Monday 11 April 2016

Section A Case Studies

Mad Max Fury Road
Heath Ledger was first considered for the film before he died
Heath was chosen because he had the same appeal as Mel Gibson
17 years to develop due to constant delays for different reasons
Both Heath Ledger and Tom Hardy have played a villain in the Christopher Nolan Batman franchise
Budget was cut due to collapse of the american and Australian dollar
Delay because of Miller directing Happy Feet
Didn't have a traditional script but was created through storyboards
Used a lot of symbolism throughout the film
1465 storyboards were created for the film
Budget for the film was 150$ million
It took 378.4$ million at the box office
Actors from the previous films returned
it is the highest grossing film of the mad max franchise
It was nominated for 10 academy awards and won 6 of them: they include
Best Film EditingBest Production DesignBest Costume DesignBest Makeup and Hairstyling,Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing

earned $16.77 million on its opening day
The vision for the film was only in George Miller's head, no actors new exactly what they had to do at any given time



Batman VS Superman Dawn Of Justice 
Batman vs Superman had bad word of mouth before the film was even released because it received bad critic reviews and rotten tomatoes gave it a 30% but this did not affect its opening weekend gaining a strong $166,007,347 
The film did  have a 69% drop however
The film had a hashtag to advertise : hashtag whowillwin 
Domestic Total as of Apr. 12, 2016:$299,955,534 
Ben Affleck asked if he could keep the suit from the film but was told if he paid $100,000 and then changed his mind and took a picture
The film was pitched by Andrew Kevin Walker with Wolfgang Petersen to direct and Akiva Goldsman to script. 
The marketing for the film was aided by Compare the Meerkat Meerkat's dressing up as Batman and Superman 
A US Senator has been part of this film as well as 5 other Batman films.