Monday, 9 December 2013

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




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