Fim Exploration

Split

2016

The film Split was directed and wrote by M. Night Shyamalan. He had a beget of around 9 million US dollars and located his film mainly in the US, to cut costing, but also in parts of Japan. The film was produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Marc Bienstock and Jason Blum who casted a talented line up of James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson in amongst the rest. Some of the production company’s who madden this film include Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse Productions and Dentsu to name just a few.

This film made a gross profit of 138,141,585 US dollars with sales coming in from the promotional strategies of posters, trailer and clothing. The release dates for this film are the 26^th September 2016 for USA, and in the UK it was released in January the 20^th 2017 where it was distributed at cinemas  and later realest on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD.

The film was released in, first the US then UK until it was released all across the globe, to places like Germany, China and Hungary. It was shown in original cinemas in the UK and released on the formats: DVD, Blu-Ray, Digital HD. It has a BBFC classification of 15 and was aimed at people who may share the same connection to the protagonist or people who share similar mental health issues. 

Micro Analysis

Micro Analysis

• Choose 2-3 min section from the same film for exploration.
• Explore two elements Like Mise-en scene, Sound, Cinematography.
• Maximum 750 words, aim for 800.
• Write about the meaning as well as accurate terminology and what it suggests.
• Try to link the paragraphs together.
• With horror use lack of sound and the build up toward something big.
• Motif (sound used to link to the character) used in horror films.

All the different options are on the blog.

Film Pitch

Film Pitch

Name: ‘Slash’

Target Audience: around 15 - 60 year old males and females.

Logline: A mysterious cabin in the woods was found and when unnatural sightings are captured, there is only one ghost hunter to call. And only a select few to enrol as backup. 

Tagline: ‘Knife or death’

Genre: Thriller.

Main Actors: Tom Hanks, Stephan Root, Thomas Jane.

Similar Films: The Impossible, Split.

Synopsis:  A sighting of an off the grid cabin in a west bound wood sends locals fearing for the lives of one another. It has the nearby town in absolute chaos. This all before the best and most prestigious ghost hunters enter to keep a close eye on it and protect the town. The job on hand, however, is not one man job, so the protagonist, played by Tom Hans, has two rookies either side of him. Played by Thomas Jane and Stephen Root. This may cause more mayhem than a solution for our protagonist but the two rookies will eventually be exactly what our protagonist needs to come a final conclusion. All the research had been done in preparation for the dramatic climax. Except when they bust in there is nothing but a bloody knife overhanging on the kitchen sink. This puts the viewing audience on edge as the following scene involves one of the side men, played by Thomas Jane, kidnaped and held hostage, being used for insider information. The audience don't still get to see the kidnaper or the interrogator. This is when the protagonist make a life changing decision to spend a week in the cabin whilst protection on guard, and see if he can be used as bait for the killer. This would be nearly the last scene and would be left on a dramatic cliff hanger with our protagonist in the cabin and every police and agent around in the woods. Leaving the audience wanting to see what happens next.

Where Would It Be Shown: Cinemas in America first and then cinemas in Britain and around the world.

GCSE Film Blog

Welcome to my Film Blog.

Me & Film:

Favourite...

Film Genre: Comedy 

Films Of All Time: Anchorman

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Film Quote: : "Life is like a box of chocolates"