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Blockbuster Movie

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War is a movie about people fearing the abilities
of the super heroes and what they are capable of doing, the government
decides to step forward and come up with a law which is Hero
Registration Act, and this is where the actions of the super heroes are limited. This therefore forms a
division in the Avengers where Iron Man keeps with the act that has been made; suggesting that causing
any trouble will result in other cities being destroyed. Captain America disagrees and feels that saving the
world is dangerous and they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This results in a war to
break out between these characters, escalating out of control.

Budget

This movie was made in 2016, and the budget for the movie was an estimated $280,000,000 this is a high
budget due to it being directed at a mass audience, when released into cinemas all across the world it had
a Cumulative Worldwide Gross of around $1,153,304,495, the reason it got such a high gross is because
they have many famous actors which attract a lot of audience. The reason for the budget to be so high is
because to make a blockbuster movie it takes a lot of people and they need as much support from
production companies, as when you are creating these movies to takes many years to complete them and
make them successful. When creating these films, they have to pay for many things so that the movies can
run, the reasons for this is because the special effect which are used like green screens and CGI which is
the application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in films and television. Some films
which they have done before is Avengers end game which is one of the highest grossed films in the world.
They need to get the best equipment, so the movie is high quality, they need to transport the equipment to
the location of where production is being held which is in Marvel studios, and was also filmed in Atlanta,
Georgia. This film was so successful due to the fight scenes, which were held the use of customs for each
character in the movie where substantially expensive so they need to have a budget for each custom for
when they make them. This is why the budget was so high, because the amount of time which goes into
making them, and the editing of the fight scenes. The amount of equipment, which is used, makes the cost
high as it’s all got to be good quality to have a better performance. The camera that is used in this movie is
the camera which is best available for this type of movie, this is why the budget would be increased, as the
shots which are being taken are hard to capture so they need specific angles to make the film look the best
it could be, this will make the quality better so a more higher standard so the film will be rated better. The
reasons for such a high success in these movies as there are so many sequels so each movie has such a
high budget so that in every movie it can be a high standard and that while the keep creating, they can
make each movie better with new special effects and CGI. Ant man costume takes a lot of CGI effect due to
it becoming very large and then small. These are reason on why the filmed had so much success. The cost
of captain America’s suit was around £3000 and a standard issue military firearm would be £800, the
shield was worth around £42 million. The reason why they spend so much on the shield is because it’s one
of the main props in which captain America uses so they need to make it good quality due to it being used
in a lot of actions scenes.
Equipment in movie
The equipment that has been used to produce this film is equipment like props and filming necessities,
which are needed to make the movie. For the film they used many props for each specific character they
all have their own individual weapons which makes them more of a superhero, the reasons for this is
because makes the film more interesting and will gain more success. Some of the props, which have been
used, are main ones like Captain Americas shield which is very popular, the shield was the primary
defensive and offensive weapon used. There is also a known prop which was used like the infinity stones
these where stone like objects that tied to different aspects of the earth, each of these stones were
extremely important to the movie as they are the reason for the other movies that will be made in the
future. Captain Americans shield comes from Africa and cost $10,000 per gram, and the official weight of
the shield is 12 pounds and all together the shield costs around 42 million. They can afford this because
they have a very high budget due to them knowing they will get a high box office. Equipment is brought as
these types of movies have sequels so they are going to have to reuse this equipment, and if they need to
upgrade any of this then they can buy some new ones as for these movies the box office is always huge, so
the always make a profit from the movies. This therefore shows after the first couple movies that have
been made that these ones will also succeed as throughout the years the movies have become more
popular. This was true as this movie was one of the most popular and made the most money in box offices
in 2016. In this movie there was a range of different equipment that the staff used, the most popular
which was used was MCU camera, the most important scenes which was the fight scene they used the
camera ARRI Alexi 65 IMAX, the camera by itself cost $120,000 and then the lenses with the whole
package cost $500,000. Another piece of equipment, which is used, is also a GoPro Hero 4 Black to get the
point of view of the characters when they are fighting to make the scenes more intense, this cost around
£300 pounds for one of them. The lenses, which were used, are Panavision, T series. This helped with the
success of the movie as the camera made it better quality and was the best camera around at the time;
these will capture the best’s shots to make the film more intense and better than the last.
Location
The location of the movie was in Atlanta, Georgia, which is in the USA; they used this as a place where they
could shoot their movie. The studio in which it was held in was Pinewood studio; this was the main
location as the building, which was known as the avenger’s headquarters was built there. Disney would of
payed a lot of money to pine wood group to use their studios. For the film they used many other locations
to film certain shots, they filmed a prologue, with a landscape shot of south Iceland to show where one of
the characters originated from. The film was also shot in Puerto Rico, they used many scenery shots, and
this is because they have better places to film to make the film better quality. The reason for these movies
to use a many diverse locations is because it makes the film more adventurous, and the distinctive
landscapes, which are filmed, are memorable to the audience. In order for the cast to be at these locations
they need to fly them out there to film, which means they have to provide accommodation as well, so the
budget will increase if they won’t to film in all different locations around the world. Making sure the cast
and staff working on the sets of the movies know the risks on set, warning people will result in less risks
of injury and therefore production will be on time and the film will become a success.

