Film Facts: The Woman In Black/ The Avengers

British Film/Us Films: An Introduction

The Woman in Black:

Ownership: Susan Hill and her publishing company (Hamish Hamilton) own the woman in black. The production companies are Cross Creek Pictures, Hammer Film Productions and Exclusive Media Group.

Costs and Budgets: The woman in black had a budget of $15 million.
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Production: The Woman In Black was filmed in several different places around Britain, including Essex, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. The cameras used in production were:

Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses Arricam ST, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses The main cast for The Woman In Black was Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer and Liz White. The Director is James Watkins who had previously directed Eden Lake.  The screenplay was done by Jane Goldman who has previously co-written X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass. Kave Quinn was the production designer.

Marketing: There are 9 Trailers for The Woman In Black. There marketing spend was around 3.5 million. The Woman in black was promoted in many different ways. These include Facebook and many other social networks, Posters, On a side of a bus and it was all over the internet as banners and trailers. It was also promoted via reviews in newspaper which is good advertisement for the film. The most effect way of advertisement is something that the film company has no control over what so ever. Word of mouth is very powerful but you can't by it. They also realised a new film which helps promote the old one because people will think that they have to see the original one first.

Exhibition: In the UK The woman in black was showed in 348 different cinemas. The film stayed in the cinemas for roughly 4-6 weeks and got $20.8 million in its opening weekend.

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The Avengers:

Ownership: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. They created the comic books, which were called Marvel Comics, and then Marvel Studios made the film. The producer of the film is Kevin Feige who had the final say with what happens to the money.

Costs and Budgets: The Avengers had a budget of $220 million.

Production: The Avengers was shot in loads of different states across the US; Albuquerque New Mexico, Ohio, New York and LA. The cameras used in production were: Arri Alexa, Panavision Primo, PCZ and Frazier Lenses

Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo Lenses

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon Lenses

Canon EOS 7D, Canon Lenses

The main cast for The Avengers is: Robert Downey, Jr.

         Chris Evans

         Mark Ruffalo

         Chris Hemsworth

         Scarlett Johansson

         Jeremy Renner

         Tom Hiddleston

         Clark Gregg

         Cobie Smulders

         Stellan Skarsgård

          Samuel L. Jackson

The Director is Joss Whedon had previously directed Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The cabin in the Woods. The screenplay was also done by Joss Whedon. James Chinlund was the art/production designer.

Marketing: There are 34 trailers for The Avengers there marketing spend was around 55 million. The Avengers also advertise is loads of different ways but a lot of them had comparisons to the way the woman in black advertise although because The Avengers is a bigger film and spent a lot more money. They also promoted using posters, billboards, trailers, etc...

Exhibition: In the USA 1,700 cinemas showed the film,  and it stayed in the cinemas for around 4-6 weeks. On the opening weekend it got $392.5 million which covered the budget inn the first 3 days.

Purchase/Ownership:

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