Bullet Boy Marketing Campaign

The film stars UK rapper Ashley Walters as Ricky

Bullet Boy is a specialised film - its naturalistic representation of characters, time and place, and the use of authentic locations and language have drawn comparisons with milestone British films

Verve Pictures however, saw the potential of the film in the wider market beyond the arthouse, especially with a young black audience drawn by the presence of Ashley Walters of So Solid Crew.

The Dark Knight

Budget: $185 million.
Box Office: $1,001,921825.
Marketing Campaign - Posters, Trailers, Games, Websites, Fan Made Websites, Downloads and Special Events.
Warner Brothers were the production company.

The Main Stars in this film are:

Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman

Marketing:
-Toyota Formula One racing car featuring the Batman insignia, at the 2008 British Grand Prix.
-On May 15, 2008, Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Great Adventure theme parks opened The Dark Knight roller coaster.

Bullet Boy: A British Independant Film

Bullet boy was produced by Ruth Caleb and Marc Boothe, the film was directed by Saul Dibb.

The studio behind the making of Bullet Boy was BBC Films, UK Film council and also a company called Shine.

The distributor if the film Bullet Boy, is Verve pictures and the film was funded by the National Lottery.

 

Old Hollywood Producer Unit System

Central producer still maintained high degree of control over all of the film production at a given studio, but it was difficult to keep tabs on the growing number of films. It is also difficult for central producer to be an “expert” in every genre
- Various studios’ central producers began assigning assistants to take over a degree of control over smaller groups of film.
- Specialization increased
-Different directors under central producer specialized in various genres of films
- Producer-Unit system adopted by all Big 5 studios, which allows them to make more film more efficiently than during the silent era.
- Part of general increase in Specialization & departmentalization at the studios

The impact this had on the old Hollywood system (Audience) 
- They are only able to make one genre, not giving them much choice to choose from.
- This made the films very predictable, everyone knew what they were getting and this made it easy to decide on a film preference.


Industry
- They had a much bigger work load, and this meant everyone always had a lot of work. Everyone became a specialist in the films that they made, and they could reuse things, which made things much easier.

All Time US Top 20

Released	Film Name	Total Box Office
1	2009	Avatar	$760,507,625
2	1997	Titanic	$600,788,188
3	2008	The Dark Knight	$533,345,358
4	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$460,998,007
5	2004	Shrek 2	$441,226,247
6	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$435,110,554
7	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$431,088,297
8	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
9	2010	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
10	1994	The Lion King	$414,548,100
11	2002	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
12	2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$402,111,870
13	2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,270,577
14	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$379,750,747
15	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$377,027,325
16	2004	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
17	2004	The Passion of the Christ	$370,782,930
18	1993	Jurassic Park	$357,067,947
19	2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$352,358,779
20	2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$341,784,377

These are the top 20 biggest films

Genre Marketing - Disturbia

The film is a horror/thriller film and you can see this because of the colours used in these images, you can tell this because of the dark colours that have been used here. Also, the main character, who is Shia LaBeouf has a very serious look on his face which tells us again that this film is a horror. He is also looking straight at us, i think they have done this to make us feel a little uneasy and nervous.

Research of RKO Studios

RKO studios stands for 'Radio-Keith-Orpheum' and it is an American film production and distribution company. Some of the most famous films to come out of RKO studios are 'King Kong' and 'Citizen Kane'. RKO studios was known as one of the big five studios of Hollywood Golden age. An industrialist Howard Hughes took over RKO in 1948. This didn't go very well and in 1955 the studio was bought by the 'General tire and Rubber company'. The original RKO studios ceased production in 1957 and effectively dissolved to years later. In 1989 there was only a few remaining assets, the trademark and everything else was sold to the new owners, who now operate a small independent company RKO Pictures.

Tim Robbins

Some of his most important films that he has been in are 'War of the Worlds', 'Shawshank Redemption', Green Lantern' and he has also been in 'Toy Soldiers'. Most of the films that he has been included are usually action films but on the other hand some are also drama films. He doesn't directly get involved in these action films, but he is on the side as a stranger who gets involved with the main characters life somehow. 

Tim Robbins has been treated well in the film industry, you know this because how long he has been in the film industry and also how successful.

Lifestyle of a Star

These are some celebrities that have advertised different products:

Rimmel - Zooey Deschamel

Alfa Romeo - Uma Thurman

Loreal - Penelope Cruz

Perfume - Orlando Bloom

Clearasil - Vanessa Hudgens

This shows why some stars are so important to the advertising part of the business. They fit in with the way they dress, look and different perfumes they wear and because most people know this and they look up to some of these stars. They will buy the products they are advertising.

AS Film - Star Powerpoint

This is a power point that i created to show what Jennifer Aniston is like and some other information about her, this power point also shows about her public persona and also what she has been nominated for and also some of her awards in her career.

