Tuesday, 3 January 2017

My British Case Study

The Inbetweeners Movie

Production notes:

* Which company produced the film?  Bwark Productions, Film4 Productions, Young Films
* Where did the funding come from? Channel 4 funded the film (who receive funding from adverts and deals etc.)
* What was the production budget?  £3.5 million
* What year was it filmed?  2011
* How long did filming take? Started filming in May, took a break because of fans and returned in winter
* Where was it filmed?  UK, Spain and Greece
* What equipment was used for filming? Ari Alexa, Cooke S4, Angenieux Optimo Lenses
* Nationality? British
* Who owns the source material? Channel 4
* Who the main producer, director, cinematographer, editor, screen writer and music providers were. 
Producer - Christopher Young
Director - Ben Palmer
Cinematographer - Ben Wheeler
Editors - Charlie Fawcett, William Webb
Screen writers - Iain Morris, Damon Beesley
Music providers - David Arnold, Michael Price, Mike Skinner

* Who the principle cast members are (star vehicles). 
Simon Bird - Will Mackenzie
James Buckley - Jay Cartwright
Blake Harrison - Neil Sutherland
Joe Thomas - Simon Cooper

* Any other production information e.g. any problems? Problems filming in Malia because of the overcrowded streets. Over enthusiastic fans made it impossible to film.

Distribution: 
 * Distribution company UK - Entertainment Film Distributors
 * Marketing budget  £3.5 million
 * Test screening information Positive feedback, the audience were pleased with the narrative and characters
 * Release pattern -
Released in 26 different countries from The UK - 17th August 2011 to Hungary - 27th October 2012

 * Examples of marketing and promotion Mainly used social networking sites - # on Twitter and Facebook Page. Also advertised on the side of pot noodle packaging and YouTube trailers. Twitter accounts were also made of the characters, which reached over 100,000 followers.
 * What other media is it available on?
 Online film sites such as iTunes, Love Film and Netflix as well as many others 

 Exhibition

 * Types of cinema shown in (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH) Showcase Cinemas?
 * How long was it was on for
 * Box office figures  £2.5 million on the first day, £41.8 million overall
 * Age classification UK - 15
 * Who the primary target audience was 15 - 25 year olds, preferably those who had seen the TV series
 * Success (compare to DVD/Blue-ray/download
On the 12th December 2011, The Inbetweeners Movie was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK, and by the 17th December, estimated sales reached 1 million.
* Any other information e.g. did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?



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