Case study- film 2

 

Honeytrap

 

 



 

Storyline
Set in Brixton, London, HONEYTRAP tells the story of fifteen year-old Layla who gets sucked into gang activity and sets up the boy who's in love with her to be killed. Which is based on a true story.

Details:

Release Date: 17 October 2014 (UK)

Filming Locations: Brixton, London, England, UK

Production Co: Bright Pictures, Creativity Capital, Finite Films

Stars:

Jessica Sula,
 

 

Lucien Laviscount,

 

Who directed the film?
 Rebecca Johnson was the producer of the film.

Who wrote the film?
Rebecca Johnson also wrote the film.

Who produced the film?

Sarah Sulick was the producer of the film

What technology was used in the film?
The technology used to make the film were; film Camera, Photography camera, editing tools (editing can relate to music and cutting of shots which will be done on a computer).

What media coverage was used?
The media coverage used was that the film is linked in to other film festivals but does not have any major conventions. However it is going to made as a co-production between Bright Pictures and Fierce Productions.There is also a Facebook promoting the UK film

Who was the target audience?
The target audience is young urban teenagers and adults of both sexes.

What synergy was used in the film?
The synergy used in the film that was compiled and produced by Bucks Music Group. Artists on board include critically acclaimed grime artist MC Killa P.

Who was the distributor of the film?
The distributor of the film is an International Film Festival where the film will then be sold onto independent distributors around the world.

What was the budget for the film?
The budget of the UK film was under a million UK pound.

 



Guardians of the galaxy

 

Who produced and directed the film?
The producer was Kevin Siege and the director was James Gunn.

What was the budget of the film?
The budget of the film was $170 million.

Who stars in it?
Some of the main actors and actresses starring in the film are:
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper.

What technology has been used to make the film?
Some of the technology that Guardians of the Galaxy would use for the production of their film
would mainly be motion-capture. This would be to create unusual characters such like the walking tree-like alien that is Groot.

Where and when was Guardians of the Galaxy released and in what cinemas?
The world premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy was held on July 21 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 31 2014, and in the United States on August 1 in 3D. The film was released in 4,080 cinemas in the United States.

Guardians of the galxy is no on DVD, sky movies and on blu-ray.


 

Honeytrap

Who produced the film?
The producer of Honeytrap is a female called Sarah Sulick.

Who directed the film?
The director of Honeytrap was a female called Rebecca Johnson.

What was the budget?
The budget for Honeytrap was just under a £1million.

Who stars in it?
The actors and actresses that star in the movie Honeytrap are:
Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, Naomi Ryan, Danielle Vitalis, Lauren Johns, Tosin Cole, Savannah Gordon-Liburd, Modupe Adeyeye.

How was Honeytrap marketed, which different marketing tools were used?
How Honeytrap marketed was by doing fundraising as well as social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Any cross media convergence?
The cross media convergence would be how the film made social network sites which would include the ones listed above.

Where and when was Honeytrap released and in what cinemas?
Honeytrap was only released nationwide. It was released in the UK 17th October 2014, London Film Festival.

What formats was it available in?
The formats that Honeytrap is available in would be IMAX.

Who is the target audience?
The target audience for Honeytrap would be urban adults (25+), who seek out critically well-reviewed films and urban young people (15-25), both sexes, who relate to story and cast.

The official trailer for Honeytrap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfCeClJEFI

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HONEY TRAP

Brief details

Release Date:

 17 October 2014 (UK) 

Filming Locations:

 Brixton, London, England, UK

Synopsis

HONEY TRAP is a tragic teen romance, set in South London and inspired by true events. It tells the story of 15-year-old Layla, who sets up the boy in love with her to be killed. 
Fresh off the boat from Trinidad and full of fairy tale fantasies, Layla is swept off her feet by self-styled gang leader/rapper Troy. But in this dog-eat-dog world where being Troy's girl buys her envy as well as status, social outsider Shaun becomes her only true friend.
When Troy discards her, Layla is left in ruins. She vows to rebuild herself as a hardened player in order to win him back and Shaun becomes a pawn in her game. Soon the forces she has set in motion are escalating out of control.

