Contraband vs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - unfinished

CONTRABAND:

Used Facebook and Twitter to promote their film. Also made a webpage. This is effective because their target audience would 

New media technology

Pre Production

• used internet on IMBd to research on thriller films
• used our blog to plan out our ideas such as our story boards
• used phones to contact our actors 

Production

• we used a HD video camera
• music playing in the background via computer

Post Production

• We uploaded it on Youtube
• We edited it on iMovie
• downloaded sounds from the internet

Contraband research - Working Films

What is the genre of Contraband? 

Action, crime, drama

Who stars in Contraband?

Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale

Who directed Contraband?

Baltasar Kormakur

What is the estimated budget for the film?

$25,000,000

What is the estimated Box Office Takings for the opening weekend?

$24,349,815

How many screens was it shown on in the US?

2863 screens

Which other production companies did Working Title work with to produce the film? (You should also know and say what this type of production is called)
Co-production -
Universal Pictures (presents)
Relativity Media (in association with)
Working Title Films (as Working Title)
Blueeyes Productions (in association with)
Leverage Management (as Leverage)
Closest to the Hole Productions
Farraday Films
Leverage Entertainment
Studio Canal

News Corp assets

BSkyB: advertisements on the channels.

The Sun: it's a stereotyped news paper that contains everyday affairs so advertising a film in it would be better than doing it in another newspaper such as The Times.

Mass Audience

I use Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Hotmail and Youtube on my laptop. I use them to communicate with my friends, family and work linked people.

The media has influenced me to buy a blackberry smartphone because it was easier to communicate with my friends that have the same phone. I've also bought Rimmel Renew and Lift foundation that i've seen on an advert.

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City Lights alley way test shoot

When we shot our alley way scene it was light outside, however when it comes to filming the real thing we will be doing it at night time using lights. It was difficult to edit the outside lighting on iMovie. We used lots of long shots in this scene, but when it comes to the actual thing we will use more close ups, medium close ups and extreme long shots as the character is walking by. During the fight scene we might film parts of it from the point of view of one of the characters. We muted the natural sounds as it did not fit with the clip, therefore we will add music at different volume levels whilst the character walks further away from the club, this will fit the scene more. The main character walking drunk will not walk as unstable as she did because it looked to staged and not real.