Casting
In these types of movies, they are all known to have big stars staring in these types of movies this because
they have such a big budget so they can afford to have a large number of actors and actresses staring in
their movies, as this type of movie is the most popular in box office. The main actors in Captain America:
Civil War is Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy
Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland and Paul Radu. These are most of the actors who play a part in
this movie they are all known actors and, in every movie, they make it hits the top of the box office.
Anthony Russo and Joe Russo are the reason for the success of this movie as they directed it, they thought
of new and improved ideas to make the film better than the last one it filmed, so that it will do better in
box office, as they are known for the success in all the marvel movies before. All the other films have
framed clearly the movie, which is about to be made, as
if the ones before done well this will do better as they
keep becoming more popular. Chris Evans earned
$8million for his role of Captain America in this movie
this was one of highest paid or this movie. This cast is
widely known all around the world so they knew it would be a success in the box office. Movies what
Chris Evans has done before is he has been in many marvel films and many films which have one academy
awards. Anton Russo is the director of this film some films he has done in the past is winter soldier, which
did very well in the box office as well. The writer of this film was Mark Millar who does a lot of actions
films like wolverine.

Mini Major Film

New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve is set in New York City, this movie watches and follows around several people and it shows
how the day affects them, its starts off with Kim who is a single mother, who has a teenager daughter
Hailey, she is interested in going out and hanging out with this one particular boy this is because she
wants to kiss him at midnight. Claire is in charge of the city’s annual tradition, which is the ball drop that
happens at Times Square. Due to technical difficulties the ball stops working so she has to ask an
electrician, who was fired and now they need to ask him to fix it. Laura, a chef is catering the New Year’s
Eve party for a record company, where she runs into her ex Jensen who is a singer and performing a set at
the party. He tries to rekindle their love but she doesn’t except the apology. Ingrid, who works at the
record company, and has a near death experience before her starts work, she decides to quit her job and
ask Paul who works as a messenger in the office, to help her fulfil her resolutions. And lastly at the
hospital, Stan, a man who has cancer is at his final stages; his one wish is to see the ball drop.

Budget

This movie was made in 2011, and the budget for this movie is $56million this was the estimated amount,
this is an far amount of money to spend on a mini major, the reasons for this budget being so high is
because the amount of well know actors and actresses they had playing in it needed to be payed a high
amount to be featured, or they would of not done the movie. The Cumulative Worldwide Gross for this
movie was $142million this is a good profit that the filmed made, they made more than double than the
budget they had to make the movie. The budget for this movie is more than any other mini major movie;
this is because they wanted a good success for this movie as they have hired a range of big-name actors so
they knew the film would bring back a good profit. They also wanted to make sure the movie was a good
standard and when people watched it, they thought the performance of the movie was enjoyable. Also,
the reasons for the budget being high is because the amount of equipment, props they needed to high are
expensive, and also to pay for the locations to film in, so they have permission to film around New York
city. This will be expensive as this is a very busy area. In the budget they also have to pay for the cameras
which will be used to shot the movie, having a new and improved camera will allow the film to be better
quality. This movie was distributed by new line cinema; after this film was filmed it was taken over by
other companies, such as Acme film, FS film and Warner Bros and many more. This is why the film had
such a gross profit as was sold to many other small companies and then brought by a big film production.

Equipment in the movie

The equipment that has been used to produce this movie is equipment like props and filming necessities,
for this film they didn’t use many main props as it wasn’t an action movie it’s more of a rom-com, as this
film is about New Year’s Eve the props which they use are cheap as it’s like party poppers and hats. These
are type of props, which don’t cost the budget anything, as they are cheapest things to buy. The camera
which was used for this Arrie Alexa, Cooke S4 and Ingenious Optima Lenses this type of camera costs
$98,000 this is a large amount for a camera, but to make the film the best quality they needed to use the
best one around. This type of camera is used for capturing all different types of shots like wide, close up
and long shot.

Location
The location of the movie was in New York City, as the film is based there as in New York city they make a
big deal with New Year’s Eve as they have a big event in Times Square where the ball drops for when it
gets to twelve o clock. In this movie they used many famous areas to film in to make the movie more of a
statement to the audience, places they filmed in are like Times Square, Manhattan was one of the main
places of where this film was shot this is because it’s very commercial and shows how busy and crowded
New York is, it shows the reality to the audience to get the feel of real life situations. They use a range of
large infrastructure in this movie like the famous building 101 Park Avenue this building has been used in
many other movies as well. The movie uses apartments which are set in Brooklyn; they would go and hire
people to search around for the best places to shot the film, this will be guaranteed that the location is the
best place to film each shot and that it suits the script well. Another known place that was filmed was the
Statue of Liberty; this is a historic landmark that is placed in New York City, this film was successful due
to the amount of different locations that they used.

