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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Figure 1: Star Wars Poster

PRODUCTION:

Director:
- J.J Abrams

Figure 2: J.J Abrams, the 

director of star wars

Budget:
- $200 million

Technologies used:
- Solar power technology
- Prosthetics
- Robotics
- Lasers

Cast:
- Harrison Ford
- Daisy Ridley
- John Boyega
- Adam Driver & more

Figure 3: Main cast of Star wars

Genre:
- Sci-fi

Based on:
- Novels

DISTRIBUTION:

Film made in:
- USA

Distribution company:
- LUCASFILM (Owned by Walt Disney Studios)

Figure 4: Logo of LUCASFILM 

Other films made by J.J Abrams:
- Star Trek
- Cloverfield
- Mission Impossible

Other films made by LUCASFILM:
- Strange Magic
- Willow
- Captain EO

Distributed:
- Digitally
- Printed

Where the film was released:
- Globally but LA first (17th December 2015)
- International release

MARKETING:

Platforms to promote the film:

• Instagram

Figure 5: Instagram page of Star Wars

• Facebook

Figure 6: Facebook page of Star wars

• Twitter

Figure 7: Twitter page of Star wars

• Website

Figure 8: Star wars' own official 

website

Traditional methods to promote the film:
- San Diego Comicon (Special presentation)
- Posters
- Teasers
- Characters' posters

EXHIBITION:

How long the film was played at the cinema:
- 1 month in Imax

Profit made at the cinema?
- $2.028 billion

Profit made at opening weekend?
- $247 million

Awards:
- BAFTA
- Grammys
- Kid's choice awards
- Empire award for best sci fi/fantasy

Figure 9: Awards won by Star wars: The force awakens

Figure 10: Rotten tomatoes of Star wars

Other ways to watch the film:
- DVD
- Blu Ray

Audience reviews:
- Throwback
- Positively compared to other films

Figure 11: Audience reviews on the film

The Survivalist - Distribution

Bulldog Film Distribution is a fully independent UK film distributor releasing films across all platforms. They make a mixed genre of films in order to reach a wide variety of audiences, as this will increase the recognition that they get.Bulldog Film distribution releases films which don't all have common themes and genres. This is because they would be able to reach out to a wider audience which will mean the company will gain loads of audiences.They mainly do national releases which shows that they don't have as big as a budget as other companys such as Lionsgate. Because of this, they also do digital releases so they can reach wider audiences for cheaper. Digital releases such as YouTube and Facebook allow people from anywhere to access the movie easily and freely. Other Thrillers that they've produced are The Returned, Judas Ghost,Flutter.

The Survivalist - Production

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 Stephen Fingleton - Director of the Survivalist

-Release dates: 12 Feb (UK)

-Released simultaneously on different media platforms (restricted released,released locally on 25 screens)

-Shown on film festivals :2015

-Film awards: Douglas Hickox Awards(British Independent) and Best New Narrative Director (Tribeca Film new Festival)

-Released exclusively at Queens Theatre(independent) and other independent cinemas

-Box office ($35.000)

-Audience reviews ( 7.3/10)

-Released online(international release)

-Available on BFI player(tells us the audience are people who are majorly interested in films)

The Survivalist - Production

• Production Company: Fyzz facility film one - They produced are films such as 'Cake' starring big hollywood starts such as Jennifer Aniston, and Anna Kendrick.

• Director: Stephen Fingleton (also the writer) - he written 8 movies and short films including 'Magpie'. Some of them area available on his vimeo page. 
• Editor: Mark Towns
• Cinematography by: Damien Elliot
• Cameras: Blackmagic Design/Ari Alexa Plus Cameras
• Budget: £1million (low budget film)
• Actors: Mia Goth, Martin McCann, Andrew Simpson
• Release: USA 18 April 2015 at the Tribeca film festival
• UK 25 April at the Belfast film festival and 12 October at the BFI London film festival
• France 20 November at the Paris international fantastic film festival
• Target audience: independent thriller fanatics/people who seek out films to watch
• R rated certificate
• Filmed in the UK and Ireland. 
• Edited on-site during filming via laptop
• Genre: thriller, sci-fi

The Survivalist - Marketing

Marketing for the film "The Survivalist"

The marketing platforms were mainly social media including Twitter, Facebook, website, trailer and on demand. 

The awards, the film won was BFI and was nominated for BAFTA awards and had 4 IFTA(Irish film and television academy) award nominations. The IFTA ceremony is being held on April 9th 2016 in Dublin and televised on the channel TV3.

It was chosen to be in the 59th London Film Festival on the 12th of October 2015.

The Tribeca critics showed that Time out, New York and Screen International gave positive reviews about the film. 

The film was reviewed in Empire magazines and the technologies used were modern methods meaning digital media such as social media. 

IMDB and rotten tomatoes both gave the movie a high rating. 

The Survivalist was reviewed by Mark Kermode as film of the week. This was extremely significant as it gave the film publicity and encouraged other people to watch the film.

We are colony is a website that distributed independent movies such as The Survivalist. The film can be watched on there at a very low cost.

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