Saturday, 8 October 2016

Independent vs Mainstream Film

Fast and Furious 7 vs The Riot Club

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Image result for  the riot club
1. Fast and Furious 7 was distributed by universal. The film has many production companies, these include: Original Film, One Race Film, Media Rights Capital, China Film, Relativity Media- usually a film company will use different company’s to help produce the film because they all specialise in different things.
The Riot Club was also distributed by universal. However, unlike the mainstream film , this film only had one production company and that is Blueprint Pictures.
2. The budget of Fast and Furious 7 was 190 million dollars. The budget of The Riot Club is unknown, this could be because the film actually lost money so they therefore don't want to publish their budget.
3. Fast and Furious 7 made 353 million dollars, which is a very big profit and it's clear to us that the film was a massive success.
The Riot Club made 3.5 million dollars, as we don't know their budget we can't tell if they made a profit from this production or if they actually lost money. But, we can see that they made almost 350 million dollars less than the mainstream film made. This clearly shows the difference (in money) between an independent film and a mainstream film.
4. The production companies for fast and furious are very well known and they have produced many other famous mainstream films. As well as the production companies of this film, the distribution company (Universal) is also a worldwide, well known company.
The production company of the independent film The Riot Club isn't very well known, this could be why this film is an independent film because it doesn't have a well known production company which could be why it's not a well known film like the mainstream film- Fast and Furious 7.

5. The mainstream film that I have chosen has 5 different production companies unlike the independent film I have chosen which only has one production company. Another difference between the two films are that the mainstream film made a huge profit from the production of the film, but the independent film didn't.

6. The two films that I have chosen were both distributed by the well known, worldwide company: Universal.

7. The production company 'Original Film' also made the series of prison break as well as Fast and Furious 7 and many other famous films, the series of prison break was a very successful series the same as all of the Fast and Furious films have been. This shows that this production company is very successful in producing good films that the public love.
The production company 'Blueprint pictures' which is the production company for the film The Riot Club, also produced a film called 'The Outcast' this isn't a very well known film either, the same as the independent film I have chosen.

8. The main genre of film that the production company 'Original Film' produces seems to be action. We all know that all of the Fast and Furious films share the same genre of action, and also the famous series: Prison Break also has a genre of action.
The main genre type for the film production company 'Blueprint Pictures' seems to be varied.
Considering the genre type that a production company specialises in is important when making a film because you want  to choose a production company which is interested in the genre of your film and also that is going to make your film the best that it can be.

9. Universal is the distribution company for both of the films I have chosen to talk about, and as these two films are very different from each other, it is clear to see that this institution appeals to a variety of different audiences.

10. I feel that the production companies for the mainstream film that I have chosen outperform the one production company for the independent film that I have chosen. This is because the mainstream film was more successful in every way and also, the mainstream film had 5 production companies which made it more famous whereas the independent film only had one which could be why it wasn't as popular. 

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