Casting

In this movie they had a wide range of actors and actresses playing the parts, all of them being well
known to the film industry and all there movies of which they are featured in are big blockbusters and
they all have big budgets as they know these
actors will be demanding a high amount of
money from the film production, this movie
was bound to be successful due to the amount of
different actors which are presented in the
movie, they all have a wide range of fans,
meaning the box office for this movie will do
very well. The movie had 14 main actresses and
actors, in this movie there was no main role
they all had the same part due to there being
many different stories happening at the same
time, the main 15 people playing the part was
Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Ephron, Robert De Niro,
Halle Berry, Common, Jessica Biel, Seth Myers, Sarah Paulson, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Jon Bon
Jovi, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lea Michelle, Jake T. Austin and Abigail Breslin. All of these characters are part
of different stories like Resolution Tour, Hospital Story, Maternity Ward, Jenson’s & Laura’s story,
Elevator and Mother and Daughter which all tell a different story which links to when the clock hits
twelve. This movie is similar to other movies, which have been made like Valentine Day, Love Actually all
these movies have wide range of actors involved, and some are a part of two or more. Showing that these
movies link together, this therefore can bring success into the movie, as when a movie is part of a sequel
then it tends to become more popular in the box office. The director of this movie was Garry Marsh shall
who also directed Valentine’s Day as well he directs and produce a lot of teen films which revolved
around the genre Rom-com.

Small Scale Movie

Jigsaw

Around the city police have been finding bodies, which have been turning up out of nowhere, each having
gruesome things happen to them. The police start a new investigation on these bodies which are being
found, while collecting new evidence from the crime scenes they start to trace it back to one suspect who
is John Kramer, a man who is known as Jigsaw, but he has been dead for over 10 years. So, is John Kramer
still alive or is there a new killer around?

Budget

The movie was made in 2017, and the budget for this movie was $10million this was the estimated
amount. This is a good amount to spend on a horror movie, as they usually don’t get a lot of money spent
on them, as the box office never normally receives a substantial amount of money. The Gross in the USA
was $38million this is a good profit for the movie they were able to get more than double of what their
budget is, this film had a wide range of viewers. This film would budget there film by paying the actors
and then having budgets for the equipment’s for which they would borrow or keep, also having money for
the location and the post production so how long did it take to set up the film and how much did it take to
make the sets, meaning having to pay the workers who built it, so making sure a tight schedule is kept.

Equipment used in movie

The equipment that has been used to produce this movie is equipment like props and filming necessities,
for this movie props was a main concept due to it being about torture so they used props to exaggerate
the movie and make it more interesting, they use chainsaw, chains, hammers they use little props but
most of the them are violent and dangerous, this is because the movie is about deaths happening. The
camera used in this movie is Arrie Alexa mini meaning it’s the smallest one you can get of these cameras;
the quality is still very good on them. The price for this camera is $40,000, which is taken out of the
budget.

Location

The location of the movie was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; they started filming this movie in October
2016. Due to this movie being a small scale, they didn’t have many locations on where it was shot and
normally horror movies all filmed inside a production centre as there are not many outside scenes filmed
so they only need separate rooms to films each scene in. The movie was filmed inside of Dufferin 17 Gate
studio/Temple Street, not many blockbuster movies are filmed here due to the production centre not
being big enough for them type of movies, they normally take on smaller budget movies as this is what
they can afford to do. In this movie there was one scene where they filmed a trailer scene, where a body
was hanging from a bridge this is filmed in Etienne Brule park, there are not many outdoor scenes due to
it being set inside a warehouse where people are trapped inside. When having filmed inside they needs
staff to build the sets for the movie, so they can get the setting like a real life. The reason for this is
because their budget is not big enough to film in big areas, as this will cost too much.

Casting

In this movie they gave parts to actresses and actors who are not that well known due to the budget being
only $10million this is not enough to pay big time actors, and normally big actors don’t want to act in
horror/crime movies due to never doing that well in box office as its normally rated 15 or 18 certificate
this doesn’t allow younger people to watch the movie meaning they are limiting the people who normally
go to the cinema a lot. The main people who acted in this movie are Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum
Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson and Laura Wanderwort. All these people haven’t been seen in
blockbuster movies or mini major. Tobin Bell was one of the highest payed actors in this movie, as he is
known for many horror movies like Saw he has done around 10 horror movies over the last 20 years
that’s what he is best known for. The reason for the success of this movie is Tobin Bell as he is well known
for doing these types of movies, so many fans from an older age who have been interested in him since he
started doing these movies and for new fans as well, the producers new that the box office wouldn’t do
bad as many people were expecting for a new Jigsaw movie to come out, people are more likely to see a
movie with big names in it.