
box behind it. This is because the box is the main prop in the film and the title is
attached to it to show the box is important.
I think the company that might be interested in my groups film is
because
the genre of our film is what Focus Features likes to take on and I think they would find
our film interesting with it’s storyline and the character types. Some examples of Focus
Features thriller films are Hanna, Shaun Of The Dead, The American, Tinker Tailor
Soldier, Coraline etc.
We will distribute our film in small/independent cinemas such as the Duke Of Yorks
and The Komedia rather than in big cinemas like the Odeon or Cineworld because it
will attract a more unique audience that don’t always follow the crowd of seeing a
popular film release and it shows their individuality.
We will also distribute our film into film festivals such as the famous Cannes Film
Festival. This would not just attract the independent audience but also a wider
international audience as it is in Cannes France. Many film producers, directors and
agents go along to these events hoping to find the next big star/film. It would help our
film become more popular if a mainstream film company wanted to sponsor our films.