Honeytrap

Who directed Honeytrap?

Rebecca Johnson

Who produced the film>

Sarah Sulick

What was the budget?

Under one million pound

How did they raise the funds for the film?

They were granted £20,000 from the Walcott Foundation

How did they find the film's cast?

Fierce Productions ran a training and mentoring programme designed to help 20 young people from diverse backgrounds.

Where was the film made? 

Brixton

Who is the ditributor for the film?

International film festival

Who is the targer audience?

Urban adults

List the different marketing tools that have been used to promote and market it to audiences?

Facebook, film festivals

Are there examples of synergy with other products/merchandise?

Compiled and produced by Bucks Music Group

Artists include grime artist MC Killa P

How many cinemas are screening the film?

30

Storyline
Set in Brixton, London, HONEYTRAP tells the story of fifteen year-old Layla who gets sucked into gang activity and sets up the boy who's in love with her to be killed. Which is based on a true story.

Details:

Release Date: 17 October 2014 (UK) 

Filming Locations: Brixton, London, England, UK

Production Co: Bright Pictures, Creativity Capital, Finite Films

Stars: 

Jessica Sula, 

 Lucien Laviscount, 

Ntonga Mwanza

Director: Rebecca Johnson

Writer: Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca has been making short films with young people in Brixton for the last ten years through her not-for-profit company Fierce Productions http://fierceproductions.co.uk.

Sarah Sulick – Producer

Technology used to make the film were; film Camera, Photography camera, editing tools (editing can relate to music and cutting of shots which will be done on a computer).

Media coverage used was The film is linked in to other film festivals but does not have any major conventions. However it is going to made as a co-production between Bright Pictures and Fierce Productions.There is also a Facebook promoting the UK film

Sarah Sulick collaborated with , to produce the film – David Raedeker who directed the photography – Tracy Granger who edited the film. All contributed in the production of the film. She also collaborated with Julie Fawcett who is the Community Laison and it was her permission that was needed to film in the Community Trust Neighbourhood Centre and she was able to gather enough youths for the production.

The target audience is Urban adults (25+), who seek out critically well-reviewed films. Also Urban young people (15-25), both sexes, who relate to story and cast and listen to soundtrack artists.

Synergy used in the film that was compiled and produced by Bucks Music Group. Artists on board include critically acclaimed grime artist MC Killa P.

The distributor of the film is an International Film Festival where the film will then be sold onto independent distributors around the world.

Budget of the UK film was under a million UK pound.

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The budget for this film was $170 million.

The film was direceted by James Gunn and stared; 

• Chris Pratt
• Zoe Saldana
• Dave Bautista
• Vin Diesel
• Bradley Cooper
• Lee Pace
• Michael Rooker
• Karen Gillan
• Djimon Hounsou
• John C. Reilly
• Glenn Close
• Benicio del Toro

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Producers: Marvel Studios (presents)

Moving Picture Company (MPC)

Director: James Gunn

Budget: $170 Million

Box Office: $732.8 Million

Actors:

• Chris Pratt
• Zoe Saldana
• Dave Bautista
• Vin Diesel
• Bradley Cooper
• Lee Pace
• Michael Rooker
• Karen Gillan
• Djimon Hounsou
• John C. Reilly
• Glenn Close
• Benicio del Toro

Premier: Guardians of the Galaxy premiered in Hollywood on July 21, 2014. It was released in theaters August 1, 2014 in the United States in 3D and IMAX 3D.

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Production

The Production Of Making A Film:

1. There are 5 stages in making a film; theres scripting, preproduction then the production then after that theres the post-production and finally the distribution. The first stage in post production is the planning stage where you choose your basic workflow, such as offline and online editing (for projects with a lot of media) or editing the uncompressed footage (for shorter projects with quick turnaround times). 
2. The second stage in post-production is the setting up. In this phase, you set up your editing system by installing and connecting the hardware you need, as well as configuring your software. For example, before logging and ingesting, you need to connect your computer either to the video and audio from your camcorder or VTR (video tape recorder) or to a device containing your file-based media. You also need to make sure that the correct presets are chosen within Final Cut Pro.
3. The third stage in post-production is the ingesting. in this stage this is when you actually film and record the film capturing, transferring, or importing video, audio, still images, and metadata to your computer’s hard disk, which creates media files. You can ingest media files at any time, although most footage should be ingested before you start editing.
4. The forth stage of post-production is the editing. At this stage this involves taking the video and audio you’ve captured, along with any music or graphics you’ve imported, and arranging these raw materials into a final edited sequence of clips. Most editors start with a rough cut, where they quickly arrange all of the clips for a movie in sequence. Once that’s finished, they work on fine-tuning, subtly adjusting the edit points between clips and refining the pacing of each cut. Basic audio editing and synchronising are also part of this process, as well as adding transitions, such as fades and dissolves. Also in editing you mix in the audio which is when you can put in any background music. Then after thats done you add sound effects that are additionally needed.
5. The final stage of post-production is when the outputting occurs which is when the film is complete and you start showing it in cinemas and the advertising comes into it . After this thats when it goes onto DVD and the availability to download it. 

