Film Marketing and Merchandising

Film marketing is when you let the public know about the film, you could market it by showing posters or Showing it and creating a craze online in social network sites. These all attract an audience who will want to see your film

merchandising Is the Accesories that accompany the film,either before,During or after the film has been released.
There are several types including figurines and tee shirts.




Freddie Krueger Knive hands

Harry Potter mug

Sweeny todd soundtrack


Pirates of the carribean figurine

Scream 4

From the moment i heard that scream 4 was to be created i have eagerly anticipated its release.
sure enough when i watched it,i was no dissapointed.

Scream 4 features characters from the previous scream films, including the much loved Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)
She returns to he hometown of Woodsboro,on the anniversary of the first  ''Ghost face'' attack, To promote her book and visit her family especially her niece Jill.
Ghost face is determined to cut down everyone close the Sidney's heart so it becomes a race for her to track down Ghost face before its too late.
An unexpected end to the film leaves the viewer relieved.

During the film i tried guessing who the killer was, all of my attempts were wrong leaving me happy as it was not another typical horror.I enjoyed this film and it definitely did not spoil its previous ones, it fully lived up to my expectations and left no question unanswered

Rating: ****

ChatRoom review

Chatroom has an interesting plot of the  manipulation of four vulnerable Teens.
The film conveys how teens could see the chatroom that they have joined and shows this by featuring them in a Run down hotel full of doors Representing each different internet chatroom..
One room,in particular called ''Chelsea teens!'' was created by one disturbed teen called William (Aaron Johnson)  He uses this room to lure four other people into his manipulative mind.
At first William seems a caring character so each member shares their stories on why they hate their life,William see's that they listen to his advise and uses this to his advantage to maniuplate them for his own sick and twisted games.

This film was a nice surprise,its different to other films i have seen and i fully enjoyed it although i was intruiged as to Why William was so messed up in the head and was hoping that part of the film would focus on his past, unfortunately it didn't but the film was still enjoyable.
For fans of the man who directed it Hideo Nakata,it may be a disappointment to them as it features no element of horror unlike his previous film The ring.

I thought the casting of The lead character of william was slightly decieving as the actor who played him (Aaron Johnson)  was a previous heartthrob in the film 'Angus thongs and perfect snogging, and a wannabe Hero in Kick ass.

Angus Thongs and Perfect snogging

ChatRoom

 I found the transformation from innocent to Phsyco slightly decieving although Aaron johnson has pulled it off.


Overall, the film was interesting and a good way of portraying every parents nightmare of their child being caught up in a potentially harmful chatroom.

Rating: ***

The Lost boys: Exhibition

in the opening weekend of the lost boys, it gained $5,200,000 in the USA alone and got a gross sum of 

Gross

$32,222,567 in the USA .

Reviews: 

Sutherland Plays a Terrific Villainous Vampire

1. Sutherland's performance is the best in the film and one of the best from an actor playing a vampire villain in this genre. In every scene he has, he is always in character and is enjoying every second of it. Jason Patric, who plays Michael, is also quite good at portraying the requisite angst to make his character work.

Audiences may enjoy The Lost Boys on first viewing, but it will not stand up well on repeat. The film has an excellent premise, decent acting, and an enthusiastic style, but it has neither narrative focus nor a satisfying ending.

