Slumdog Millionaire Reasearch Task

Slumdog Millionaire Research Task

Task: To research the film Slumdog Millionaire focusing on the British Film Industry

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Basic info:

Release Date	9 January 2009
Director	Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Production Company	Film 4 and Celador Production
Distributor	Pathe pictures
Production Budget	$15.1 million
Advertising Budget
Main filming locations	India-Mumbai, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Genre	Drama and Romance
Male lead	Dev Patel
Female lead	Freida Pinto
Writer	Simon Beaufoy

Who do you think the target audience is? Why? (Mainstream or niche?)

The target audience for this movie are middle aged people and people who are able to perceive changes in the world and culture. The movie it was for a mass audience even though the budget was small.

What do the budgets tell you about the film?

The budget tells us that the movie was meant to be for the British public, so probably thats the reason why it had small budget and they probably didn't even think it would done this well.

Slumdog is classed as a British film, why?

Slumdog is classified as a British film because it has British actors in it even though it was shot outside of British in India Mumbai and also the British director who directed it Danny Boyle.

What is the criteria for classifying a film as ‘British’?

The criteria for classifying this film as British is quite high because there are British lead actors, for example like Dev Patel from a show called skin and the director Daany Boyle.

How was the film received? (research critics reviews/awards won)

Slumdog Millionaire's won 8 oscars and another 92 wins & 39 nominations. Other people thought that " Slumdog Millionaire’, a film so upbeat and colourful that, by the time you’re relaying its infectious air of optimism to friends, you could forget that it features orphans, slaughter, organised crime, poverty, enslavement and police brutality" and "I'm not sure it's a great movie, but it's certainly a great audience movie"

How was the film advertised? (Where? How long for?)

The film was advertised using trailers and soundtracks, for example like "Jai Ho" by Pussycat Dolls it showed someof the clips from the movie and it was world wide.

Why do you think the film was so successful?

In my opinion I think that the movie was successful because the way there were being cruel and torturering the children and us the vulnerbility we feel when we are watching the movie. Also and maybe the show they used "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" because it's quite famous and popular aound the world.

Helpful websites:

Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/

Sight & Sound magazine: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/

Guardian film reviews: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film

Official Slumdog site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/

Wiki info on Slumdog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire

Review site: http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/slumdog_millionaire/

UK Film Council: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

BAFTA: http://www.bafta.org/

Filming James Bond (The Poison Scene)

In the filming of James Bond (The Poison scene) we used Misce En Scene. In my group we had to use different camera angle, for example we used tinted angle and movements to the camera when we were shooting the scene when James Bond was in the toilet. The reason for this is we wanted the audience to feel like they are in the scene and can feel the emotions and what James Bond is feeling.

When editing the Poison scene we had to put non-digetic sound in the scene, so that the scenes are more interesting, make the scene more intense and dramatic. We made a meaning in our film by trying to make it original like the actual scene. We tried to copy the same camera movements and use dramatic sound like in the real scene for example use dramatic music as they used in the toilet scene.

Casino Royale

Answers to the Questions about Hollywood

In my own opinion I think that Hollywood is very powerful because they make some entertainment for people. If they was no Hollywood then it means that they would be no movies like action movies or sci-fi and comedy with better technologies and making fiction come to life. However there is Nollywood and Bollywood but then its not movies that everyone watches because they make it in their own language, but with Hollywood they make it in English which means there movies hs a mass audince than others that have a niche audience.

The audience are important in film industry because if the audience don't watch the movies that means the movie is not going to make a profit but lose a lot of money. The cinemas are also important or the people that screens the movies because you are not going to make a lot of money if you don't make people to pay to watch the movie rather than to buy a dvd which will not cost a lot of money. Last but not least advertising is very important because you want people to know that there has been a new movie that has been realeased in order for people to come to the cinema and watch the movie. Also if you don't advertise your movie then know one is going to watch the movie because they dont know it's been realeased.

Filming James Bond Scene

When i was re-filminhg the James Bond scene, I found it really hard because yu have to do it in scenes.Which means you have to shoot a certain scene and stop and do anopther one. The other thing I found really hard is me and Zain had to find actors, for example we had to find a teacher who is in a suit. This was hard because teachers are all busy and to find someone who has a free lesson or not doing anything is quiet hard. Overall I actually find it very funny being a director and recreating a scene from Casino Royale James Bond.

Monster in Law

MISE EN SCENE- CLPPS

The costume that they use in the movie called Monster in Law are just casual clothes, to show us that they are not people who are struggling with their lives but pretty comfortable with it. However , Jane Fonda played by Viola Fields and Michael Vartan played by Dr Kevin Fields are rich which means they were expensive clothes because they can afford it than the rest.

