Essay
Introduction
In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting in which
ways ‘This is England’ promotes the film using posters and a website, also the
budget of the film and profit they made.
A film that has been successful is ‘Avengers Assemble’(2012),
which is rated 8.6 stars by IMDb, in ‘Avenger Assemble’ all the superheroes
form an team (Hulk, Ironman, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye and Black widow) ,
to fight evil (Loki and his army). The Profit of the film is $1,307,807,000 or
£835,350,849, this film was so successful because this film contained all the successful
characters and has been promoted though Hulk, Captain American, Thor and
Ironman.
A Film that has been failure is ‘The Disaster Movie ‘which was
rate 1.8 stars by IMDb, and the budget was $25,000,000 and the profit was
$34,816,824. This movie story line is, over the course of one evening, an
unsuspecting group of twenty-something finds them bombarded by a series of
natural disasters and catastrophic events. This movie was a fail because, the
acting was horrible, the plot was pointless and the setting was all wrong.
Section One
‘This is
England’ budget was £1,500,000 (estimated) and the profit they
made was £5,000,000(worldwide), This is England advertised there film by
posters and a website (which everyone over the world can access. Also the movie
was rated 7.8 stars by IMDb, also so it won 9 film awards and had 14
nominations. The plot was, a
story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across
a few skinheads on his way home from school after a fight. They become his new
best friends even like his family. Based on experiences of director Shane
Meadows. On the film poster you can
tell that this is a low budget film because of the clothes which are ripped
with jagged edges which signifies that they could have been in fights where
clothes have got ripped and have been you lots before (charity shop),, also the
boots they are wearing could signify they do a lot of walking over different terrains
or are used to hurt people (kick), the area they are in which are by flats and
a rundown area, but they look calm and this signifies that they could be down
an alleyway that they can’t get caught in by the police or meet other gangs
there.
Section Three
The costumes
they wear look very rough because of the holes, jagged edges, rips and some are
wearing Amy trousers which shows that is the style or is there to look tough.
The location of the film is an estate with lots of flats which look run down,
which suggest it is a poor area to live in, and people expectation are low
because it suggest it is a low budget film. The font is big, wide, bold, and
stands out, this signifies that the film is bold so it gets its points across
to you and you will remember the film because it is big, wide and it stands
out. The colours are Red, White and Blue which are the British flag colours,
which signifies that this movie is going to be biased towards Britain, and at
the time British people where a little bit racist towards foreigners. The
facial expression is very angry and tough, maybe looking for another gang to
fight with, this signifies that there clothes are ripped because they have got
into fights.
Conclusion
My
conclusion is that, to promote a film you should you the combination of a film
poster and web site, but in the ‘This is England’ poster is better because it
give the audience more information about what the people wear, what people look
like and it is more bold, but the web site doesn’t give much away and doesn't show the characters, but shows where they live and both have what awards they
have won. In this poster it looks like a stereotype because it says to me that
all skinheads (bald heads) are in gangs and dress up it fighting clothes, and
hang around in estates areas.
