Written Evaluation Part 1

• In what ways does your film use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of existing films, such as the ones you were influenced by?

One of the films we were influenced by was 'Rocky' we tried to add rockys sense of victory, pain and realism to our film- we found this a challenge but after experimenting with effects we found that having the film black and white looked very good and showed the films dakness and pain, this idea came from the film 'Raging Bull' which is a modern black & white fighting film. 

• How does your film represent particular social groups?

Our film appeals to the younger generation more than the older generation as younger people are often more active and enjoy the action and adrenaline seen in fighting. The film also appeals to people who enjoy boxing and are apart of a boxing club or group as they can relate to the film. People who have enjoyed previous fighting films such as Rocky will also enjoy 'Million Dollar Punch'. 

• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

'Baker Street' is a good distributer for our film as they are a British based production company who have previously distributed other dark fighting films such as 'Green Street' and 'Football Factory'. These films relate to Million Dollar Punch as they both share the same dark side to life, poverty and greed in Britain although our character now lives in the USA.

• Who would be the audience for your film?

The audience for 'Million Dollar Punch' will be mainly teenagers and young adults between 15-26 as this age gap tends to enjoy these kind of fighting films the most and they are generally very active and into fighting. Adults above 26 will still enjoy the film for its moving story and characters. The age gap of 15-26 are also the people who visit the cinema the most which will help the film to be very successful at the box office. 

Youtube Feedback

We posted the remastered version of  'Million Dollar Punch' onto Youtube for everyone to see. After 2weeks we have 127views and a handful of good comments, we also received 9 likes and 1 dislike which shows the majority of the public like our film. Here are our screenshots of this from my phone, showing 2 of our comments. The Feedback we received proves that the film is really good, however people have said there are still a few mistakes.

Facebook Feedback

I posted the final draft of 'Million Dollar Punch' onto Facebook for our friends to see and rate. As you can see my post of the video gained 23 likes and a few positive comments which pleased our Media group and proves we were successful. I print screened these images using my phone.

The Distributors and What they Distribute?

Rocky:

The Distributor

The Distributors Track Record of 27 years

Rain Man 1988: 

Awards:

The film won four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards (March 1989)

Rain Man won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role of Dustin Hoffman, Best Director, and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Art Direction of Ida Random and Linda DeScenna, Best Cinematography of John Seale, Best Film Editing, and Best Music. 

The film also won a People's Choice Award as the "Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture". At the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, the film won the Golden Bear award.

Actors:
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino.

Director:
Barry Levinson

Annie Hall 1977:

Awards:
The film won Four Academy Awards, one Golden Globe award and five BAFTA awards.

Director:

Woody Allen

Rocky 1976:

Awards:

The film won three Academy awards and nominated for seven Academy awards.

Three of the Academy awards were for Best picture- Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, Best Director- John G. Avildsen and Best Film editing- Rachard Halsey and Scott Conrad.

The Seven nominations were for Best Actor- Sylvester Stallone, Best Actress- Talia Shire, Best writing , Story and screenplay based on material not previously published or produced- Sylvester Stallone, Best Best supporting actor- Burgess Meredith, Best supporting actor- Burt Young, Best Music (Original Song for Gonna Fly Now- Bill Conti, Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins and Best sound Mixing- Harry Warren Tetrick, William McCaighey, Lyle J. Burbridge and Bud Alper.

Actors:

Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Carl Weathers.

Director:

John G. Avildsen

Midnight Cowboy 1969:

Awards:

Midnight Cowboy won three Academy awards and were nominated for four Academy awards. Furthermore the film won six BAFTA's.

The three Academy awards that the film won was for Best Director- John Schlesinger, Best Picture- Jerome Hellman, Best writing based on material from another medium. The Nominated awards were for Best actor in a leading role- Dustin Hoffman, Best actor in a leading role- Jon Voight, Best actress in a supporting role and Best film editing- Hugh A. Robertson.