At the beginning of the trailer they don’t use any lightning because its day light which means you don’t need any lightning because you can see properly. Maybe they might have used some lightning but to be honest I don’t think so because it’s unnecessary. They use a lot of candles , to make the scene romantic as they are celebrating an engagement at a party. By seeing this candles it will make it easier for the audience to understand that there is love celebration. In my opinion I think it will make it easier because a lot of candles signify something romantic and special love. When they are in the kitchen they is a light on where Charlie played by Jennifer Lopez is cooking. This makes it also easier for us to understand that she is cooking because the light as at the cooker only, not in the rest of the kitchen. So the movie director wants to make it easier for us to understand the movie, so that we can enjoy it because if he tried to complicate things then we wouldn’t understand what’s going on.

The production design for the scene at the beginning is there are in a garden and they are using props. For example they are using glasses and a jar. This scene is not complicated because you know that they are relaxing and sharing their troubles, like Charlie played Jennifer Lopez is sharing her troubles to her friends about her mother in law who is treating her badly. Jane Fonda played by Viola Fields is in a mansion and everything that is in that house is very expensive which means that she is very rich and lives a luxurious life and a higher class lady.

In the movie they uses a lot of props, for example when Viola Fields has a horn that is used to make a lot of noise. When you see the horn you just know that the character is going to use this prop in an negative way. The reason why the director made this character use this prop is to show the audience the tension between this two characters Viola and Charlie. The other prop that they use is sleeping pills, they used sleeping pills because they wanted to show the battle between them because the two of them wants to show their strengths or the strengths that they will go to in order for one of them to win.

Where the cast is there is so much space, for example the houses that they were in has a lot of space. This shows us that they are people who doesn’t struggle but there lives are comfortable for them. However the scene where Charlie and Viola are sleeping together they don’t really have much space, to show us that that there must be a reason why Viola decided to sleep with her. I think that the reason is pretty clear, she is looking for a chance to make Charlie’s life miserable because she hates her and she is cold towards her. So because of Viola’ behaviour you can just know that she is going to make her daughter in law’s life distressed.

Monster in Law

Wolverine

The genre of the film called "Wolverine" is Action,Thriller, Fantasy and Sci-Fi. It was released on the 29th of April 2009. The director of the movie is called Gavin Hood and the writers of the movie are David Benioff and Skip Woods

Wolverine is not a remake of a book/comic, but then they are comic books and books of the movie. However, Wolverine is a fictional Canadian superhero mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, bone claws, and a healing factor that allows him to quickly recover from virtually any wound, disease or toxin, also enabling him to live beyond a normal human lifespan.

The main notable stars are Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Houston and Will i am. In the movie Hugh Jackman played by Logan/ Wolverine is a brother to Liev Schreiber, who is played by Victor Creed. Logan/Wolverine lives a mutant life, he seeks revenge against his brother for the death of his girlfriend and ends up going through the Mutant X program. The reason why he went Mutant X program is because he wanted his claws to be much stronger, so that he can defeat his brother.

The target audience of the film are people who like or into comic books and people who are in their 30s and 40s going down to about teenagers. The reason why I said teenagers it's because every teenagers likes a movie that ends up the good guys winning, which means when evil guys die at the end of the movie like what happens at the end of this movie.

In my opinion, I really find this movie very enjoyable, amusing and very interesting because I wanted Hugh Jackman who is played by Logan/Wolverine to get revenge on the people who were killing other mutants and his brother. Even though I enjoyed the movie, I didn't like the fact that Logan/Wolverine loses his memory and his girlfriend ends up dying at the end of the movie. It also seems as if at the beginning of the movie, they were rushing it so that they can get to the middle of the movie because that’s the best part of the movie. Overall, I actually found the movie very thrilling and I hope they make part two of the movie because the way it ended it seemed like it's going to be continuously.

There was some stylistic/camera techniques that inspired me, for example they used a mid-shot to show us facial expressions of Wolverine/Logan that he was furious; they wanted to erase all of his memories because they thought he was dead while they where doing an experiment on him. There was also fast tracking when Victor was running, he is a mutant and his powers are like a cheetah, which means he can run very fast.

The messages and values of the film are tolerance and multiculturalism because the mutants don't get along with each other. Instead of them acting as one, they are too busy fighting and killing each other. So the lesson we can learn from this is to get along with each other not fighting and killing each other.

Wolverine Trailer