Task A1

Henry McCullogh
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The budget will have to be that much because it is a Blockbuster-Spectre
blockbuster and requires a lot of money to make the
film. It would of done well worldwide because of how
well the James bond films do. The expectation of the
film will also increase the budget    

Locations-In the film through their budget

they have used lots of different locations to
make sure that the film stays interesting and
it will never get boring. The different settings
in the scene change the mood and feeling of
the film. They have used countries like Mexico
to film the day of the dead ceremony, this
setting suits this scene because people know
that the day of the dead ceremony is
originated from Mexico. This means the film
and shots link nicely together.  This can make
the film successful  because the audience see
different mind-blowing locations. There are
also lots of locatiobs used this is to ensure
that the film is at its best quality possible. This
would have boosted the sucess of the film
using a range of locations but would have
affected the budget quite a lot  because
filming in lots of locations would
be expensive.
Director- The director is Sam Mendes and he is a well-
known director, he has lots of experience in making major
films that a lot of people are interested  in, he has directed
films such as Skyfall which is also a James bond film, this will
make the film spectre a success because he has past
experience of making a James bond film which can make the
film of spectre successful. This would have cost a lot to have
him direct the film because they know that he has made
successful James bond films in the past. Therefore they
would have had to pay a lot of money for him to direct the
film. He is an experienced director meaning that he would
add to the success of this film a lot. He would of took a lot
out of the budget because he is the director because
anything, he needs he will get because he is the one that will
make the film very successful if created right     meaning they would find the best place to
Casting- Daniel Craig is featured in this film
and he is a very good actor this will attract people
to come watch the film if they are interested in
Daniel Craig which a lot of people are, he plays
the part of James bond and he makes the film
people recognise him as James bond . They
would have had to pay Daniel Craig a lot of
money but it would make the film successful , he
has featured in many James bond films before
meaning he has experience playing that part
which can make the film a success. They have
chose daniela craig because he is known as james
bond to viewers because he is so good at this
role 
Equipment- In spectre they used the best technical
aspects they could of used they used the best camera such
as the Panavision camera which can average a cost of
between £25,000-£30,000 pounds this would of cost a
bit to the budget but not to much, this allowed the
Distribution-There were many people who
camera quality to beat its best when filming, this will allow
distributed the film across the globe, one of
the film to be a success because the camera work will be
the main distributors was Sony pictures
high quality and this will make the film even better
realising, they have realised it in many
through the quality of the camera work because of the
countries such as uk,italy and Germany. This
camera. These cameras would ofg been rented meaning
would have had led to the success of the film
that they wouldent of had to pay the full amount needed
because Sony are a very big company and
for the camera 
have a lot of connections with people
distribute the films. This would of effected
the budget because they have to get the film
out to the audience.
Box office Ex Machina-Mini major
Budget:
$15,000,000- They would need more money because the genre is sci- fi meaning the film will cost
quite a lot, also they would need this amount generally because it is quite a big film
Gross USA:
$25,442,958 sci- fi is typically a universal genre that people can identify with Cumulative
Worldwide Gross:
$38,978,784-It would of done well internationally because universal were the main distributors
and they would of distributed to places that would of take interest in the film
Equipment- There was top quality Casting- There were many well known actors but this meant that
equipment used within the film to it made the film more realistic because it seemed like they were
ensure that the camerawork was at normal people which made it more believable for the audience.
its best, in this film they used a One of the actors called Domhnall Gleeson he has featured in tv
camera called the Sony CineAlta shows and films, some being well known such as harry potter
F65, this is a very good camera and which shows he is a experienced actor which will make it a more
ranges from the price of £15,000- successful film, this would of effected the budget because it
£25,000 which shows that it is a would of cost quite a bit to have him involved in the film. In the
very good camera, It has a long film a man falls in love with this women and she is an attractive
zoom which means that they could actress so she's suits the role because it makes it more realistic.
film from different distances to give Distribution-There were many distributors
a cinematic effect which would who distributed the film but the main one
have been necessary for the Locations- There were many locations used. was universal pictures international who also
tension parts of this film. Also it One of them was pinewood studios which is a made the film. This would have saved money
means that the camera quality is at well known studio, the studios are very well on the budget as they would already have
its best, this would have been laid out and big which can fit a lot of people the contacts in order to market the film
costly to the budget however in it meaning filming time is reduced because internationally as opposed to paying another
necessary in order for the film to you can fit more people in the studio. Using conglomerate to distributed the film. But
be filmed at high quality and may locations like this would of mad the film a this would of made it a success because of
have been why it contributed to success because they are very easy to film in the people they know and they know what
the success of the film. and in particular good filming within the are good places to distribute the film. The
studio meaning the camera work within the film was distributed to many different places
Director- The director of the film was called film can be at its best quality making the film so this meant that the film was made
Alex garland. He directed and wrote the film, international.
a success . The also filmed in countries like
This means that they did not have to pay
Norway and I believe they didn’t need to do
another person to write the film which meant
this because the film is roughly set in one
they spent less money he is a English novelist
who is well known for this film ex Machina place.
and also for the film Annihilation- this shows
that he has experience in making good films
which led to the success of this film because
the knowledge of this director. They wouldn't
be able get directors like Sam Mendes because
they expect a lot of money and ex Machina
budget isn't that big as it is a mini major
Box office Small scale-Monsters
Budget:
£500,000 The budget does not need to be big because it is a small scale film meaning that the details of the
film do not need to be that good meaning the budget can be less than a mini major or blockbuster
Opening Weekend USA:
$20,508, 31 October 2010, Limited Release
Gross USA: Casting- There were many actors
$237,301 involved but none of them where really
well known, this can be a good thing
Because it makes the film more realistic
Equipment -The equipment used was because these look like normal people
not that expensive this is due to the and not actors because they are not
budget this film is a small scale film known which can make the film more
meaning that, the budget is quite small successful. The main actor within the
meaning that they have a bit of money to film was Scoot McNairy and he has been
spend on a good camera but this means Distribution- There are
seen in many films which means he has
they couldn't get the best camera, One of many different distributors
experience which can make the film
the cameras they used was the PMW- used to get the film out to
successful, the cost would of effected
EX3/5 this camera cost around ££6,261.67 the audience the main
the budget but not to much.
which is still a good camera given the distributor was blue sky
budget that the film has. Locations- There were many locations but they media who distributed it to
weren't specific they were just in countries which many countries, blue sky
may have not led to the success because they are not media are a big company
specific locations because they are not specific so they know connections
location just countries, meaning that there wasn’t which will get the film the
really a structure for the film meaning that this may right audience it needs to
of not led to the films success get. . I was distributed to
many different places to
Director- The director was Gareth James Edwards is an English ensure that the right
film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, audience was shown the
production designer and visual effects artist, which shows he is film and it could make as
very skilled in what he does but he has not been recognised for much money as possible.
any previous films, which shows that he didn't have much
experience before he directed this film but he had the knowledge,
to direct a film so there is a positive and a negative towards him,
it wouldn't of cost much out of the budget to have him as the
director of the film but his knowledge made the film successful
even if he didn’t have the experience .