Warner Bros.

PRODUCTION

Team

• Directed by: Clint Eastwood• Actors: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller

Countries it was released in…

Technical SpecialitiesRun Time 2hr 12mins

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos Datasat Auro 11.1

Colour Colour

Aspect Ratio 2.35:1

Camera Arri Alexa XT, panavision Primo, C-,E-and G-series lenses

Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA),USA

Negative Format Codex ARRIRAW (2.8K)

Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) panavision (Anamorphic) (Source format)

Printed Film Format D-Cinema

Film Legnth 3,633.52 m (reels)

Technical Specialities

•Arri Alexa XT, Panavi Lenses sion Primo,C-, E- and G-Series

Special Effects

•Steve Riley was the special effects supervisor; also well known for his special effects in:•Ante Dugandzic along with Ryan A. Riley

were the special effects foremen for the film.•One of their main special effects used was

CGI, used within many of the scenes, some critiques have argued that it was maybe too much. ‘One element of the film that bothered me the most was its poor, and overuse, of CGI.• Capital T, Image Engine Design, Lola Visual

Effects were all companies that took part in putting the special effects together.

Locations

• American Sniper was filmed in Morocco and some scene in El Centro California USA.

Production Budget

Budget: : $58,800,000

Opening WeekendUSA: $676,909

Pre-sold Elements

•The film was based on Kyle’s best-selling autobiography which got published in 2012. supposedly people who had read the book would want to go and watch the film as well. • In 2013 Kyle was killed at a Texasgun range at the age of 38. This sudden death would have made people want to go and watch the story of his life just out of humannature.

Distribution and Marketing

Distribution Companies in the UK USA

• Warner Bros. (2014) UK and US (Blu-ray) (DVD) (theatrical).

Internet Marketing

•$43.8 million spent on 747 national airings across45 networks, led by MTV and Ovation’•American Sniper came out with two official trailers but also had featurettes uploaded to YouTube.

Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing

•As well as being released in standard form, American Sniper also came out in 3D at cinemas and in IMAX.

Theatre Releases

In what ways is the film available?

The film is available for home viewing in two ways:• DVD • Blu-ray (soon to be released)

Illegal download/streaming

Exhibition

UK box office takings (opening weekend)$3,834,922

$209,599,000

Worldwide Box Office

US box office takings(opening weekend)$89,269,066

3,555 screens

How many screens was it shown on in opening weekend ?

$58,800,000

Budget

• Overall the film has made, so far, a profit of $150,799,000.• It has beaten the record for the most money a film released in January has made and, even though it was not released to be, it has now become a tent-pole movie for Warner Bros.

Film Festivals

BAFTA Awards 2015

AFI Awards, USA 2015

American Cinema Editors, USA 2015

Art Directors Guild 2015

Broadcast Film Critics

Cinema Audio Society, USA 2015

Denver Film Critics Society 2014

Directors Guild of America, USA 2015

Heartland Film 2014

Iowa Film Critics Awards 2015

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2015

National Board of Review, USA 2014

PGA Awards 2015

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2014

Satellite Awards 2014

Writers Guild of America, USA 2015

PRODUCTION

Team • Directed by: Christopher Nolan• Actors: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy

Countries it was released in…

Technical SpecialitiesRun Time 2hr 12mins

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos Datasat Auro 11.1

Colour Colour

Aspect Ratio 2.35:1

Camera Arri Alexa XT, panavision Primo, C-,E-and G-series lenses

Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA),USA

Negative Format Codex ARRIRAW (2.8K)

Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) panavision (Anamorphic) (Source format)

Printed Film Format D-Cinema

Film Legnth 3,633.52 m (reels)

Technical Specialities

•Arri Alexa XT, Panavi Lenses sion Primo,C-, E- and G-Series

Special Effects

•Chris Corbould was the special effects supervisor; also well known for his special effects in:•Casino Royale (2006), The Dark Knight

(2008) and Inception (2010).•He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the

Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to film. He is the special effects supervisor in Little Bookham, Surrey, England.

