Belstone Pictures are a UK based production company that produce international feature films. The company was founded by an ex Hurtwood house film academy student, Finn Cardigan Bruce, who had previously worked on the sets of: Les Miserables, Downtown Abbey, Top Gear, X factor and Sky News.
Their very first feature film was Tank 432 (released 24 October 2015) which made enough money for them to produce a few more films including Tucked, which was released on the 21st of July 2018, and had a big following due to its niche and different market of customers.
Walt Disney is the name of the man who founded and created the Disney company. He and his brother Roy started in 1923 (the company has been going for 97 years from the time this has been written) as a very small company that was based in Los Angeles, that produced a series of short live action/animations (the first one being ALICE COMEDIES).
Their headquarters is based in Burbank, California, United States, but they have many different studios around the world including one in Tokyo. Disney used to be owned by the Disney family but now it is owned by multiple corporations. in fact the company that owns the majority of the companies shares is Vanguard Group Inc, owning a total of 127 million shares.
What companies do Disney own?
Disney owns many companies including: Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, ESPN, ABC, Touchstone pictures and many more. this massively helps Disney due to their streaming platform (Disney +) will be able to include these platforms. Therefore bringing more subscribers to their platform, resulting in more profit for the company. Due to this they can make up all of the costs of buying the companies very quickly.
Genre is a way of categorising different films based off of their conventions. It sets rules and guidelines for the studio to follow so that they don't go off topic, and it also helps to find a good target audience for the studio, so that they can attract the right sort of people that would want to go and see their film. Genre also sets up an expectation for the audience and tells them before they watch the film if it's for them or not.
What is a sub-genre?
A sub-genre is a subcategory within a genre itself. For example: historical fiction film, urban fantasy film. these exist due to there being people that love pacific parts of the genres. they are suited to a more niche set of customers.
What is a hybrid genre?
A hybrid genre is where two or more genres are mixed together to create one. for example: romantic comedy. these exist to boost the amount of people interested in a film by including two different genres. so in a romantic comedy it stereotypically brings in women for the romantic side and the men for the comedic side of the film. This is a hugely popular concept due to it meaning that couples will go and watch a film together and it will cater for both of them.
The first thing you notice when you look at this intriguing poster, is what is highly likely going to be the main character of the film (using a long shot including his whole costume). You can see this because he is standing in the middle separate to the other characters above. He is also wearing a very dark costume. This may confuse the audience, do to stereotypically the bad/evil character is normally dressed in black/dark Armor. However, the red cape that he is wearing, also gives off a hero/soldier like vibe. His long hair fits in with gender countertypes as women are stereotypically the gender with long hair. This idea of the audience not knowing if he is good or bad is a very enticing concept. The character’s facial expressions suggest dominants and fear towards the audience. The exploding material in the background shows an element of pure power and strength, as it looks as if he has just landed from a massive hight with a ton of force. The hammer/mallet he is holding may have caused this explosion. This maybe the case because, it is placed in the middle of the picture and shows to be important. It also looks like a very heavy object to be carrying around, so this may also show that he is a very strong character physically and maybe mentally.
The film’s title (Thor) has been placed right underneath the character, giving the idea that the main character may be called Thor. In German mythology Thor is a god, who holds a hammer, that controls storms/thunder and lightning. The font of the title shows a grand and powerful theme with a chrome metal finish to it. Just above the title you can see the name of producers of the film (marvel studios). Marvel studios is a very well-known comic book/superhero film studio, this will make all of the fans of the comics and past film very interested in the film. It is located right in the middle of the glow being admitted from the hammer. Below the title you can see a phrase ‘courage is immortal’ this may relate to the main character and suggest he has courage, and he is immortal. All of these facts put together, suggests he might actually be Thor the Greek god, or someone that relates very close to the god itself.
At the top of the poster, it says ‘from the studio that brought you “iron man”. As iron man is a superhero, this suggest that our main character maybe a superhero too (also relating to that fact he maybe ‘Thor’). Also, as iron man being such an iconic and well produced film, this message will create a very high expectation for the film ‘Thor’. In doing so, it will bring in a bigger audience for its big release, due to the people expecting greatness.
At the bottom of the poster, you have the credits and also a sentence to show that the film is available in 3D and 2D (various forms of watching a film), it also says it is in the IMAX, which means that it is a massive film that is intended to have millions of viewers.
Gender has been used stereotypically, as the main character in the middle of the shot, has been shown as a strong, powering human being, as a male.
The characters in the background, especially the man on the far right at the top of the poster, show the audience that the film will have an element of Si-Fi. This is suggested due to their costumes being futuristic and with shiny/glossy metal parts to them, which is a common style of costume for Si-Fi films. Another point towards the characters at the top of the poster is that they are all separated by a lighting looking borders. Each of these characters all have some sort of gold on them e.g., eye patch, helmet. This suggests that they may be in the same organisation or alliance, and the gold clothing is what unities them.
I reckon the film would be aimed for teens and young adults due to the being a theme of Si-Fi related elements but looking to be a bit more grown up as is all looks very serious and intimidating. This is down to all of the characters fascial expressions being very concentrated mainly on either you as the audience or even something else that we don’t know. This creates a very powerful message toward the audience.
Using all of these details we can guess to what might happen in the film. For example, it might tell you how Thor came to all of his weather summoning abilities and how he learnt how to use them. It might also include what troubles and problems he faces as he goes through his intriguing life or maybe even his ‘immortal’ life.
Ghost town is a Comedy with a sense of romance, drama and fantasy starring Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni andGreg Kinnear as the main characters.
It is about Pincus (Ricky Gervais) and how he as a dentist is struggling with life with extreme boredom and awkward social issues. Pincus suddenly dies in an operation but comes back life shortly afterwards. This puts him in the middle of two different realities, alive people and the dead (featuring as ghosts). Very quickly the ghosts find out that they can see him, and each have their own little task that they need to complete to be sent to the afterlife.
This film is so special to me, not because of the acting or comedy or anything like that, it is all down to the pure meaning of the fact that it creates this idea of the dead still being able to look down on the world and not having completed their life until something crucial has been done, maybe extend the memories of them to their families or to finish something that they never got to finish due to their so sudden death.
After my grandad died around 10 years ago, I have always been absolutely terrified of the thought and truth itself of ‘passing on/ dyeing) and it is the films and ideas like this that keeps me able to control my thoughts of the horrible truth down to a low.
Me not being religious this is one of the only films/ ideas that makes me want to believe in the afterlife. Many people that have watched it have said they don’t like either the acting or story line, But for me, you have to look beyond all of the said not very strong acting and boring parts, but to look deeper into the true meaning of the film.
