This document provides a summary of the film "Blockbuster" and discusses its characteristics as a blockbuster film. It includes: 1) A plot summary of the film in which a cursed teddy monkey toy tortures and kills the girlfriend of the boy who bought it as a Valentine's gift each year. 2) A list of 7 characteristics that define a blockbuster film, such as a large production and marketing budget, wide demographic appeal, and a holiday release date. 3) Mentions applying narrative theory to analyzing the film's plot and audience theory to its marketing strategy.

1. Film Studies Unit 26
Blockbuster
Hannah Kelly

2. Story Line
Newspaper print at the start showing how many people die on this day over
13 years. Its valentines day, there’s a shop called Teddy Hak, which sells
valentines gift and many other things. There is a gift which a teddy monkey
which looks like a stuffed teddy but really its not, called curious George. A
boy buys it for his girlfriend, takes home and the girl don’t like it so the
monkey hears it all and get angry with the girl and tortures the girl
mentally and physically, people think she is doing it to herself as well as
the boyfriend, Later that night they go to the valley where everyone goes to
every year on Valentines day, not only to have a valentines night, but also it
is a memorial for the 13 girls that have died in this valley, a girl each year.
Curious George goes to the valley, drowns the girlfriend in the valley then
jumps in the valley with her so it looks like she done it herself, big scene
where police cars and helicopters come. At the end of the valley which
carries on for miles, Curious George gets out at another town, puts himself
in a valentines Shop and waits for another year to repeat the story again.

3. 7 Characteristics of Blockbuster
1. It is a ‘Star Vehicle’
2. A large production budget e.g. $100 million plus
3. A large marketing budget –Posters, TV Sports, PR e.g. interviews with magazines, TV chat
shows, Teaser trailers and Theatrical trailers.
4.A range of merchandising –Products branded with the film e.g. Disney shop products Toy
story Toys e.g. Buzz Lightyear Dolls, branded pens, watches etc.
5.A wide demographic –appeals to a large audience as large as possible, young/old;
male/female; ABC1, C2, D
6. A holiday release date
7. Worldwide release

4. Narrative theory in the Plot

5. Audience theory in your
marketing strategy