The film 'Moon' which was created in 2009 was a stereotypical Sci-Fi film which was directed by Duncan Jones. Straight away we can tell that Sci-Fi will take a strong interest in the film as it is set around the moon. The Film predominantly contains one actor throughout the whole sequence of the film so Sam Rockwell who has the biggest part in the film would usually straight away appeal to Sci-Fi fans because his the star in the Sci-Fi comedy film 'Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, this could mean that once again Sci-Fi fans will take an interest in the film but also now some comedy film fans may show an interest in the film and may want to watch it. As throughout the film he has the visable mans role to play (along with a computerised screen) so the viewers might have been interested in how the director Duncan Jones managed to use one actor to play two different roles and what special effects he used and how he portrayed them, most the time I believed he used a split or double screen, where he filmed two seperate shots and then placed them together in the film. The most expensive scene to film was where the two Sam Bell's were playing table tennis, it was the most expensive scene because Jones had place a computerised Sam Rockwell in the scene, and it was also the most expensive part of the filming. Quite often they used body doubles, so when you thought there were two Sam Rockwell's in the scene, you could just not see other of the characters face, so in fact they made his body look just like Rockwell when it was actually another, this was done to keep the costs down, there was an exception on the table tennis though.
The two actor that can be recognised as famous faces in the film are Sam Rockwell who played Sam Bell, and had the majority of acting to do. Other than this, Kevin Spacey who is a worldwide recognised actor, he was payed more than anybody else for his part of the film, even though he only worked for one day, and only did the voice over for the robot Gerty.
Also there wasn't a massive amount of advertisment for the film, and the main reason for this was because they didn't have the funds to do so. The Budget for the film was only £5,000,000 and this was for everything including advertising the film and not just for the filming. Duncan Jones couldn't even let his film be nominated for some awards as to do this he would have to take money out of the budget for the film and send copies of the film out. Which by no means he could not afford to do.
Although the Film 'Moon' was altogether a success, and was given the award of the 'Best Independent British Film of the Past 10 Years' and made a profit of plus £4,000,000 which shows the film was worth creating.
The two actor that can be recognised as famous faces in the film are Sam Rockwell who played Sam Bell, and had the majority of acting to do. Other than this, Kevin Spacey who is a worldwide recognised actor, he was payed more than anybody else for his part of the film, even though he only worked for one day, and only did the voice over for the robot Gerty.
Also there wasn't a massive amount of advertisment for the film, and the main reason for this was because they didn't have the funds to do so. The Budget for the film was only £5,000,000 and this was for everything including advertising the film and not just for the filming. Duncan Jones couldn't even let his film be nominated for some awards as to do this he would have to take money out of the budget for the film and send copies of the film out. Which by no means he could not afford to do.
Although the Film 'Moon' was altogether a success, and was given the award of the 'Best Independent British Film of the Past 10 Years' and made a profit of plus £4,000,000 which shows the film was worth creating.
Max. Can you try and add more specific examples. We mentioned lots in class. Talk about the SFX company, the use of in ear technology to help syncing, the models built etc. Also remember the key vocabulary like 'four quadrant' 'above the line' and 'below the line'.
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