2. Starter Task
How many films do you recognise?
I recognised 9 films while watching the video. These films were:
• Ali G Indahouse
• Love Actually
• Bean
• Thunderbirds
• Bridget Jones
• Shaun of the Dead
• The Calcium Kid
• Thirteen
• About A Boy
3. Starter Task
What do the films have in common?
The things the films have in common is the
actors. Popular and well know actors are all
in starred in the films. The films use the
same actors but in different genres of films.
Another thing I found the films had in
common was the camera movements and
shots. I found a mid shot was a popular
camera shot in each of the films shown.
Lastly I noticed that the films show
emotions of the characters for example
crying, happiness and angry.
4. Research Task
What is ?
Working Title is a production company
based in London. Working Title is a British
film company. The company produces
feature films and several television
productions.
The company produces many different
genres of films. Ranging from Comedy to
Action. The company has had many Box
Office success’s with films such as ‘Tinker
Tailor Solider Spy’, ‘Pride and
Prejudice’, ‘Love Actually’ and ‘Paul’.
5. Research Task
How is Working Title structured?
Working Title is structured in many ways, for example they don’t
make one film at a time they make a couple of films at a time.
When making films at the same time they balance out the genres
of the films and the actors. They can’t be independent on one film.
They have a devolvement team based in the UK and the USA.
And below the devolvement team they have devolvement
executives and Working Title have a book are in their structure.
The company has a business fairs department.
The company like to have one person is the music department,
one person in marketing and one person in the finical department.
6. Research Task
Love Actually
Production:
• £30 million/$45 million budget
• Universal Pictures, Studio Canal ,Working
Title Films DNA Films were the main
investors.
• Most of the film was filmed in London
• The scene in which Colin attempts to chat up
the female caterer at the wedding appeared in
drafts of the screenplay for Four Weddings
and a Funeral, but was cut from the final
version
7. Distribution and Marketing Strategies:
• Distributed by Universal Studios
• Released 21st November 2003
• Soundtrack
• Facebook Link
• Trailer on YouTube helped to advertise the film
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8. Exhibition & consumption :
• Total box office profit $246,942,017
• Opening Weekend: $1,047,160
• DVD release date April 27th 2004
• Love Actually Special Christmas addition
DVD
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