Friday, 28 April 2017

Case Study: 'Spectre' (Mendes,2015)






Official Website: www.sonymovies.com/spectre
Social Network Sites: Twitter, Facebook
Viral Marketing: Twitter, online banners
Fan Sites: www.007.com 
Actors: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux
Director: Sam Mendes
Merchandise: Collectables, Fragrances, DVDs, Books, Clothing, Jewellery
Production Companies: Eon Productions, Columbia Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer 
Pre-Production: Budget: $245,000,000, Locations: London, Mexico City, Rome, Austrian Alps
Production: Filming took a total of 7 months during 2014-15, production began on 8th December 2014, at Pinewood Studios, Mexico City; 1500 extras for 'The Day Of The Dead' which took six months, Guinness World Record for biggest cinematic explosion filled in one shot filmed in Morocco,  8 Aston Martin Cars made for the film. 'Visceral excitement you can only get from real stunts' - Mendes (Director). 
Post-Production: Composer: Thomas Newman, the film contains over 100 minuets of music, the soundtrack was released on 23rd October 2015 in the UK, in September 2015 it was revealed that Sam Smith would collaborate for 'Writing's on the wall'. 
Distributors: Columbia Picture, MGM Pictures
Exhibitors: IMAX, BFI, Odeon, Vue, Cineworld

Research and planning process

Observations/Analysis: The opening of the film includes multiple moving images of soldiers and tanks during World War II  There are a to...