Case study: Guardians of the Galaxy

  

This shows the Director of the film, the budget along with the Stars of the films with links to their Wikipedia.

 

Director & producer

The director is James Gunn, he is 44 and from Saint Louis, Missouri. He is a writer, director, producer and film writer. You may have seen his work in other films such as scooby-Do, scooby-Do 2: Monsters Unleashed and Dawn of the Dead.

The producer is Kevin Feigie who's 41 years old and from Boston, Massachusetts. He is a producer and his work is found in lots of work, examples are X-Men, Spider-Man 2, Iron man, Hulk, Thor and many other Marvel films. He is also the president of Marvel studios since 2007 and is the reason for his name constantly appearing when allying about Marvel films. 

Cast

The starring roles were played by:

~Chris Pratt

~Zoe Saldana 

~Dave Bautista

~Vin Diesel

~ Bradley Cooper

~Lee Pace

~Michael Rooker

~Karen Gilian

~Djimon Hounsou

~John C. Reiley 

~Glen close

~Benicio del Toro

This cast ranges from the ages 26-67 in Karen Gilian and Glen close, also a range of experience careers; Dave Bautista bring a retired wrestler and Benicio del Toro being an actor and producer.

Guardians of the galaxy research

Charlie Lane media homework 14/10/14

Guardians of the Galaxy

1. The movie was produced by Kevin Feige and directed by James Gunn.

               

2. The budget of this movie was $170 Million or £105 Million.

                   

3. The movie stars many actors including; Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautice, Vin Diesel, Lee Pace, Bradley Cooper and many more...

           

4. There was a lot of technology used in order to make this sci-fi like  movie. Special effect where used in fighting scenes or scenes that contains too much action to be real life. Blue body suits where used for fictional characters or non human forms. Computerised images and digitally images drawn on where also used. The green screens where used to put a fictional or fake background in the image to make the movie more realistic.

    


5. The movie had lots of marketing. This was done by releasing the film in cinemas across the country and the world. It was also marketed further by merchandise in stores and the original comics. Advertisements also where used.

            

6. There was a lot of synergy used in this movie. The fact that it was a previous marvel comic shows a wide choice of synergy and the toys they put in Happy meals and McDonalds.

    

7. Cross media was used in the movie because Guardians of the galaxy is not just a movie. It is also a video game and originally a comic. This is done to increase the target audience by using different types of media.

       

8. The movie was released worldwide in most major cinemas on July 21st or August 1st 2014.

          

9. The movie was put into cinemas under the current format or regular cinema viewing or in 3D. The movie is still yet to come on DVD, Video, Online and Blu ray.



10. The target audience of this movie is for people who like action or adventure movies. This will most likely be people who enjoy comics or previous super hero comics and are big fans of Marvel comics. This can range from teenager to young adults but could represent from the age of 8-25. The stereotypical target audience will be males or boys of a young age.



By Charlie Lane