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1. 2. Few blockbusters can boast the easy charms of this delightful popcorn flick, which featured "the two Coreys" (Haim and Feldman) at the height of their popularity and set brooding Jason Patric up for endless "Why isn't he a bigger star?" feature stories. Although no fewer than five hands were involved in the screenplay, the film that emerges is a solidly cohesive effort that takes both its teen angst and its blood-n-fangs seriously even as it smirks slightly at its own cheekiness. From the deadpan antics of Grampa (Barnard Hughes) and the quirky likability of his flaky daughter, Lucy (Woody Allen favorite Dianne Wiest), to the classic "meet cute" of Star (Jamie Gertz) and Michael (Jason Patric), The Lost Boys uses standard-issue screenwriting devices to set up its vampires-in-seedy-suburbia scenario. It succeeds, however, thanks to its imaginative vampire mythos and its easy mixture of laughs and thrills. Kiefer Sutherland is actually quite menacing as the leader of the Rebel Without a Cause-style undead, while the Coreys and co-star Jamison Newlander have great fun spouting slang witticism and driving stakes through the hearts of the bloodsucking legions. The location shots of coastal Northern California punks cavorting on the boardwalk set an edgy pop-culture tone that's carried through in the music (by INXS, Echo and the Bunnymen, and composer Thomas Newman, among others) and especially in the shots of the so-hip-it-hurts vampire hangout. The real treat for horror fans, though, is the extended set piece of the climax, which includes so many inventive deaths (and killer plot twists) that it renders earlier vampire movies tame. Fans of more methodical psychological horror -- and older audiences in general -- probably won't find The Lost Boys too scintillating, but for youngsters, horror fans, and '80s survivors, it's a fun little flick that has held up remarkably well. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

I Dissagree with the first review as i feel the ending was unexpected and enjoyable,and i have watched this film many times and it still continues to give me that feeling of the first time watching it.
In the second Review,i do agree that many of the older audiences wont enjoy the film as much,as it is based on a teen being tricked into becoming a vampire and his struggles to break the ''curse''.

The Lost boys: Distribution

this movie poster was used to advertise the film
The poster is black white and red, this indicates the horror genre as the red being blood.
The main person is infront of the other cast members and is wearing glasses showing he wants to be ''cooler'' than everyone else and wants to stand out.
Their hairstyles and clothes indicate that the film is not set in current times as they are in leather jackets and the women,in a black sloped dress.
The target audience for this is aimed at people for teens +, as it is clear that it is a horror,due to the red,white and black,and also has a caption at the top stating ''Sleep All Day,Party All Night.Never Grow Old.Never Die. It's Fun To be A Vampire'' Vampries are associated with horrors, blood and killings,therefore it would not be suitable for a child the age of 10.
Merchandise: 
    

The merchandise used to Promote The lost boys include the lead characters figurines a Sound track and a variety of different ''lost boys'' styled t-shirts. These interest people as some may be into collectibles,music or might really like the design of one of the T-shirts, encouraging to buy the items, and wanting to watch the film itself.

The Lost Boys : Production

The lost boys : Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Michael and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumours he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Michael meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism, ''sleep all day,party all night'', Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits to his friends who claim they are  vampire hunters, to save his brother  finding out the history and destroying the head vampire.

I like and chose this film because i think that the actors/actress' that have been chosen,were good at playing their part.

I also really enjoyed the story of the film because there are some unexpected and funny parts in it.

The first Screenplay of the film was written by Janice Fischer and James Jeremias, Although the final one was written by Jeffrey Boam, who was hired to do the final rewrite.

Joel Schumacher Directed The Lost Boys, Schumacher has also Directed the Batman films,after Tim Burton had done his.As well as Directing for films,Schumacher also directed the music video's "Kiss From a Rose", by Seal, and "The end is the begining is the end", by The smashing Pumpkins (co-directed with Jonathan Dayton And Valerie Faris)

There were many stars that started in this film as a 'no-body' but after this was released they actors seemed to become well known in the film industrythis includes :  

Jason Patric (Michael),Corey Haim (sam),Kiefer Sutherland (David),Dianne Wiest (lucy) and Corey Feldman (Edgar Frog).

The lost boys was made in Warner Bros studios, And was made in America on the streets and fair of

Santa Cruz in California  and the Budget for the film was at around  $8.5 million and it actually made around $32,222,567.

During the production of the film, Keifer Sutherland thought it would be funny to play around on the motorbike that he had to use,this only ended in him falling and breaking his arm,Meaning that the gloves he was supposed to wear in one scene,had to be worn for the whole film to hide his cast.