news paper coverage of Thor

• Thor: The Dark World batters its way to huge worldwide tally

  Marvel's superhero sequel benefits from 'Avengers bounce' to rack up big totals across the international box office
  

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• Thor: The Dark World star Tom Hiddleston: 'Thor and Loki love, hate and need each other' - video interview

  Video (4min 28sec), The cast of Thor: The Dark World talk to Ben Child about the Marvel superhero sequel
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• Thor's Chris Hemsworth not happy about topless scene

  Superhero star reluctant to take shirt off for sequence designed to reveal character's rippling muscles
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• Thor's Natalie Portman: London rivals Hollywood

  Two stars of superhero sequel praise UK capital as leading film location after completing most work at Shepperton
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• Chris Hemsworth on Rush, Thor and being a God

  From Summer Bay to Asgard, he's in demand from directors such as Michael Mann and JJ Abrams, but he'll give the best part of the next decade to being Marvel's hammer-throwing superhero
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• Should fans' pick Loki get Thor: The Dark World spinoff?

  Ben Child: Even the Star Wars prequels gave us a good Anakin Skywalker. The development of a truly supervillain-centred film would turn Hollywood tradition on its head 36 comments

• Thor: The Dark World to get Disneyland attraction

  Upcoming Disney-Marvel sequel to join Iron Man films in being celebrated by theme park in Anaheim, California
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• Thor: The Dark World – hammering home Marvel's world domination

  The manner in which the Disney-owned studio is weaving together characters and narratives over multiple movies is a wonder to behold. And it's not even nearly over 41 comments

• Film-makers, what has London ever done to you?

  Stuart Heritage: Blame the Olympics: there's a rash of movies in which London is being smashed to smithereens, in breathtaking detail
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• Thor: The Dark World - watch the trailer - video

  Video (1min 43sec), Watch the trailer for Thor: The Dark World, a Marvel superhero film starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Christopher Eccleston
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• Banging and clanging: watch the trailer for Thor: The Dark World

  Thor, Kenneth Branagh's Norse god action-adventure yarn, was a surprisingly popular comic-book blockbuster; now the sequel is on its way, with Chris Hemsworth as the grizzled hammer-wielder. Watch the trailer here
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why is thor2 an important movie to study

 

Why is Thor 2 an important movie to study

- Thor 2 is a sequel carrying on from Thor 1 and linking to the Avengers movie which had a record breaking hit

- tent pole movie

- Massive marketing campaign

- special effects - CGI, Motion capture, performance capture

- Being marvel Thor 2 is expected to attract all audiences especially followers of the comics this cross media convergence

-  The premiere which was on October 22 featured X factor stars this is also cross media convergence as now X factor followers will also know about the new Thor

Thor 2 

why is Thor 2 an important text to study for the exam? 

• massive marketing campaign shows the different marketing methods used by the film industry 
  

• The industry continued into a sequel because of the adopted audience from the Avengers movie which was a big hit 
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Presentation

                             

                           Film industry - Production, Distribution, Marketing, Exhibition 


      - Production 

• filming

• editing

• crew

• cast

• sets/locations

• script

• ideas 

• food + other everyday necessities 

      - The process of production 

• script writing - a script is written for any for any film or television programme within a script it must have the actions, movement,expressions and dialogs of the characters 

• casting- the choice of character (who best suits the role) 

• shooting - the shooting of the film is an essential aspect of the film/television programme transitions, cuts and angles are used to express further emotions and scene setting

• editing -The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors' performances.

     - Distribution 

    This is the selling of the film/tv programme to companies ready for audiences 

     -methods used  

• film festivals

• marketing

• advertising

• exchange/exhibition 

    - Marketing

 

This is the advertisement of a film or tv show to attract viewers there are many ways marketing can be used for example...

 

 

• online
• on TV advertisement
• buses
• bill boards
• trains
• magazines



 

 

 

 

- Exhibition

 

This is to get the movie out there to the viewing audience this can be done in different ways the ain target being the cinemas however there are many other ways such as

 

• DVD/blu ray
• available download
• Netflix/lovefilm
• aeroplanes
• hotels 
• coaches
• TV 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Film industry

                                                                  Film industry 


The main issues around the film industry at the moment is the Budget a film may have and the difference between the budgets

10 facts about the film industry

                                                 10 facts about the film industry 

• In 2012 the uk box office took over £1billion for the third year running 

• 646 films were released in the UK in 2012, that's over 12 new titles per week 

• Saturday is the most popular night, 24.1% of box office 

• In 2012 over £300million was spent on P&A- prints and advertising by film distributors 

• Bollywood movies accounted for 1.1% of UK Box office in 2012

• In 2012 the most popular genres with % of Box office was action which accounted for 34.5%

• Saturday is the most popular night, 24.1% of box office 

• The most frequent cinemagoers tend to be students, teenagers and young adults

• Top 3D releases of 2012 were Marvel Avengers Assemble, The Hobbit: An unexpected journey, Prometheus, The Amazing Spiderman, Life of Pi 

• Top 3 films in 2012 were Skyfall, Dark Knight Rises, Marvel Avengers Assemble 

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