The Interview (2014)

Official site http://www.theinterview-movie.net/site/

Genre comedy/ action

Runtime 112 minutes

616,180 likes in Facebook(28 January 2015) https://www.facebook.com/SkylarkTonight?brand_redir=1

Cast and Crew; (studio; Sony/Colombia)

Directed; Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

Screenplay; Dan Sterling

Story; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Dan Sterling

Produced; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver

Executive Producers; Dan Sterling Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, James Franco, Shawn Williamson and Ben Waisbren

Cast; James Franco, Seth Rogem, Lizzy Caplan and Randall Park

Story

In the action-comedy, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show “Skylark Tonight”. When they discover that North Korea leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of that show that land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the two least-qualified men imaginable, to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

Box office

Bourget; $44,000,000(estimated)

Domestic; $6,105,175 (summary by 25 January 2015)

Opening weekend $1,794,666

Filming Date 10 October 2013- 20 December 2013

In Release 32days/ 4.6 weeks 25 December 2014(USA)-

6th February 2015(UK)-

Widest Release 581 theatres

Available from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Available from http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=interview2014.htm

Relating Article

23 December 2014 BBC News Entertainment and Art

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30589472

This film is comedy about North Korea, then a major attack and threats against US cinema-goes happened. Therefore, Sony said that the film was to get a limited theatrical release the before day of launch.

25 December 2014 BBC News Technology

Sony Comedy The Interview opens

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30599836

This article is on release day of The Interview.

Some people who come to watch this film want to support for freedom of expression.

29 December 2014 BBC News Technology

The Interview makes $ 15 million in online release

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30620926

The Interview became Sony’s most-downloaded title all of time.

Sony reduced into 80 % screening cinema because of threaten from North Koran. Sony made available in the US and Canada through Google service, YouTube Play, Microsoft Xbox Video and its dedicated in HD version. It made $15 million (£9.6m) in its first three days on sale. Sony’s move to cancel the film’s release had garnered criticism in the US including from President Barack Obama, who said it meant freedom of expression was under threat.

These articles shows that this film was popular despite of reducing screaming cinema, and it could be said that has a significant influential power to the society. It is clear that The Interview drawn people’s attention before screening in terms of social perspective.

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Released at 31st July (UK)

Runtime 121 minutes

Certificate 12A cert

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

(Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be released 28th April 2017)

Official site http://marvel.com/guardians

2,430,818 likes on Facebook (29 January 2015)

https://www.facebook.com/guardiansofthegalaxy

Cast and Crew

Director: James Gunn

Writing Credits: James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (written by)

Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (comic book)

Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper and so on.

Story

The original story comes from MARVEL, the studio that brought you the blockbuster franchise of Iron Man. Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team-the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic universe into the cosmos, where brash adventure Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rival for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.(from Guardians of the Galaxy official site)

Budget

$170,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$94,320,883 (USA) (3 August 2014) (4,080 Screens)HUF 117,709,867 (Hungary) (17 August 2014)PHP 103,157,575 (Philippines) (3 August 2014) (239 Screens)

Gross

$330,004,000 (USA) (9 November 2014)$319,169,216 (USA) (28 September 2014)$274,610,000 (USA) (31 August 2014)$175,922,000 (USA) (10 August 2014)$94,320,883 (USA) (3 August 2014)$333,145,154 (USA)$768,004,000 (Worldwide) (9 November 2014)$772,745,154 (worldwide)$438,000,000 (Non-USA) (9 November 2014)$439,600,000 (Non-USA)PHP 239,236,166 (Philippines) (21 September 2014)PHP 232,055,080 (Philippines) (14 September 2014)PHP 230,841,154 (Philippines) (7 September 2014)PHP 228,657,447 (Philippines) (31 August 2014)PHP 224,239,050 (Philippines) (24 August 2014)PHP 210,352,021 (Philippines) (17 August 2014)PHP 182,234,779 (Philippines) (10 August 2014)PHP 103,157,575 (Philippines) (3 August 2014)€8,096,863 (Spain) (2 November 2014)€5,899,009 (Spain) (31 August 2014)

Weekend Gross

$3,765,941 (USA) (28 September 2014) (2,451 Screens)$16,313,000 (USA) (31 August 2014) (3,462 Screens)$41,531,000 (USA) (10 August 2014) (4,088 Screens)$94,320,883 (USA) (3 August 2014) (4,080 Screens)PHP 104,267 (Philippines) (21 September 2014) (2 Screens)PHP 1,938,905 (Philippines) (14 September 2014) (14 Screens)PHP 2,131,504 (Philippines) (7 September 2014) (13 Screens)PHP 3,315,045 (Philippines) (31 August 2014) (19 Screens)PHP 9,331,342 (Philippines) (24 August 2014) (22 Screens)PHP 20,743,209 (Philippines) (17 August 2014) (63 Screens)PHP 60,280,642 (Philippines) (10 August 2014) (172 Screens)PHP 103,157,575 (Philippines) (3 August 2014) (239 Screens)

Filming Dates

9 July 2013 - 11 October 2013

Awards: 12 win and 40 nominations

For example:

Academy Awards, USA 2015, Oscar Nominated

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Achievement in Visual Effects

American Cinema Editors,USA 2015 Eddie Nominated

Best Edited FeatureFilm-comedy or musical

IMDb rating is 8.2/10

Available from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/

Relating articles

25 July 2014 BBC News Entertainment and Arts

Guardians of the Galaxy has UK premier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28484451

Guardians of the Galaxy’s premier had been in the UK, cast s and director commented on the red carpet.

