Head hunters

Head Hunters is a Norwegian film which was made in 2011. It was written by Ulf Ryberg and directed by Morten Tyldum. Some stars to take note of are Aksel Hennie,Synnøve Macody Lund,Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

The genre of 'Head Hunters' is  Crime thriller with themes of betrayal paranoier and fear as well as high risk high reward, and alot of danger.

Roger Brown(Aksel Hennie) works as one of the most power Head Hunters in Norway. To support his extravagant lifestyle he is also an art thief, which he does with help from his friend Ove Kjikerud(Eivind Sander). The replace the originals with fakes, which go undetected until the all connections to them, are gone. His personality and ideology is based primarily on reputation, which he hopes to masks his insecurity’s with such as his less the optimal height, which he is self conscious about. He also wants this extravagant life style so he can seem worth to his wife Diana Brown(Synnøve Macody Lund) who he sees as a trophy wife. Roger personal and private life connect when Diana introduces him to Clas Greve(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who would be perfect for the CEO position that path finder the job which Roger is currently recruiting for however Clas is in possession of a priceless piece of art work which if Roger and Ove can steal it would make them extremely wealthy.


Roger Brown(Aksel Hennie) works as one of the most power Head Hunters in Norway. To support his extravagant lifestyle he is also an art thief, which he does with help from his friend Ove Kjikerud(Eivind Sander). The replace the originals with fakes, which go undetected until the all connections to them, are gone. His personality and ideology is based primarily on reputation, which he hopes to masks his insecurity’s with such as his less the optimal height, which he is self conscious about. He also wants this extravagant life style so he can seem worth to his wife Diana Brown(Synnøve Macody Lund) who he sees as a trophy wife. Roger personal and private life connect when Diana introduces him to Clas Greve(Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who would be perfect for the CEO position that path finder the job which Roger is currently recruiting for however Clas is in possession of a priceless piece of art work which if Roger and Ove can steal it would make them extremely wealthy.

The character development during the film is beautiful especially with main protagonist Roger in the beginning of film he is a lying conniving evil man which changes slowly through the film. but also during this film main different types of scenery are used such as very rural farm land a urban city with the towering buildings to give you a sense of scale. The film had a white only cast with no ethnic minority in the film which maybe forgiven since it is in norway which does a primarily white population.

multiplex and art house

Multiplex
A multiplex is a movie theatre complex with multiple screens, typically more than one screen within a single complex. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones.
there is also a building named a megaplex 

Definitions of the differences between multiplex versus a megaplex is related to the number of screens. For example, 2 to 20 screens constitute a multiplex, whereas theatres above 20 screens may be branded a megaplex. 
examples of multi/megaplex are Vue and empire

Arthouse
Arthouse is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. An art film is "intended to be a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal". Arthouse cinemas are therefore most likely to show films that have smaller budgets and an infamous cast.The would have been created by unknown new directors and producers.

most Arthouse's have 1 screens and are usally used for events and festivals due to there exlusive nature of films

some examples of arthouses are:

The Rex which only has 1 screen while another one named the pheonix has 5 screens

3 production companies (DNA -VERTIGO- WORKING TITLE)

DNA production company

start date-1987
owner: Andrew Maconald and Allon reich and FOX.

films of notes:

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 

Santa vs snowman 3D

The Ant Bully

most of there products are from TV such as jimmy neutron, AJS time travellers this production company target market is most likely for young children.
made some mature content such as judge dread and last king of scotland
commonly collab with danny Boyle

Vertigo
producer and distribution and vertical interrogation

state date-2002
owner: Allen Niblo and James Richardson

films of note: underworld trilogy cop/prisoner/lawyer monster, football factory, the firm all gone pettong

this company as it is a recently started it hasn't produced a lot of films but i think the audience is more catered to male working class audiences.

british film production
after a series of guy films but they separated it with a film called faint heart which was a film with my space and it was a very indie as he got the audience to interact and they also built a community that could make a film.
street dance was the best selling DVD

working title

start date:1983-tim bevohn, sarah radclif
1992- co chaired
owner: universal studios

films of note: Hot Fuzz, shawn of the dead, the worlds end, paul, johnny english reborn, theory of everything(15 million),  

this production company has done a lot since its founding with many films but as of recent years they have a majority of comedy based films for older/mature audiences
made 100 films and millions world wide
35 baftas

key writer richard curtis wrote most of working titles hits

Auters spike lee and quentin tarantino

Spike Lee
pro african American as this is his background and does not like how the industry works at the moment as his background is coming from a run down area with high amounts of drug abuse and racsim which would make him slightly rebellious, he like controversy for free advertising such as the miracle at saint anna when he went against clint Eastwood.
Quentin Tarantino

character development in abundance always develops his characters during conversations such as in Pulp fiction as the two store robbers  talking about how they could improve there take during heists and improve the way the do thing by also robbing the wallets of people but before this the male robber talks about how the USA is going to hell with immigrants this shows this character being a racist with just this section of dialogue and this is how quentin develops his characters by talking now action or gun fights where there skills are shown people talk to each other to know more about each other. he also has a pro jewish stand point in most of his films which is seen in Inglorious barstards. he is close with groups of actors such as samuel l jackson, christopher waltz and Tim Roth often using the actors time and time again he does this so that the actors know how each other and the directors work so this docent slow everything down.