Budget

This film is a low budget film but the budget was £8,560.

Who produced and directed the film?

Sarah Sulick and Rebecca Johnson produced and directed Honey Trap.

Who stars in it?

Jessica Sula who played Layla  replacing Samantha Joseph 

 Lucien Laviscount who is taking on the role of the terrifying 'Troy' instead of real-life jealous boyfriend McLean.

Ntonga Mwanza is taken on Shakilus Townsend's fictional character 'Shaun' 

Naomi Ryan takes on Shiree which is Layla's mother who she lives with but also the one who sent her to live in Trinidad for 10 years.

 Here are some more of the characters that star in the film. Danielle Vitalis, Lauren Johns, Tosin Cole, Savannah Gordon-Liburd, Modupe Adeyeye.

Target Audience

The target audience urban young people (15-25), both sexes, who relate to story and cast. The audience was younger people as the film was targeted at them and the story line was trrying to show them the concequences and give them a life lesson through film related ideas.

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Set in Brixton, London, HONEYTRAP tells the story of fifteen year-old Layla who gets sucked into gang activity and sets up the boy who's in love with her to be killed.

Who produced the film?
Sarah Sulick and
The film was produced and funded the British council.

• The film was directed by Rebecca Johnson who has also direct Top Girl, Electric and That Sinking Feeling. 
• Rebecca Johnson also wrote the film, she is known for directing all the films she writes.

The budget for the film was £8,560.

Who stars in this film:

Jessica Sula  

Lucian Laviscout

Naomi Ryan

Mwanza Ntonga

The target audience for the film is teenagers and young adults.

The film is only being released in cinemas nationwide meaning it will only be shown in Great Britain.

Honeytrap is based on true event that took place in Brixton when a teenage boy was stabbed to death because he was set up by a girl who he was in love with but she had the intention of setting up his death.

Their has also been a TV film about these events called "my murder".

The Gardians Of Galaxy

 1. Who produced and directed the film?

Guardians of the Galaxy is directed by James Gunn and produced by Kevin Feige.

2.  What was the budget?

The budget was $170 million.

3. Who stars in it?

 In the film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Nova Prime Rael and Benicio Del Toro as The Collector.

 4. Where and when was guardians of the galaxy released?

initial release was 21st of july 2014 in the USA. However it was released in UK,Canda, Argentina,Austrailia, Azerbaijan, Brazil,Chile, Switzerland.

5. What formats is it available in now?

2D,IMAX and 3D.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Who produced and directed the film?
The film Guardians of the Galaxy was produced by a producer called Kevin Feige.  director of the film was called James Gunn.

What was the budget?
The budget of the film was $170 million. In pounds this would £106,125,966.30.

Who stars in it?
The actors and actresses starring in Guardians of the Galaxy are:
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker,
Karen Gillian, Djimon Hounsou, John C Reilly, Glenn Close and Benicio del Toro.

What technology has been used to make the film?
Some of the technology that Guardians of the Galaxy would use for the production of their film
would be motion-capture. This would be to create unusual characters such like the walking tree-like
alien that is Groot.



How is Guardians of the Galaxy being marketed and where?
How the Guardians of the Galaxy is being marketed is by creating such products as video games and also they have made cosmetics too.

 

Any cross media convergence?
The Guardians of the Galaxy have had their own magazine. This would be a convergence as
magazines and films are coming together.



Where and when was Guardians of the Galaxy released and in what cinemas?
The world premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy was held on July 21 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 31 2014, and in the United States on August 1 in 3D. The film was released in 4,080 cinemas in the United States.

What formats is it available in now?
The formats you can find for Guardians of the Galaxy is: Blu-ray disc, DVD and also on Sky Movies.

 

Who is the target audience?
I think the target audience would be people between the ages of 12 and 25 both genders.


The official trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bz0QOOT9Hk