2. Characteristics of a mainstream film – Spectre:
High budget –
Number of cars:
- It was definitely a high budget film, as they spent £24 million alone, on blowing up 7 super cars (Aston martin DB10). Daniel Craig, also known as Bond, was the driver of these cars.
- A Land Rover was engulfed by a fireball, a Land Rover costs a lot of money.
- Millions of pounds, worth of vehicles were written off, through the streets of Rome.
- In Rome, they spent the whole night recording and smashing up cars, for four seconds of the film.
- Spectre in total, cost £200 million, as it was the most expensive bond film made.
Actors and actresses:
- Daniel Craig: Who is worth £95 million, was the main actor on Spectre
- Monica Belluci: She is worth, £45 million, and stars in Spectre, as a Bond girl.
- Lea Seydoux: She has a net worth of £5 million, and also stars in Spectre, as a Bond girl.
Locations where Spectre has been shot:
The action took place in a number of places, such as:
- Mexico city,
- Austria,
- Rome
- and London.
They picked out these specific places, as its appealing, and it'll look good in the film.
Product placement:
In the film, they used plenty of well known branded product's, for example:
- Bond’s Omega watch
- A Sony phone
- The back of a Land Rover
- Roll’s Royce
- Aston martin cars
- Jaguar C-X75
- Fiat 500
3. Characteristics of an independent film –
Florence foster Jenkins:
Lower production –
It was definitely a low budget film, as they didn’t spend too much money, in total they spent: ‘$19,000,000’, which is
estimated.
Resource's and equipment:
Not much equipment's were used, whilst making this film, as it wasn’t very well known.
Availability in cinema:
The movie itself wasn’t very popular, it was only viewed in a few countries, for example: United Kingdom, Australia, South
Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania
Actors/actresses:
The actors weren’t well known either, the main character was: Meryl Streep and another character people would recognize
is: Simon Helberg, as he was an actor in The Big Bang Theory.
4. Characteristics of a niche film –
Little White Lies:
The movie itself is very different and unique, its not like the other mainstream or independent films.
Target audience:
The target audience is specifically, for sixth form/college and university students, you don’t get that
with the other mainstream or independent movies.
Funds:
They didn’t have many makeup artists, stunts or costume designs. In conclusion, little white lies
wasn’t something that was popular, neither was it something that was worth spending a lot of
money on.
