Skyfall Research

Skyfall is the newest James Bond film, it is the 23rd film in the James Bond series.

The director of the film is Sam Mendes, filming was suspended for a two years due to financial difficulties by MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a film producing company). 

Filming of Skyfall officially started in November 2011, and took place in the UK, China and Turkey.

Main Characters:

Daniel Craig as James Bond, agent 007:  The protagonist, in the film Bond seems to be in denial about whether he wants to continue his life as an agent.

Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva:  The revengeful antagonist, he originally worked for the MI6 but is now out looking to seek revenge on those he felt betrayed him, making him a 'cyber terrorist'.

Judi Dench as M (Head of MI6): The head of MI6 and Bond's commanding officer

Plot:

The identities of all Mi6 agents are leaked onto the internet and James Bond is thought to be dead after a failed operation at Istanbul. Later M's ability to run the Mi6 is questioned, subsequently the government proceeds to review her handling of the situation in Istanbul.
The service itself gets attacked, Bond then reappears which allows the head of the secret service to search for Raoul Silva, the villain of the film who attempts to black mail M and Bond as he has a personal connection to them both.

Production

The production of the film was delayed throughout 2010 as MGM faced finical problems;
The films budget is estimated to be at $150 million.
Skayfall is set to be the first James Bond film to be released in IMAX venues.

Filming

Filiming began in November 2011, and started in London. 

In March 2012  it was moved to Turkey and filming proceeded until the 6th of May. 

Some parts of South Africa, China are also featured in the film.  

The film was scheduled to take up 133 days to complete. 

Premier 

Skyfall will premier in London on the 23rd of October and will be released to the rest of the UK on the 26th. The film's release will share the anniversary of the 50th film of the James Bond series, which began with Dr. No in 1962.

Paranormal Activity Swede Trailer

This is the trailer for Paranormal Activity Swede

Swede Presentation

These are the interviews for our swede with the main character, Giselle and the priest Hermenia.
Interviewer: Remello & Hermenia.

Paranormal Activity Swede

This is a draft to the Paranormal Activity Swede poster! This is was one way we advertised our swede and it turned out to a be successful poster as it got the public intrigued. I decided to keep it the same because it might help the audience identify the real version and our version since we're using the sort of same scene for one of our takes.

This was done on Photoshop, I simply added some writing to identify that it's the swede. This will also be the cover for our Facebook page!

Researching Swedes

So I found this swede on Youtube, and thought it was humorous, it's very swede-like in being that the actors put on fake high pitched voices and use obvious props like lighters and strings to make things seem ghostly. They have used the same settings as the real film, like the house and outside and they have also used scenes from all three Paranormal Activity movies combined into one.

Production, Distribution, Marketing and Exhibition

Production

Pre-production stage

• Refers to the tasks undertaken before production begins.
• for small video companies it could mean everything that happens before shooting begins e.g. Meeting with the client, storyboarding etc..

For feature films it is more specific

• Location scouting
• Special effects identification and preparation
• Production schedule
• Set construction
• Script locking (semi finalisation of the script)
• script read through with cast, director and other interested parties.

Production

Refers to part of the process in which footage is recorded. Also known as principal photography.

• In feature films, the production stage s the point at which it is no longer financially viable to cancel the project - it is almost always cheaper to continue.
• Principal is to record all required shots.

Post-Production

• Mainly editing takes place. The 'retouching'.
• Editing video footage, soundtrack and adding sound effects.
• Adding titles and graphics.
• Colour correction.
• Special effects.
• Re-shooting scenes(if necessary).

Distribution

The idea of the movie is used and they create an outline to promote interest in idea, then a studio or independent investor decides to purchase rights to the film. People are brought together to make the film and then is completed and sent to the studio. The studio makes the licensing agreement with a distribution company who then determine how many copies of the film to make. They then show the movie to prospective buyers representing theatres. The buyers negotiate terms and lease agreement.

Then the prints are sent to the theatres a few days before the opening day. The movie is shown for a specific number of weeks. Then the customers (us) buy tickets to see the movie. At the end of the engagement the theatre sends the print back to the distribution company and makes payment on the lease agreement.

Marketing

• The red carpet premier.
• Advertising on TV's, billboards and magazines. Also online trailers.
• Actors featured may endorse a product to allow people to recognise.

Exhibition

We can engage with films through the internet, which are mainly pirated copies, but companies like 'Netflix' and 'Lovefilm' have made hit blockbusters available to us for a fixed price monthly so the customer can enjoy top movies from years ago. Cinemas always release new films every week. After a few years the movies are shown on TV or can be bought on Sky Box Office or on DVD after a few weeks or months.  Private screenings before the film are shown to the public.