Locations • The pit prision was located in

Mwhrangarh Fort India.• Wayne Manor was filmed at: • Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, UK and also

Osterley Park House, Middlesex, England• The prologue was filmed in Scotland at

Cairgorms National Park• Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA was used as

the location for Gotham City.

Locations • The final scene at the restaurant was

filmed in Florence, Tuscany, Italy• Gothham City Football game was filmed

at the Heinz Field, Pittxburg Pennsylvania• The Batcave was filmed at Stage 30, Sony

Pictures Studios- 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California USA.

Production Budget

Budget: : $250,000,000

Opening WeekendUSA: $160,887,295UK: £14,362,443

USA:4,404UK: 594

Screens

Pre-sold Elements

Pre-sold Elements • Firstly know as the Caped Crusader,

created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, in 1939.

• Batman has either been the main star, or part of a group of superheroes, in around 29 movies before The Dark Knight Rises was released.

• Batman also had action figures, costumes, Lego, and video games made based on him.

Distribution and Marketing

Distribution Companies in the UK USA

• Warner Bros. (2014) UK and US (Blu-ray) (DVD) (theatrical).

Internet Marketing • Posters were placed on the sides of busses,

huge bulletins were placed on building and in tube stations posters were put along the walls. The intention was to draw attention to those who were out and about.

• Advertisements were put on TV so bring awareness to people in their homes.• Some of the biggest

magazines had multiple different covers advertising the release of the film.

Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing

• Four official trailers were put onto YouTube by Warner Bros. Pictures.

• An audio video was released a year before the film was to be released on the website TheDarkKnightRises.com, when it went live. All the website consisted of was a black screen and a crowd cheering in the background.

• Pages were set up on social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook, to spread the word of the movies to the 1.35 billion using Facebook and 284 million Twitter users.

Cinema and Home Releasing

• Along with being released in normal cinemas the film was also released in IMAX.

• The film was released on DVD on the 4th

December 2012 in the United States.• It is also available to get on amazon, iTunes,

Redbox and Netflix for those who didn’t see it in the theatre.

• Special features that were included on the BluRay and DVD’s were that Warner Bros packaged the film with a limited edition Bat Cowl.

Cinema and Home Releasing

• The special features included a documentray about the history of the batmobile, and featurette called, ‘The Journey of Bruce Wayne’.

• Main feature was a 17-featurette looking at the main of the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ titles ‘Ending the Knight’.

• In 2012 the movie had been illegally downloaded 8.2 million times.

•As well as being released in standard form, American Sniper also came out in 3D at cinemas and in IMAX.

Theatre Releases

In what ways is the film available?

The film is available for home viewing in two ways:• DVD • Blu-ray (soon to be released)

Illegal download/streaming

Exhibition

UK box office takings 19th August 2012

£49,776,391

US box office takings19th August 2012

$409,787,260

Film Festivals

NominatedActor

Jim FitzgeraldAja FraryAldonio Danny FreitasJeremy FryEdward GabreeNic GoodeyJean-Pierre GoyAllan GrafDante HaChris HaemmerleRiley HarperGreg HarrisVictor HarrisAdam HartGreg HarveyRobert Lee HarveyDonald John HewittDan HirstSy HollandsBen RecordRex ReddickBuster ReevesDarryl ReevesKevin ReidSimon RheeScotty RichardsSteve RizzoScott C. RoeKevin RogersChrissy Weathersby BallWebster P. Whinery Jr.Maxine WhittakerJim WilkeyJoe WilliamsKenny WongLeo Woodruff

BAFTA Awards 2013

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013

AFI Awards, USA 2013

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2013

Academy of Science Fiction, 2013

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2012

Art Directors Guild 2013

Austin Film Critics Association 2012

Awards Circuit Community Awards 2012

Awards of the Japanese Academy 2013

BMI Film & TV Awards 2013

Brit Awards 2013

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2013

California on Location Awards 2012

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2013

CinEuphoria Awards 2013