Eventually they won six of their outstanding BAFTA awards, which were for Best actor- Dustin Hoffman, Best Director- John Schlesinger, Best Film, Best Film Editing- Hugh A. Robertson, Best Screenplay- Waldo Salt and Most promising newcomer to leading film roles- Jon Voight.  

Actors:

Dustin Hoffman and John Voight.

Director:

John Schlesinger

In The Heat Of The Night 1969:

Awards:

Overall the film won seven Academy, two nominations and three Golden globe awards with four nominations backed up.

Seven of the Academy awards were for Best Picture, Best Actor- Rod Steigar, Film Editing- Hal Ashby, Best Sound- Samuel Goldwyn Studios and Best Writing adapting screenplay- Stirling Silliphant. The further two nominations were for Best Directing- Norman Jewison and Best Sound Editing- James Richard.

Later on the film won three golden globes which were for Best Motion Picture- Drama, Best Actor For Motion Picture Drama- Rod Steiger and Best Screenplay Stirling Silliphant. They were also nominated for four Acadmey awards, such as: Best Motion Picture Director- Norman Jewison, Best Motion Picture For Drama- Sidney Poitier, Best Supporting Actress- Lee Grant and Best Supporting Actress- Quentin Dean.

Actors:

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates and Lee Grant.

Director:

Norman Jewison

West Side Story 1961:

Awards:
Overall west side story was the most successful film that came out of production from United Artists as 
it picked up ten Academy and one Nomination thus making it the most 'Successful film' through awards
ever in the film industry.


The ten Academy awards that the film won were for Best Actor in a supporting role- George Chakris, 
Best actress in a supporting role- Rita Moreno, Best art direction, Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin,
Best Cinematography and Color- Daniel L. Fapp, Best costume design and color- Irene Sharaff, Best 
Director- Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, Best film editing- Thomas Stanford, Best musical picture-
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal, Best Picture- Robert Wise and Best Sound- 
Fred Hynes and Gordon Sawyer. The film had one nomination which was for Best Writing, Screenplay 
based from another source- Ernest lehman.


Actors:
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakri.


Director:
Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise.

Four of the Academy awards were for Best actress in a leading role- Diane Keaton, Best Director- Woody Allen, Best Picture- Charles H. Joffe and Best original Screenplay- Woody Allen and Marshell Brickman.

Additionally in the Golden Globes the film won one award for Best Actress (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy- Diane Keaton.

Eventually the film won five BAFTA awards of Best actress- Diane Keaton, Best direction/Director- Woody Allen, Best editing- Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont, Best film and Best screenplay- Woody Allen and Marshell Brickman.

Actors:

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelly Duvall, Cristopher, Walken and Colleen Dewhurst

Million Dollar Punch (Final Re-Make)

Here is our final video.

Overall we have found In the making of the Feature Film we have experienced new set of skills that we thought we did not have, for example: The editing of the film. As a group we thought it would be really tricky to get that certain 'Pull Factor' from it.

Another point for our success on this production, is the amount of feedback/corrections for the film, so we took them into consideration (Basically most of the film was changed and re-edited).

Eventually we counted up at least 5 takes for each scene, 15 hours on the editing and at least 6 hours of filming but separated into segments of days.

The risk assessment we took into consideration by cleaning up water off the floor and allowing the room to  have heating. But the actors did find it hard at times as cold would have got in and therefore allowing the actors to feel cold.

Our problems we had with the making of the film was that the music was kind of not decided. As a group we went through a number of songs to use in the film, such as: Metallica- One, Foo Fighters- I should of known and Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven. But eventually we decided to stay with the old theme song 'Metallica- One'.

Behind the scenes:

Briefing of Choreography sequence

Make up

Make-Up and Extra Props

Intro description For 'Million Dollar Punch'

Trainspotter intro:
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?

Why we have chosen this:
This is the the similar script that we will be using at the beginning of our film, as you can see here this is from the film 'TrainSpotting' we will be using this text to change into our own about illegal fighting.