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Film Production

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Working Title filmsWorking Title Films is a British film production company based in London. The company produces feature films and numerous television productions.

Working Title Films was co-founded by producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. In 1992, PolyGram became the company’s corporate backer. Radclyffe left Working Title and Eric Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joined the company. The company produced a variety of films for PolyGram’s London based production company (PolyGram Filmed Entertainment). PolyGram films was later merged and sold to Universal Studios in 1990.

Working Title use the template of having a British film with an American star to make money.

Working Title usually do 40-50 projects in development at any time and their average spend on development is around $250,000 to $500,000 per script.

They aim to make around 5 -10 films a year, spread across different budget sizes (with and average of $30-$40 million)

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http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/films/view/film/111/les-mis-rables

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ProductionTom Hooper, the director of Les Miserables wanted to do something that had never been done before and have the actors/actresses sing live on set and not pre-record the songs for the film. When the actors were singing they had an invisible earpiece which had a piano being played live into their ear so they could hear the music and set the tempo and whilst editing a 70 piece orchestra was used to accompany the actors voices for the final production. Simon Hayes used 50 DPA 4071 lavalier microphones to record the vocals.

Tom Hooper chose to have the actors sing live to give a sense of realism to the film and give the actors freedom and control. Using this way of working you get the fragility of the voice which matches the emotions of what a character is saying. It also helps the audience connect with the characters and feel for them.

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ProductionThe filming for Les Miserables began on 8th March 2012 in Gourdon in France and on 23rd June 2012, Hugh Jackman confirmed that all filming had been completed, but some late filming was carried out in Bath, Somerset in October due to an error found in the footage of stunt scenes of Javert’s suicide scene in the post-production, so it was re shot. In this film there is a lot of big name actors such as Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman, who both did a lot for the film such as losing a considerable amount of weight and cutting of their own hair. Other names including Amanda Seyfriend, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Samatha Barks, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen have main parts in this film.

The budget for Les Miserables was $61 Million and so far has made $379,064,425 at the box office.

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ProductionLocations

Filming started in Gourdon, France

• Wolvesey Castle, Hampshire, • Richard Attenborough Stage, Pinwood studios • Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire• Boughton House, Northamptonshire• Ewelme, Oxfordshire• Winchester, Hampshire• Portsmouth, Hampshire• Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent• Pulteney Bridge and Weir, Bath• Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Other filming locations:

Winchester Cathedral

Boughton House

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Pulteney Bridge and Weir

Old Royal Naval College

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Distribution

In North America, the film opened on 25th December in 2,808 cinemas placing first at the box office with $18.1 million. This amount broke the record for the highest opening day gross for a musical film, previously held by High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and was also the second highest opening day gross for a film released on Christmas Day. It earned $27.3 million in its opening weekend, placing third behind Django Unchained and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2013 and earned £8.1 ($13.1) million in its opening weekend, making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film, as well as Working Title.

The film is confirmed for a 22 March 2013 home release on DVD, Blu-ray, and Video on Demand

Les Miserables was distributed by Universal Pictures, who Working Title are a subsidiary of and part of the conglomerate NBC Universal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(2012_film)#Marketing

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MarketingOn 30 May 2012, the film's first teaser trailer debuted online, and later in cinemas with Snow White and the HuntsmanOn 20 September 2012, an extended first look was released on the film's official Facebook page. This short introduces and explains Hooper's method of recording vocals live on set, and compares it to the traditional method of pre-recording the vocals in a studio months in advance. Hugh Jackman stated that filming in this way allows him more creative freedom with the material and that he "only has to worry about acting it." Both Hooper and the actors believe that this choice of production method will make the film feel much more emotional, raw, and real. The actors praised Hooper for his method and provide brief interviews throughout the video. Hooper mentions, "I thought it was an amazing opportunity to do something genuinely groundbreaking."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cDVdg7gVdg&feature=youtu.be

On 24 September 2012, a new poster for the film was released on the film's official Facebook page. The poster featured young Cosette, played by Isabelle Allen. Posters featuring Jean Valjean, Javert, Fantine, and Cosette were later released on 12 October, with further posters of Thénardiers and Marius released on 1 November.

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ExhibitionLes Miserables was shown in 2,808 cinemas in North America and has been released in 42 countries.Unsure on how many cinemas in UK the film has reached.

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Columbia PicturesColumbia Pictures is on of the major 6 American film studios. The studio now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the conglomerate Sony.

The studio, founded in 1918 as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt, released its first feature film in August 1922. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name in 1924 and went public two years later. The name is derived from "Columbia", a national personification of the United States, which is used as the company's logo.In 1982, the studio was purchased by Coca-Cola; that same year it launched TriStar Pictures as a joint venture with HBO and CBS. Five years later, Coca-Cola spun off Columbia, which merged with Tri-Star to create Columbia Pictures Entertainment. After a brief period of independence with Coca-Cola maintaining a financial interest, the combined studio was acquired by Japanese company, Sony in 1989.

Some of Columbia Pictures top grossing films include: Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and Hancock

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ProductionThe budget for Skyfall was $150-200 million and has made $1,108,058,404 at the box office.The director for Skyfall was Sam MendesThe film has some big name actors including: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris

Locations Skyfall was filmed:• London• Surrey• Turkey• Pinewood Studios• Glencoe, Scotland• Japan• China

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DistributionSkyfall was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-MayerThe film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the US on 12th February 2013 and in the UK on 18th February 2013.

The film is now available on Itunes, Lovefilm and Lovefilm instant.

It was the first James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. The film’s release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series which began with Dr. No in 1962

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http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond_23_oct13_tv_spots.php3?id=03324

MarketingSony Pictures released 4 new TV spots for Skyfall that were broadcast in UK and USA

http://beerpulse.com/2012/09/heineken-launches-james-bond-skyfall-marketing-campaign-with-first-video/

Heineken and Skyfall come together to market the new film. Fans were critical of the partnership however as it shows 007 drink a beer rather than the shaken not stirred martini that Bond traditional drinks

Posters

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MarketingSony and Skyfall Marketing stunt

http://www.brandsynario.com/outdoor-advertising/detail/sony-skyfall/

During the opening week of the new James Bond movie in Stockholm, a large group of Swedish Bond fans were given quite a surprise, unaware they were being filmed for a Sony marketing stunt. The agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky thought this genius stunt up to help Sony Nordic promote their new James Bond smartphone Xperia Acro S which is waterproof

During the opening ceremony of the Olympics 2012, Daniel Craig was shown acting as James Bond escorting the Queen to a helicopter from Buckingham Palace and then both of them supposedly parachuting out of the helicopter to the opening ceremony, this excited people about Bond and reminded them about the kind of thing Bond gets up to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo

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MarketingCoke and Skyfall created a marketing campaign where Coke made a contest where participants have to race through a variety of obstacles in order to win tickets to see Skyfall.

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MarketingBefore the release of Skyfall, the theme tune by Adele was released on 5th October 2012 which marks the anniversary of the release of DR.NO and is was celebrated as Global James Bond Day. The song went to number 1 at the UK’s iTunes online store less than 10 hours after it was released.

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ExhibitionIn North America, Skyfall was shown in 3,505 cinemas and was shown in 74 countries. Unsure on how many cinemas in UK

Total Box Office: $1,108,058,404


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