General Information about Case Study

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1. Introduction Paragraph – Matthew Gomez 

1.  The production company “filmnation entertainment” is considered one of the leading independent production companys in the world, making films that focus on creative liberty and commercial appeal, with their recent movies like “Conclave” and “Small Things Like These“pushing a focus on conspiracy and crime genres. They are an independent production company, which means they work closely with filmmakers who don’t wish to use major film studios, but instead independent studios that provide more creative liberty but a usually smaller budget 

2. Document 4 characteristics of the type of production company.  

1. What types of movies do they create?  R-rated movies that have a focus on romance, creativity, and introspection (“The Crow”, “Palm Springs”, and “Maria”.) 

2. How do they engage audiences to watch their content during production? Filmnation entertainment uses strategies like behind the scenes pictures, multiple movie posters, and constant online engagement to invite audiences to watch their content during production 

3.  How did they promote their films? They promote their films by posting trailers and movie posters on their website, making space for their movies in film festivals, conducting press releases, and using other forms of social media like instagram to promote releases or release dates. 

4. How did they distribute their films to their audience? They distribute their films internationally through their own website, Filmnation Entertainment, and through theatrical releases, along with 3rd party websites like IMDB. 

 

3. Define Brand Identity and list two reasons why it is important in marketing a film. Brand Identity is the distinguishing factors of a film company that separate it from its competitors, which is important for marketing a film because it allows for the movies they promote to be easily recognizable, and it allows for trust to be built with an audience, which will make it more likely that fans of a production company will engage with more of their movies 

 

4. List four brand identifiers of the production company. 

Brand Identifiers

1.The logo shown in the opening

2.Funding independent movies

3.Award winning films

4.More quiet films

 

 

2. General Information about the film –Tatiana Medina 

1. Film Title: ‘The Nest’ is a very fitting title for the film and i say this because most of the film is about family issues in a wealthy home. ‘The Nest’ represents their home. 

2. Tagline of Movie: “Having it all is never enough.” is the tagline of The Nest. The purpose of this tagline is to show how a family who has wealth and status is still dissatisfied and wants more. 

3. Film Plot: Life of an entrepreneur named Rory, and his wealthy American family begin to take a twisted turn after moving into an English country. After moving Rory begins to want more and more wealth until he spirals out of control and begins spending money that his family doesn’t have.  

 

4. Year of release: 2020 

5. Cost of Production: Range of $5-10 million. 

6. Box Office: Gross US & Canada: $137,886 

            Opening weekend US & Canada: $65,540 on September 20, 2020 

             Gross worldwide: $2,122,682 

 

7. Where is the film available for viewing?  

AMC+, Netflix, Philo, The Roku Channel, The Roku Channel, Prime Video, Apple TV or Fandango 

 

General Information of Movie-Trish Alexis
Vocabulary Titles	Define Vocabulary Titles	Titles of Credits from the film.
Production company/ companies.	A business that creates films/ movies	FilmNation Ent., BBC Films, Telefilm Canada, Element Pictures, and Substitute Film
Distribution company/companies.	Is a business that buys a movie, to sell them to retailers or consumer	IFC Films (United States) Elevation Pictures (Canada) Picturehouse Entertainment (United Kingdom)
Screenwriter of film and/ writer of the film.	A person/s who writes the story or write lines to improve the story	Sean Durkin
Name the director/ filmmaker of the film.	Is a person who supervises the film production	Sean Durkin
Cinematographer	A person who directs camera work in a film	Mátyás Erdély
Year the film came out.	2020	The nest (2020), Netflix
Costume designer	A person who directs the clothes the character wears	Matthew Price