The Avenger

All Time Top 20 Top Stars at the Box Office

1		Frank Welker	96	$6,279,159,825		$65,407,915
2		Samuel L. Jackson	85	$5,282,375,720		$62,145,597
3		Tom Hanks	44	$4,449,980,530		$101,135,921
4		John Ratzenberger	32	$3,912,466,989		$122,264,593
5		Harrison Ford	41	$3,784,518,909		$92,305,339
6		Eddie Murphy	36	$3,710,539,654		$103,070,546
7		Warwick Davis	18	$3,512,651,328		$195,147,296
8		Tom Cruise	35	$3,355,871,014		$95,882,029
9		Hugo Weaving	22	$3,353,109,744		$152,414,079
10		Alan Rickman	32	$3,332,856,277		$104,151,759
11		Jack Angel	28	$3,317,891,129		$118,496,112
12		Morgan Freeman	52	$3,279,026,218		$63,058,197
13		James Earl Jones	47	$3,261,150,733		$69,386,186
14		Robin Williams	58	$3,234,383,008		$55,765,224
15		Gary Oldman	34	$3,233,669,787		$95,107,935
16		Bruce Willis	62	$3,219,308,730		$51,924,334
17		Robbie Coltrane	33	$3,167,825,183		$95,994,703
18		Johnny Depp	47	$3,118,037,105		$66,341,215
19		Stan Lee	16	$3,071,203,283		$191,950,205
20		Mickie McGowan	25	$3,011,117,406		$120,444,69

AS Film

1. Filmography and most famous films.
2. Box office success.
3. Attachment to any studios or production companies.
4. Press and public persona.
5. Awards and nominations.
6. Key roles and character types.
7. Genres of film associated with the star.
8. Roles within film making other than the star e.g. producer or director.
9. Length of film career.
10. Differences between the stars in the two lists.

Orson Welles

- Orson Welles starred in many films, some of his most famous films are 'Citizen Kane', 'The Trial' and 'The lady from Shanghai'.

- There were a few films that were box office successes, some of them being 'The Stranger' and also 'Citizin Kane' and these all helped him become bigger and more noticed in the studios.

- Orson Welles was attached to a french production company to direct a Shakespeare play of 'King Lear' but this was around the time of his death. Orson Welles struggled with the pressure that he got from many studios, but as a director he was promoted by Universal Studios.

- Orson Welles nominated and won many awards in his acting career, films like 'Citizen Kane' which was ranked as the greatest American movie won an Oscar. 'The Stranger' was nominated for a golden lion, but in 1970 he did eventually win a golden lion. He also won three Grammy awards in his career.

- He started off with small roles in films, he was included in two roles in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Everything got better from then on, he played the main role in 'Citizen Kane' and he also starred in 'The Third man' and many other films.

- Orson Welles was associated with nearly every genre of film there is out there, from crime, to fantasy or even a few westerns. But mostly he did drama films, he was associated within 81 drama films and also did his fair share of documentaries with 64.

- He also played many roles within the films, he was known as a film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter and also a producer.

- Orson Welles was around for a long time in the film industry, he started off in 1931 and he finished his career in 1985. So he was in the film industry for around 54 years.

Tom Cruise

- Tom Cruise is a very successful actor and he has been included in many successful films, some of his most well known films are 'Rain Man', 'The Last Samurai' and 'War of the Worlds'.

- Tom Cruise was included in the Mission Impossible installments, this was a huge blockbuster success at the box office taking in almost $547million. Tom Cruise was huge on the box office, with 9 of the 10 films he starred in made over $100million. Mission Impossible 3 also went big when it made over $400million on the box office.

- Tom Cruise was attached to his own production company 'Crusie/Wagner Productions' and this company has co-produced several of Cruise's films.

- Tom Cruise has been nominated for three academy awards and he has also won three Golden Globes in his career so far.

- He started off by playing many supporting roles, in films like 'Endless Love' and 'Taps' and he then went on to play many herioc roles in films like 'Mission Impossible' and 'War of the Worlds' are just a few.

- Tom Cruise, has appeared in quite a few films of different genres. He has been involved in many Dramatic films, Thriller and also quite a few Action and Adventure.

- Tom Cruise is mainly an actor, but he has also produced a few films like 'The Devil in the White City' and also the 'Mission Impossible' films.

- Tom Cruise has been in the film industry for 30 years, he started off in 1981 and is still going to the present day.

Differences Between the Two Actors

Some differences between Orson Welles and Tom Cruise is that Orson Welles was known as a film director, actor, theatre director and producer whereas Tom Cruise is only known as an American actor and a producer. The have both been involved in nearly every genre of film there is and they both started off with either supporting or very small roles in films. But both of them changed in the years to come, with them both playing the star characters in many films. Orson Welles won three Grammy Awards where as Tom Cruise won three Golden Globes.