Wednesday 17 October 2012

KICK ASS NOTES.

KICK ASS-
HOW IT WAS PRODUCED-
·         It was made on a budget of $28 million.
·         Double negative did a lot of the special effects; also they used CGI through green screens to make a lot of the scenes.
·         $8 - $9 million was spent on special effects.
·         Mark Miller and Jane Goldman developed the script further from what it was.
WHAT IT WAS BASED ON-
·         Based on comics from marvels chief writer Mark Millar.
·         He also worked on wanted which took $350m.
PROBLEMS WITH MAKING IT-
·         There was false promotion as the trailer included some humour.
·         This idea of humour is thought to have given viewers the idea it was a bit of a spoof.
THE DIRECTORS VIEWS-
·         He put his own money into the film so he took the largest cut.
HOW THEY SAVED MONEY-
·         The final box office figures were just over $96 million worldwide.
·         They saved money by filming in the UK.
·         The cast was very low budget without any big A-list stars.
TECHNOLOGY USED-
·         Set in Manhattan, filmed in London using green screens.
·         Used media composer to get high res plates of Manhattan.
·         Phaze UK’s facility includes four fibre-networked Pro Tools|HD® workstations, as well as a mix stage outfitted with an ICON D-Command® console.
·         Noise-reduction plug-ins from Waves, iZotope, and Avid.
HOW RATING AFFECTED PERFORMANCE-
·         The film was rated a 15.
·         This meant that a large portion of the target audience (teenage boys) could not go and see the film.
·         Also some of the more extreme scenes would have to be removed.
CONTROVERSY-
·         The film was not seen as well in the US as the girl in it says c*** which meant more people went to other films.
·         Teenagers do not want to see a film if they have to see it with their parents.
PROMOTION-
·         Posters were made that featured the characters on separate sheets.
·         More posters were produced to show the heroes in more detail, these also included web addresses for each character which in fact lead straight to the Kick Ass website.
·         Advertising costs were nearly $10.5 million and Lionsgate, the distributers, took a large cut of the box office figures.
THE SOUNDTRACK-
·         Material ranging from Elvis to The Prodigy.
·         Soundtrack snippets from 28 Days Later and Sunshine.
·         The "music composed by" credit lists four names: John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius De Vries and Ilan Eshkeri.
·         Kick-Ass is a case of temp-track love. To get the film feeling more like a film in the early stages of completion, scenes are often cut to existing movie scores as a temporary placemat. Sometimes this music fits so well that it's hard for the director to consider replacing it.

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