Media post Friday 16th November

1. Media Presentation
Isabella Barty-King

2. WARNER BROS

3. How did the studio come about?
It all started when 4 brothers – Jack, Harry, Sam and Albert combined their movie
companies. They began by showing moving pictures in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They
started their own production in 1913 and in 1917 they moved their headquarters to
Hollywood by the 1920s warner brothers were incredibly successful in A worldwide.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Warner-Brothers
https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/about-studio/company-history

4. Who owns the company?
The company is owned by Time Warner inc. and its
parent organization is WarnerMedia.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=who+owns+warner+
bros&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB800GB804&oq=who+owns+&aqs=
chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.2482j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UT
F-8
How long has it been running for?
Where is the studio based?
It was founded April 4th 1923 which makes it 95 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros.
Burbbank California, but now has offices all over the world.

5. What are the
institutions biggest box
office successes?
1.The Dark knight – total grossing-
$533,345,358
2.The dark knight rises– total grossing-
$448,139,099
3.Wonder woman– total grossing-
$412,563,408
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/cha
rt/?studio=warnerbros.htm

6. What was the budget of
the studios top 3 highest
grossing films last year?
1. Crazy rich Asains- $165,634,563
2.The meg- $141,980,287
3.Oceans 8- $139,377,762
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/st
udio/chart/?view2=calendar&yr=20
18&studio=wb-newline.htm

7. What other Media Industries to WB own and work in?
Warner Bros:
Dc entertainment
Dc comics
Mad
Warner bros: consumer products
Warner bros: thatre ventures
Warner bros: pictures international
Warner bros: museum
Warner bros studios, Burbank
Warner bros studios, Leavesden
Warner bros studios, Studio Tours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner
Media

8. Biggest failures
Some Warner Bros failures include:
Justice League : Overall Grossing: $750,000
King Arthur: Legend of the sword: budget: $175
million, lost $150 million.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-
king-arthur-could-lose-150m-falling-sword-1003638

9. BELSTONE PICTURES- BACKGROUND INFORMATION
How did the studio come about?
Through Finn Bruce’s love of film, in wihc hhe
produced and directed many documentaries.
Owned by another company?
No, it is an independent company.
Highest grossing film? How much hdid it make?
Tank 432 is the only one film out.
Which film cost the most to make?
Tank 432, cost £1 million.
Biggest failure?
Tank 432 is the only one film out.
https://www.belstonepictures.com/

10. WONDER WOMAN
Director: Patty Jenkins
Producers: Zack & Debbie Synder, Charkes
Roven and Richard Suckle
Release date: 1st June 2017 (UK) 25th may
2017 (USA)
Cost of film: $150 million
Cost of advertisement: $150 million
Revenue: (worldwide) $821,847,012
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wonder+woman&rlz=1
C5CHFA_enGB800GB804&oq=wonder+woman&aqs=chrome
.0.69i59l3j69i60l3.1990j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

11. Wonder Woman Production:
Camera & special effects:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/6/15730568/wonder-
woman-battle-scenes-cgi
Starring actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston
Location & set:
island of Themyscira was filmed on the Amalfi Coast in
Italy. Other locations incldes London, Kent, Essex,
Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Sussex and Paris.
Is it a franchise and who owns the rights?
Yes, wonder woman is a franchise and DC Comics and
Warner Borthes own the rights
Any other special details?
Wonder Woman’s creator, William Moulton Marston, also
invented the lie detector test.
https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/the10-most-scenic-wonder-woman-filming-
locations-across-europe
https://www.ranker.com/list/wonder-woman-trivia-facts/ranker-comics

12. Wonder Woman Distribution and marketing:
Distribution company: DC Comics
How was it advertised?
Many thought it was very poorly advertised. However, a short video debuted on many American TV channels. There was also a Vanity Fair article. There was a
wonder woman ice cream flavor released, an outdoor inititive and a line of action figures and accessories.
How was the internet used as marketing?
2 twitter teaser trailers released, and people involved giving constant updates.
Different formats in theatres?
2D, 3D and iMax
Ways audiences were able to watch the film?
Cinema before it was available in home) released in cienmas before DVD, first in America, and then later in the UK.
Special features in DVD and blu-ray?
Crafting the wonder, - A Director’s Vision: Themyscira: The Hidden Island, A Director’s Vision: Beach Battle, A Director’s Vision: A Photograph Through Time, A
Director’s Vision: Diana in the Modern World, A Director’s Vision: Wonder Woman at War, Warriors of Wonder Woman, The Trinity, The Wonder Behind the
Camera, Finding the Wonder Woman Within, Extended Scenes and Blooper Reel.
Available to illeagally download? Was it downloaded a lot?
yes, available to illegally download, on many websites.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/
https://adage.com/article/media/s-a-critic/309360/

13. Director: Nick Gillespie
Producer: Finn Bruce, Jennifer Handorf, Ben
Wheatley
Release date: 25th November 2016 (USA)
Cost of film: £1 million
Cost of advertisement:-
Revenue: $27,570 in overall home market
performance
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Belly-of-the-
Bulldog-(UK)#tab=box-office
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tank+432&rlz=1C5
CHFA_enGB800GB804&oq=tank+432&aqs=chrome.0.69i5
9j0j69i59j0l3.1795j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
TANK 432

14. Tank 432 Production:
Cameras & special effects: Lots of wide lense shots and close ups to
gived a sense of being inside the tank
Starring actors: April Pearson, Rupert Evens and Dierdie Mullins
Location & set: British Countryside
Is it a franchise and who owns the rights?
not a franchise, its is an independent film owned by Belstone
Pictures.
Cost to buy the rights:-
Any other special details?
Real tanks were used as they couldn’t afford to build any.
Was originally called ‘Belly of the Bulldog’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wMap-iGDY

15. Tank 432 Distribution and Marketing:
Distribution company: -
DVD studio: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
How was it advertised?
A trailer released and some posters
It is currently available on Netflix as well
How was the internet used as marketing?-
Different formats in theatres?
Ways audiences were able to watch the film? DVD Release Date: 22 Aug. 2016, so
was available before initial release date, and it was available in Blu-ray.
Special features in DVD and Blu-ray?-
Available to illegally download?
yes, available to watch online in many countries.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tank-432-Blu-ray/171638/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4475992/news