1.) Genre – is it a hybrid? Explain why
The King's Speech is a historical drama and Biography so then it is a hybrid, because it is a mixture of drama and historical genre and is a biographical film as well.
2.) Who are the target audiences?
The target audiences are middle aged people
3.) Play the opening of the film. What important institutional information are you given in the opening credits? Who are the significant personnel? Why?
The film opens with Prince Albert, Duke of York (played by Colin Firth) speaking at the close of the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, with his wife Elizabeth (Helena Carter) by his side. Colin Firth and Helena Carter are the significant personnels because they are famous actors and the audience will be assured by seeing them as the main actors at the opening that the film will be good and it will also help them carry on to watch the rest of the film because if there are no famous actors you will not enjoy he film as much as if there were famous actors.
4.) Was it niche or mainstream film? Did this change?
It is a niche film. This has changed into a mainstreamed film because they opened the film to younger people, for example children 12 and above.
5.) Director?
Tom Hooper
6.)Casting? Decisions, reasons for audiences, budget, genres, etc.
Colin Firth-King George VI
Helena Bonham Carter-Queen Elizabeth
Geoffrey Rush-Lionel Logue
7.) Budget? How much did it make? How much of a risk was this film?
The bugdet is £9.4 million(estimated)
Gross-£44, 000, 000
Opening Weekend- £3, 000, 000
8.) Music? Cost of tracks? Record Companies?
The music is by Alexandre Desplat.
9.) Was it a joint production? How and Why? For the King's Speech there are TWO production companies and synergies would have arisen from such a production. What were they?
British producer Iain Canning who set up the new film company See-Saw Films and values contact and Bedlam Productions chief Gareth Unwin agreed to a joint production to work on the King's Speech.The joint production makes it easier an quicker to create and produce the film. But the synergies that arose from the production is that Geoffrey Rush was available for a limited period so they were under a lot of pressure, and also financing a British period movie is always difficult.
10.) Special Effects?
The special effects was done by James Davis the third who is the special effects technician and Mark Holt who is the special effects supervisor. They had visual effects in the King's Speech like a 2D lead by Nick Martin, a matchmover by Shaikh Sohel, a compositor by Pratik Kalbende and digital matte painter by Audrius Urbonavicius.The had sound effects as well, such as adr mixer by Naomi Dandridge, boom operator by Mike Reardon, foley editor by Catherine Thomas, sound mixer : unit by Martin Seeley and a foley recordist by Catherine Thomas.
11.) Technology – cameras?
They used a gaffer by Paul McGeachan, electrical rigger by Guy Cope , video operator :VFX unit by Guy McCormack , a steadicam operator by Zac Nicholson and a video assist operator by Lizzie Kelly.
12.) Producer?
Ian Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
David Seidler
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