1st September 2014 BBC News Entertainment and Arts

Guardians of the Galaxy becomes top us film of 2014 to date

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29009111

Guardians of the Galaxy has stamped its authority on the US box office, becoming the biggest film of the year so far with $275 million.

26 November.2014 BBC iplayer radio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/entries/bbd721d8-4fd5-33a7-af43-b908917db366

This is a programme of BBC iPlayer (4.24 minutes) by Mark Kermode who is the UK’s leading film critic. He really recommends this film for everyone. He already watched three times this film and he said that he was laughing when watching every time.

These two article are report of Guardians of the Galaxy, box office and short comment of director.

2014 Year in Review Scholastic News-Edition 5/6, 12/1/2014, Vol.83 Issue 10,p6-9,4p

Superhero Success

Move over, Captain America and Spiderman. The top superhero movie of 2014 is Guardians of the Galaxy. The story about group of out-of-this-world misfits has earned more than $325 million in the U.S. - the most of any movie so far this year.

Entertainment weekly. 8/15/2014. Issue 1324, p10-10.1/3p

Guardians saves the summer box office

After a lackluster blockbuster season, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy surprised pretty much everyone by taking in $94 million in its opening weekend. Among the amazing? Director James Gunn. ‘We started the week thinking it was going to do between $65 million and $68 million.’ He admits. I am getting thousands of tweets a day from people who love the movie. It is amazing feeling.

Much of Guardians chatter has concerned the post credits cameo by Howard the Duck, star of a beloved Steve Gerber-penned ‘70s comic and the much-less-enjoyed 1986 film. So what’s he doing there? When I was a kid I love the comics, says Gunn. ‘ I had a Howard the Duck painting up in my bedroom across from a Dawn of the Dead poster.’(He adds, ‘A mash-up of those two movies would be great’.)

Gunn spent last weekend working on the script for Guardians 2, which is set for release on July 28, 2017, and will likely reveal the father of Chris Pratt’s character, Star-Lord. The director says, ‘There’s a good chance we’ll discover that’.

These articles, radio programme and interview is reliable sources, because they are from BBC News and magazines. It could be said that Guardians of the Galaxy is recognised as a significant film in 2014 even after finish screening by looking at article before screening and after screening. This film had created a sensation. This made a huge box office and then people expect Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

Rhetorical techniques and Design

Cover

http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/fashion-and-lifestyle-magazines-covers-45-examples/

This site shows techniques, how to create magazine cover. There are 45 examples, although mainly they focus on fashion and lifestyle magazine, this site is valuable for film magazine as well. As this site suggests, film magazine below(for example Entertainment, Total Film and EMPIRE) also we can see main character of film, they look straight at us, this must dwar our attraction. We would realise recent film which these magaine want to inform, and more focus on the film than the name of the magazine because sometimes main character front of the mashead. In other words, eye-catching is important on front cover of magazine. In terms of mahead, otherwise known as the name of the magazine mashead has been clear and impressive. Film name also must be clear, and capture buyer’s interest. Subheading advertise only feature information which can be found inside magazine, need not enough information on the cover. Furthermore, the font is used almost the same font, which may help not to see busy and complex. In terms of colour, two kinds of colour are used mainly, and three kind of colours is maxium number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhLvDU3ApzM

This video on YouTube is a tutorial, how to make magazine cover. It is good reference for learning Photoshop and creating magazine cover.

Contents page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHuk1OzAHv0

This YouTube video explains how to make table of contents page. The guide makes it easy to understand.

http://design.tutsplus.com/articles/15-indesign-tutorials-for-magazine-and-layout-design--vector-5456

This site show how to design magazine and how to layout, they are not only for film magazine, they covered wide range of design. It could help to make cover and contents page.

http://rileysmusicmagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/contents-page-analysis-nme.html

It is not clear that whether this site is reliable source or not because it is took from someone’s blog, but this is valuable analysis of contents page of magazine. Therefore it could be as a useful reference.

Words and Language

In film magazine, worlds used are more organised, clear and simple for the reader to find out something specific information in terms of cover. Furthermore, film magazine focus on more images to draw attention and interests. In terms of inside magazine, words and language is informal which would make the reader (our magazine intends to offer to 18-25 years old people) feel casual and likely to more read. Additionally, photos on the pages may help to make the audience image the film easier.