Film Production - Les Mis

Development

-The idea came from the popular musical Les Mis.
-Relativity Media and Working Title Films agreed to make the film.
-This studio is owned by Ryan Kavanaugh and Universal Studios.
-The films budget was $61 million.
-It was produced by; Debra Hayward, Eric Fellner, Cameron Mackintosh and Tim Bevan.

Pre Production

-The script writers were William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Sconberg and Herbert Kretzmer.
-It was directed by Tom Hooper.
-Some of the actors starring in the film were Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried.
-It was filmed in England.
Some of the locations used included Old Royal Naval College, Portsmouth Greenwich, London, Hampshire, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire and Ashridge Park.

Production

-The cameras which were used to film were 35mm spherical package of ARRICAM lite and studio cameras with ARRI/ZEISS Master prime lenses.

Post Production

-The editors of the film were Melanie Oliver and Chris Dickens,
-It was released on the 25th December in the USA 2012, and later released on 11th January 2013 in the UK.
-SFX and CGI were used in this film.
-Reviews were VERY mixed, 50% of the reviews stated that the film was so good that they couldn't work out how anyone could speak negatively of it, whilst the other 50% wondered how on earth such a dreadful film could gain such brilliant reviews.
-The UK box office made £8.13 million on its opening day.
-The US box office made $103.6 million.
-It made over $400 million in total worldwide.
-It was released on DVD on the 22nd March 2013.

Film Production - The Avengers

Development

- The Avengers film came from the marvel superhero comics.

- Marvel studios agreed to make the film.

- Avi Arad owns marvel studios.

- The Avengers had a budget of $220million.

- The film was produced by Kevin Feige.

Pre Production

- Joss Whedon wrote the script for the film.
- The film was also directed by Joss Whedon.
- Some of the actors who starred in the film where: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson.
- It was filmed in the USA.
- These locations included: Cleveland Ohio, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, California, New York.

Production

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-The Canon EOS 5D Mark II and 7D Digital SLR cameras were used for point-of-view shots, before being intercut with 35mm footage.


Post Production

-The film was edited by Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek.
-The Avengers was released in USA on the 11th April 2012, and was later released on the 26th April 2012 in the UK.
-The marketing techniques used to advertise The Avengers were posters, TV adverts and trailers in cinemas.
-Many of the reviews said the the film lived up to it's 'hype', and that i could possibly be one of the best superhero movies ever made. However, some others described it as chaotic and predictable.
-It made the UK box office $25.5 million.
-It made over $600 million in barely a week for the US box office, $200.3 million of that coming from the opening day.
-It made $1.518 billion in total.
-The DVD was released on the 25th September.