Monday, 21 March 2011
Warp Films
Warp Films did not start out as a production company. The Warp industry was first founded in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Rob Mitchell and Robert Gordon in Sheffield. It was first known as Warp Records specialising in electronic music.
The next step was to produce music videos which they did. After getting recognised in the industry of media and producing music videos for many artists they created Warp Music Videos & Commercials.
It was in 2001 where they launched Warp Films producing British films. The company has been behind an array of critically acclaimed and award winning films, including several BAFTAs. It has produced films such as Dead Man's Shoes, Rubber Johnny, This Is England (2006) and Four Lions.
Media Convergence
Media convergence has been happeneing for a number of years - in the media industry, convergence means that the various types of media are coming together. This is due to the progress of technology over the past years. eg. computers can show much of what televisions can show due to the internet.
Many different media industries are trying to take advantage of this fact and produce and distribute their products over different media paths.
An example of this are newspapers. Newspapers have been a dying media format due to technology, and so try and use the internet to publish internet articles to keep up with other media industries, and as technology progresses they also offer video services and audio podcasts.
This 'old media' had a force seperating the media industries and the audience as the audience did not understand how to interact with the media except by receiving it. Although the 'new media' allows the audience to do more than just interact with the media, it allows them to be part of it. The audience can provide their own media in one way or another be it a video podcast or an animation made by them.
Independent films like 'Monsters' and 'Paranormal Activity' are usually filmed with low budgets where everything of the film (written, directed edited etc) are done bya small group of people. 'Monsters' was directed, edited and written by the same person (Gareth Edwards) where he edited the film on his home computer in his house. This shows the power and progress of technology.
Many other movies are distributed in ways that they use the web 2.0 to advertise. Websites such as Youtube and Facebook are good examples as they are widely popular. Distributing companies put trailers and other forms of advertisment on these websites to promote their film.
Although Youtube and Web 2.0 also allows the usual audience to create their own material and show it to the world - In todays world the possibilites of what you can do with the media are endless.
Many different media industries are trying to take advantage of this fact and produce and distribute their products over different media paths.
An example of this are newspapers. Newspapers have been a dying media format due to technology, and so try and use the internet to publish internet articles to keep up with other media industries, and as technology progresses they also offer video services and audio podcasts.
This 'old media' had a force seperating the media industries and the audience as the audience did not understand how to interact with the media except by receiving it. Although the 'new media' allows the audience to do more than just interact with the media, it allows them to be part of it. The audience can provide their own media in one way or another be it a video podcast or an animation made by them.
Independent films like 'Monsters' and 'Paranormal Activity' are usually filmed with low budgets where everything of the film (written, directed edited etc) are done bya small group of people. 'Monsters' was directed, edited and written by the same person (Gareth Edwards) where he edited the film on his home computer in his house. This shows the power and progress of technology.
Many other movies are distributed in ways that they use the web 2.0 to advertise. Websites such as Youtube and Facebook are good examples as they are widely popular. Distributing companies put trailers and other forms of advertisment on these websites to promote their film.
Although Youtube and Web 2.0 also allows the usual audience to create their own material and show it to the world - In todays world the possibilites of what you can do with the media are endless.
Monday, 7 March 2011
Unknown 2011
Released on February 18th 2011, Drive Angry is an thriller film starring Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan).
The film is based on a 2003 french novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert. In english the book is translated into 'Out Of My Head.'
"A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is."
IMDB
Most of the film is produced/filmed in Berlin, Germany thanks to the Studio Babelsberg film studio located in Germany. The movie had around a $40 million budget which $30 million came from the Babelsberg studio, the other $10 million came from Dark Castle Entertainment (DCE). DCE is a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. Pictures and usually focuses on producing horror films although it has been seen to produce films from other genres, for example Unknown.
Warner Bros. Pictures is the main distributor for this film (and might be why Dark Castle Entertainment also got involved).
Having a budget of around $40 million the film raked in around $61 million of revenue which means that the film was not a total failure but also not a great success.
The film is based on a 2003 french novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert. In english the book is translated into 'Out Of My Head.'
"A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is."
IMDB
Most of the film is produced/filmed in Berlin, Germany thanks to the Studio Babelsberg film studio located in Germany. The movie had around a $40 million budget which $30 million came from the Babelsberg studio, the other $10 million came from Dark Castle Entertainment (DCE). DCE is a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. Pictures and usually focuses on producing horror films although it has been seen to produce films from other genres, for example Unknown.
Warner Bros. Pictures is the main distributor for this film (and might be why Dark Castle Entertainment also got involved).
Having a budget of around $40 million the film raked in around $61 million of revenue which means that the film was not a total failure but also not a great success.
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