Independent Case Study - Stoker

Independant Case Study - Stoker
Genre - Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Production Company - Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush and Scott Free Productions, It is a co-production American/British. The producer for this film is Korean his name is Park Chan-wook this is his first English language speaking movie he has directed

Stars - Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode

Certificate - This film received a certificate of 18 from the British board of film classification, the film was given this certificate because it contains; strong sex, violence and sexualised violence

Marketing -  A poster of the film is shown at the right hand side, in this poster you can see the family that the story revolves around in a mid shot from the knees up. The characters clothes are very old fashioned American styled which could reflect on the time period the film is set in. The main character (India, Middle) Is shown at the centre of the poster showing she is the main character of the story, she is holding a pencil and her hand is bloodied, this reflects to the films trailer where she stabs a boy with a pencil whilst at school. The Title "DO NOT DISTURB THE FAMILY." Can be a way of targeting the audience, with this title it targets people who are more interested in mysterious thrillers as they would like to find out why they shouldn't disturb the family and if they family aren't as normal as they appear to be.

Budget - $12,000,000 estimated, Box Office $12,000,000

Release date - January 20th 2013

Reception - Stoker received a rating of 69% on rottentomatoes.com this means 69% of critics said this was a good film, on rottentomatoes.com Stoker was described as "Stoker is a pungent mood piece spiced with mystery, murder and plenty of unsettling emotions."
Some critics that voted Stoker to be a bad film said "Subtlety is never this film's strong suit, and any mystery there is quickly paved over beneath a thick layer of stupidity." both this reviews were given from rottentomatoes.com

US Blockbuster Case Study 2013

The Hunger Games Catching Fire

Budget (Production Cost) 130million dollars
In the opening weekend of the films release it made 158 Million

Stars (Audience Appeal)

- Jennifer Lawrence, appears in:
The Hunger Games
X man First Class
Silver Linings Playbook (Won Oscar)
House at the end of the street
Winters Bone (Nominated Oscar)

- Josh Hutcherson
- Hunger Games
- Journey to the centre of the earth
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Fire house dog





Genre - Sci-fi Adventure, the majority of the audience that will be attracted by this given genre would be young adults and teenagers. This is because this genre gives a lot to the film industry, many successful movies in the past have been sci-fi adventure such as; Lord of the rings and Star Wars. Catching Fire is given this genre as it is based in a post apocalyptic future world where children have to fight to the death inside an outdoor arena. This plot line is also quite unique to this age, although there have been other films such as Battle Royale (2000) to feature a similar children death match theme.

Production company - Lions gate they have produced many movies such as; Saw, Cabin fever, Black swan (2002), and more. This production company are well known for producing horror films. They are an american production company which means they will likely work in producing high budget Hollywood films such as The Hunger Games.

Certificate - 12a, The movie was given this certificate by BBFC for containing moderate violence and threat, and infrequent strong language. Having a 12a certificate allows a movie to make a lot more money very easily, the movie will be accessible by all age groups and therefore a higher audience means more people paying to see the movie. 

Marketing -

In this Catching Fire poster you see the main character Katniss Everdeen wielding a bow and arrow aiming it towards the viewer, in synergy with the catch line of the film "Remember Who the Enemy Is" it works well with the action she is taking. The Poster is mainly made up of black and red colours, red is a key signal for danger and love which resembles the plot and outline of the story, black could focus on the unknown and keep the audience guessing what will happen to Katniss in the next movie. The symbol behind the main character is called the Mockingjay which is also the name to the last book in the series of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the symbol plays a key role in the movie and books as it become the key icon for the rebellion that Katniss creates in the story, Katniss is often refered to as the Mockingjay and the way they are both placed in the same part of the poster resembles this link. The Title on the poster is a golden orange colour which links in with the fire theme in the poster.

Reception: The rating this movie was given on rottentomatoes.com was 90% approve of the film some positive reviews from people who had viewed the movie were; "The budget is nearly twice the original, and it shows. Great work from the A-list cast, amazing set designs and costumes." "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire takes the narrative and thematic liberties traditionally granted the middle chapter in a trilogy and drives the stakes up sharply." Some other negative reviews stated that "The grand climax, whose elements include a long piece of wire, a lightning bolt, and an electronic force field, is an incoherent, rapid blur that will send the audience scurrying back to the book to find out what's supposed to be going on." There were some mixed views on the movie but overall almost everyone on rottentomatoes.com was very impressed with the progression of the movie.