The main producers in America:

1. Steven Spielberg

2. John Singleton

3. George Lucas

Distribution

An independent film is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system.

Film festivals are annual events which takes place to celebrate the art of film and the artists that produce it.Their role in the film distribution is to screen and judge independent films as well as provide recognition for unknown filmmakers.Distribution is essential to the film chain because without it - independent filmmakers will go unrecognised and if the filmmaker cannot secure a distribution deal then their movie will not be screened.

Marketing

Marketing: the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.

Marketing is different to distribution because marketing is the propaganda used to promote the film whereas distribution is where the film is sent to in order to reach the audience. YouTube is one place where films are promoted, people tend too watch trailers for the ilms they want to watch in cinema. 

Exhibition

Audiences get to see films in an abundance of ways - these include:

• Cinema
• DVD
• Youtube
• Downloading
• Streaming
• iTunes (purchasing downloads)

Box office is when the film isn't released but you as the actor director or producer would go to the cinema where you would go and see the film before its actually released for the public. Once the Box Office is done and the film is premiered that's when tickets are bought or reserved or used to refer to the commercial success of a film, play, or actor in terms of the audience size or takings that they command. You can calculate the success of a film by the amount of tickets that have been sold as well has how many theaters it has been screened in.The main way a cinema makes money is from advertising, refreshments and profit. They encourage audiences to visit rather than watch films at home by putting on cinema deals on certain days or making the whole 'cinema experience' comfortable by introducing 'VIP' leather seating.

BFI(British Film Institute)

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom

The Film Chain

Production

There are three stages to producing a film; pre-production, production and post-production.

Pre-production

This is the stage in which all the planning for the project takes place. During pre-production, the production is broken down into individual scenes and all the locations, props, cast members, costumes, special effects and visual effects are used.

Production 

This is the stage at which all the filming is carried out. All scenes planned out in pre-production are filmed at the relevant locations. This is where the strength of the pre-production work is put to the test. Great care must be taken to make sure that all the filming is done correctly and all necessary shots are taken

Post-production

This is the stage in which the film is assembled by the editor. The first job of the film editor is to build a rough cut taken from scenes based on individual shots. The purpose of this is to get the best shots out of all the takes.

Main producers of films in America

1. Michael Mann

2. James Cameron

3. Steven Spielberg

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3. An independent film is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system.
4. Distribution

1. An independent film is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system.

Film festivals are annual events which takes place to celebrate the art of film and the artists that produce it.Their role in the film distribution is to screen and judge independent films as well as provide recognition for unknown filmmakers.Distribution is essential to the film chain because without it - independent filmmakers will go unrecognised and if the filmmaker cannot secure a distribution deal then their movie will not be screened.

Marketing

Marketing: the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.

Marketing is different to distribution because marketing is the propaganda used to promote the film whereas distribution is where the film is sent to in order to reach the audience. YouTube is one place where films are promoted, people tend too watch trailers for the ilms they want to watch in cinema. 

Other styles of promoting are, trailers, bus adverts happy meals, internet banner ads, Facebook pages, twitter sponsored adverts and instagram. 

The way films are promoted to different blockbuster films is the different strategies of promoting them for example a happy meal would promote a films for the younger generation, bus adverts for the general public. There is also films that produce subtitles for parts that are not in English.

Exhibition

Audiences get to see films in an abundance of ways - these include:

• Cinema
• DVD
• Youtube
• Internet Streaming

Box office: a place at a theatre, cinema, etc. where tickets are bought or reserved or used to refer to the commercial success of a film, play, or actor in terms of the audience size or takings that they command. Box office return identifies the success of a film because it shows how much money was generated and how films are ranked.You can calculate the success of a film by the amount of tickets that have been sold as well has how many theaters it has been screened in.The main way a cinema makes money is from advertising, refreshments and profit.They encourage audiences to visit rather than watch films at home by putting on cinema deals on certain days or making the whole 'cinema experience' comfortable by introducing 'VIP' leather seating and so on.

The producer finds investors to pay for the film, and then they get back money proportionate to what they paid in. People involved in the film, like actors, can invest their own money as well, or work out an agreement to trade part or all of their salaries in exchange for part of the film's revenue. 

Cinemas: The money you pay for your ticket goes towards the movie theatre. The movie studio leases the movie to the cinema for a period of time. In the first couple of weeks of the movie opening at the cinema the cinema only receives 20%-25% of the profit. The percentage decreases each week. The independent distributor also gets profit of the tickets sold by the cinema.

 They also make their money from the snacks they sell to the customers. They make huge profit from the snack they sell. A bag of popcorn would cos the cinema 50cents however you would have to pay $5. A can of coke will cost the cinema 10cents but would charge you $3 for a can of coke. Thats where a massive part of their profit comes from.

BFI

The BFI is the British Film institute. The British Film Industry encourages the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film. The British Film Industry offers a range of education initiatives, it supports the teaching of film and media studies in schools and colleges.