3. 20th century fox- History.
• Fox Film Corporation was formed was formed in 1915 by William Fox.
• The production company was created by Joseph Scheneck in 1993, the
production company was called ‘ Twentieth Century Pictures’, it was an
independent Hollywood production company.
• The two above companies came together to form ‘The Twentieth Century Fox’
in 1935.
• 20th century fox is one of ‘the big five’ Hollywood studios.
• The majority of Hollywood studios own film production companies, distribution
companies and exhibitions. This is known as vertical integration, 20th century
fox is vertically integrated.
• Introduced Cinemascope in 1953, notable for its Western, for example: My
Darling Clementine.
• 20th century famous films are: The grapes of wrath, How Green was my valley
and The Songs of Bernadette.
4. Avatar- Information
• Avatar was released in 2009
• Director & writer: James Cameron
• Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldan, Sigourney Weaver,
Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel
David Moore, ect.
• Marketing: A film trailer was released for the film
previously. Then the day before the release of the film a
teaser trailer was released. The trailer broke a record on
Apple.com after being streamed more than 4 million times
in the first day. 100 Imax 3D theaters around the world
showed 16 minutes of the film. Due to Avatar being shown
in Imax 3D theaters it creates a fan base and a buzz for the
film, it enhances the audience. Action figures of the
characters were made.
• The film is available on DVD & Blu ray.
5. Avatar- social Networks
• Avatar used social networking methods to promote the
film worldwide.
• Social networks such as ‘Facebook’ was used to build
connections and conversations with close to 1.3 million
fans.
• Myspace had close to 800k friends.
• Twitter had over 25k followers.
• Youtube has close to 11 million views
9. Warp Films
• Warp films was launched in 2001.
• This company is an independent British film company.
• Warp film consists of warp films, warp music videos and
commercials. The company is based in London.
• Warp films production includes: Dead man shoes, This is
England, Rubber Jonny and Four Lions.
10. This is England - Information
• This is England was released in 2006
• Genre: Crime/Drama
• The classification for ‘This is England’ is an 18.
• Director & writer: Shane Meadows
• Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo
Hartley, ect.
• Marketing: ‘This is England’ released a film trailer
and the film was shown on channel 4. Posters were
also put up to promote the film, the poster being a
landscape and including majority of the main
characters it allows the audience to connect with the
characters as it involves them in the characters
lives& know the characters before they watch the
film. The posters were put onto billboards and in
magazines to get into the audiences heads & to get
the audience interested in the film.
11. This is England – Social
Networks
• This is England used youtube to promote the film and
allow the audience to see the trailer before the film is out.
This was done to create a buzz for the film in order to
make people want to watch the film.
12. This is England - Revenue
• Budget: £1,500,000
• Domestic Box Office: $327,919
• International Box Office: $8,411,657
• Worldwide Box Office: $8,739,576
• Profit = $723, 9576
http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/This-is-
England#tab=summary
