HONEY TRAP!

Who directed the film?

Rebecca Johnson

Why did the director choose to tell this particular story? where is the story or idea from and why is it topical?
Inspired events- news report. Samantha, 16 was in an ambush where he was murdered by her boyfriend. Honey trap uses it as a point of departure to delve into the mind of the young girl. Young people get involved in gangs/ violence, conflicting emotions.

Who produced the film?
Sarah Sulick and Amy Ricker

What was the budget?
Independent film makers tend to not have high budgets, Honey traps was initially under £1 million, an approximate of £73,000 was used.

How did they raise the funds?
By donations via crowd fundraise

How did they find the film's cast?
Honey trap will use the same casting process as Top Girl searching for young people via agents, threatres, schools, community centres and street casting.

What technology has been used to make the film?
Camera

Where was the film made? Why was it important to the director? 
It was made in Brixton with local young people in front of and behind the camera.

Who is the distributor for the film?
The UK distributor for Honey trap is Anchor bay which it would be released in 2015.

What other films have they distributed?
Top Girl

Who is the target audience/s?
Urban adults (25+) who were out critically well- reviewed
Urban young people (15-25) both sexes

List the different marketing tools that have been used to promote the film to different audiences?
Posters, trailers, print outs, social media( Twitter, facebook)

How has the 'social inclusion' aspect of the film helped to promote and market it to audiences?
Changing the lives 30 young people from Brixton, raising awareness of gang culture

Why would this film appeal to a National audience?
British movie, national audiences could be interested in the culture, especially south London.

Are there examples of synergy with other products/ merchandise?
Bucks music group made the sound

What is the role of the BFI Film Festival in promoting the film and the film- maker?
Advertising Honey trap where it will be sold to independent distributors around the world. Rebecca has ties with Berlin, Rotterdam and Los Angeles.

What examples of technological convergence can you find relating to the film's production, distribution or exhibition?
Crowd fundraising, market researching

Where is the film being released (locally, nationwide, worldwide)?
Nationwide around England

When is the film being released (locally, nationwide, worldwide)?
Released on 17th October in the UK by BFI Film Festival, however, it will be released generally in Feb 2015

In which cinemas is the film being released?
Picture house

How many cinemas are screening the film?
30 film festivals; world spread

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BFI

The BFI is also known as, British Film Industry, the BFI was founded in 1933. They combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI South bank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals.


Film Forever is their five year strategic plan for 2012-2017 to support UK film. This is very important for independent films and low budget movies this allows them to receive as much help as possible to make their film liked and known to the British public.

Exhibition

Audiences get to see films through: Cinema, billboards, TV, You Tube, trailers, magazines, social networking, posters in different areas.

The box office is a place  where tickets are purchased by the public, this means that when you purchase tickets at the cinema it doesn't go the cinema, it goes to the box office and films with high box office ratings means a large sale of tickets by the public.

The box office identify's the success of the film and they measure the amount of profit they have made and as I said the amount of money made through tickets. If the film is successful the money is then shared to the film.

Cinemas make profit buy selling food/sweets/ice cream and drinks. This is why the prices in the cinema are at higher prices than usual, furthermore, if no sales were made through food and drink, the cinema would close without business. 

The cinema also receives money from the on-screen adverts that occur before the movie starts, this is well chosen by the marketers because the audiences are forced to watch it. Therefore if the film is a blockbuster then the cinema would ask for a higher amount of money to play their trailer on- screen.

Home screening, also known as Ancillary marketing, is companies like Netflix, airlines (movies shown before even released in cinemas), and other sources. This allows friends and families to watch feature movies at home without going to the cinema and paying a lot of money.

Marketing

Marketing is the process of advertising the product through teaser advertisements and trailers, this is different from distribution as it is not showing the whole product to the audience, it is just selecting certain parts to tease and intrigue the audiences.

         


        



                                                                                   "Despicable Me 2" is the sequel to the 2010 blockbuster "Despicable Me."

Distribution 

Distribution is the process where a film is shared to the public for the first time, as a highly competitive business of launching and sustaining films in the market place, it is very important that the distributor know exactly what they are looking for and needs to make sure the right decisions are taken. Like other forms of entertainment, the film business is product-driven: the films themselves are the reason why most people buy cinema tickets.

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing: for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing (DVD, video-on-demand, download, television programs through broadcast syndication etc.). A distributor may do this directly, if the distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or market.

The traditional ways was through theatre and cinema distribution, it is the well known but as more and more movies are being watched illegally online and many at home on any home entertainment. This means the traditional ways of watching new films is becoming less and less used.

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon the festival's focus, can include international and domestic releases. Some festivals focus on a specific film-maker or genre (e.g., film noir) or subject matter (e.g., horror film festivals). A number of film festivals specialize in short films of a defined maximum length. Film festivals are typically annual events.

PRODUCTION

1. What are the stages involved in producing in a film- what do they include from the early idea to the final edit when the film is ready to be sold to cinemas and promoted to the public?

Pre- Production: This is the stage in which all the planning for the project takes place. During pre-production, the production is broken down into individual scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are identified. The script, if not already complete, is written at this stage. A detailed schedule is produced and arrangements are made for the necessary elements or people to be available to the film-makers at the appropriate times.

Production: This is the stage at which all the filming is carried out. All scenes planned out in pre-production are filmed at the relevant locations. Each scene is filmed as many times as the director deems fit, to ensure the best quality scenes will be used to construct the film. This is where the strength of the pre-production work is put to the test. Great care must be taken to make sure that all the filming is done correctly and all necessary shots are taken, as it is sometimes difficult or impossible to go back and repeat certain events if the filming is incomplete when it comes to the post-production stage.

Post- Production: This is the stage in which the film is assembled by the editor. The first job of the film editor is to build a rough cut taken from sequences (or scenes) based on individual "takes" (shots). The purpose of the rough cut is to select and order the best shots. The next step is to create a fine cut by getting all the shots to flow smoothly in a seamless story. Trimming - the process of shortening scenes by a few minutes, seconds, or even frames - is done during this phase. As well as the editing of footage, all music, graphics, menus etc are added in this stage. After the fine cut has been screened and approved by the director and producer, the picture is "locked," meaning no further changes are made.

2. Who are  the main producers of the film in America?

MICHAEL MANN

He directed his first film, the award-winning prison drama The Jericho Mile, in 1979. He followed that in 1981 with his first theatrical release, Thief 













STEVEN SPIELBERG

Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. 

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER

Jerry Bruckheimer is an excellent film producer and has produced excellent, awesome and amazing films such as Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Con Air, Bad Boys, Bad Boys 2, Gone in 60 Seconds and Enemy of The State.

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenburg and David Geffen established Dreamworks in 1994. Though not a full-service studio, Dreamworks arranges for the production and financing of movies.

MGM has downgraded itself from being a major studio into a minor media company that distributes films and television content. It fully owns United Artists after it bought out the shares of Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. It still owns the rights to the franchise of the James Bond movies. 

Viacom is the conglomerate behind the Paramount Motion Pictures Group. Its major studio subsidiary is Paramount Pictures, while art house movies are released under the name of Paramount Vantage. 

3. What is independent production?

An independent film is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced and/or distributed by subsidiaries of major film studios.

Independent films are sometimes distinguishable by their content and style and the way in which the filmmakers' personal artistic vision is realized. Usually, but not always, independent films are made with considerably lower film budgets than major studio films

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GROUP 18: As you can tell, this was very awkward.