inglorious bastards vs mircale at saint anna

both of theses films are made by two US film directors miracle at saint Anna was directed by spike lee while inglorious bastards was directed by  quietin tarantino. both a know for grousom and dark work but the industry prefers quietin tarantino as his films are a little less controversial than spike lee directed films because of this inglorious bastards was the film that had studio backing meaning that there was alot advertisement for inglorious bastards and more screening than miracle at saint Anna.

both genres of this film is that they are set during world war 2 and both protagonists from each respective films are male except for one exception and they are all in groups/teams such as the buffol soldiers from miracle at saint Anna and the bastards from inglorious bastards.

a couple conventions within the films are:
anger
revenge
few against many (underdog)
brotherhood
and death (obviously)

now for this comparison I will be splitting it into multiple parts such as story, female influence/female lead and box office rating and making at the box office.

now with that out of the way we now move on to the first section box office.
inglorious bastards had a budget of 75 million and at the box office alone it made 321.5million
 so you could say that is a profit. i beilve this massive profit was due to the famous and recognisable name brad pitt and even about the director quietin tarantino is a famous name to also get the backing by producers and the board to do this film as he is a very well known and respected director and does what the board says,

now miracle on saint Anna on the other hand is a different story it had a 45 million budget but bombed at the box office making only 9.2 million a huge lose I think this is due to the fact that the board dosent like spike lee very much this means that it would get less activity and less advertising and praise by reviewers in the audiences.

750 word report

The making of my film was a balanced one filled with up and downs but all in all i enjoyed doing it and believe that what time i had left myself it was the best i could make but is no way the best I could of done if i had only planned more. areas i could of done better in is the organisation of when and where i was recording as well as leaving myself enough time to make my script better and my story board clearer to understand and to follow this hurt me in the long run as at it came to actual filming of the product it has a lot of the same shots and some of the timings are pretty bad and it was hard to follow as i had no transitions in the story board.

The making of the story board was fast and i thought i had included everything i needed to but apon filming i realised that there was no transitions within the story board also the timings where much shorter on my story board than what i thought they would be and because of this each section is not as in depth as i would of liked it to be.

The script writing was ok as I talked about each of the characters giving some details of the characters but not enough to be able to imagine the character and how they would react so the details wasn't there.

the editing was easy but some of the lighting in some of the other shots was poor meaning there was some times where one of the main characters couldn't be seen and if it was put to bright the main antagonist is couldn't be seen so some of the filters had to be changed as well as some of the exposure and contrast levels also some clips had to be muted so that music could be put over it and so that some of the scenes had music over it also while doing the filming or finding time to do the filming i struggled to get my actors and actresses to be at the same place at the same time as the time of filming took place during the family holiday season meaning people wanted to spend time with there families and it would be rude of me to tell them that they had to drop what ever they were doing to help me.

all in all the main thing that hurt me the most is the lack of planning i did as while filming everything was a lot more confusing and un-organised especially getting everyone together in the same place as well as the filming was difficult especially when it came to getting people to play the characters.

After showing the film to an audience one audience member said "during one scene you can hardly see one of the actors as his back is against s a window and then becomes a silhouette making it impossible to see facial or body expressions" he then went on to say "i admire the greys and blacks, giving it a gritty, urban, London gangster feel throughout the film".

while another audience member said "good varity of shots in the middle of the film and good music at the begginng and end" but she then goes on to say to many jump cuts that wernt needed" "didnt quite understand the narrative".

in closing the filming went well as well as the pre-production but the production of the film was poor as the faults in the planning hurt me later on which i will aim to fix in another time.

the grand Budapest hotel(2014) directed by wes anderson

The Grand Budapest hotel is a comedy based on a true story set in Hungary and the story is told through a women reading a book of the same title next to a statue with the word author below the head of a person who is the same person as the author of the book. the story starts of a still alive author who is played by tom Wilkinson recording himself verbally reading his book into a camera in 1985 as he describes another story he was told by a elderly gentleman who is revealed to be my Mr. Moustafa played by F.Murray Abraham who is the owner of The Grand Budapest Hotel but Author would like to know how he got/got the ownership of the failing hotel and this is when the story of the Budapest hotel is reviled as a story it is like story-ception.

the comedy with in this film is top notch with the jokes being subtle such as one scene where the young version of the owner of the Grand Budapest Hotel going to a prison and standing in front of a massive security gate and waiting for it to open and for a small door to the side of the door opens to let him in. which is just a subtle joke which is a common trend with wes anderson films.

The narrative can become wonky at some points but most of the scenes have a meaning to them but one scene in particular that wasnt that funny or seemingly meaningful is a scene later on in the film is where Zero and M. Gustave going to talk to serge x jumping from cable cars in a ski resort and repeating the same line over and over line after a little bit of movement wasn't in my opinion very funny or needed but i do see why they choose the scenes as no other way makes sense for them to get to where serge x is.