Attack the Block

Production

·         Studio Canal financed it

·         $13,000,000

·         Studio Canal, Film4 and The UK Film Council

·         Director was Joe Cornish

·         South London. It was filmed in South London to add to the idea as the characters have come from a deprived area which is what South London is.

·         Director Joe Cornish was inspired to make the film after being mugged one night. Also he was born in South London too.

Distribution

·         When it came to advertisement, Attack the Block didn’t use any creative posters such as The Dark Night or Cloverfield

•      The Film won numerous awards from

Attack the block

Directed by Joe Cornish

Budget $13,000,000

Produced Edgar wright

Made in south London

Production Companies:

•Studio Canal (as Studio Canal Features) (presents)

•Film4 (presents)              

Distributors

•Optimum Releasing (2011) (UK) (theatrical)

•Stage 6 Films (2011) (USA)

Special Effects

•Double Negative (visual effects)

•Fido Film AB (additional visual effects) (as Fido)

•Method Studios (visual effects sequence: UV room) (as Method)

•Spectral Motion (creature effects)

•Plowman Craven & Associates (uncredited)

Other Companies

•Helix 3D  construction department

•Red Chutney  catering

•Translux  facility vehicles

•Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  foley recording (as Hackenbacker)

•Goldcrest Post Production London  sound re-recording

•Technicolor Creative Services  digital intermediate

•Film Finances  completion guaranty

•Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

•Pivotal Post  avid equipment

Attack The Block

Attack The Block

 

 

 

Production

 

Budget

The estimated bugget for attack the block was $13,000,000.

 

Studios and company involved in production

Swedish studio Fido.

 

Director and producer

Joe Cornish and James Wilson, Nira Park.

 

Where was it filmed?

Haygate estate, Southwark, London.

 

Interesting finds or problems

The walkway chase set piece took ten days to shoot.

 

 

Distribution

 

Advertising and Marketing
'Attack the block' took over and entire ad break during the premiere of the film.

Awards
It won an audience award for the 'midnighters' siderbar.


 


Marketing and Distribution of Attack the Block

Marketing and Distribution of Attack the Block

Production

Who financed it?:



Budget: £8 million

Studios and company involved in production:

Director and producer: Joe Cornish (director) and Nira Park (producer)

Where was it filmed?: Brixton 

Distribution

Distributed by Optimum Releasing

How was it advertised and marketed?:

Poster for Attack the Block

Website: http://www.attacktheblock.com/

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AttackTheBlock

Awards: Won an Austin Film Critics Award and many others and was nominated for a BAFTA and others.

Exhibition

How much did the film make at the box office?: £3, 615, 712

When was it released and why?:  It was released in 2011

Screenings: It was screened in 25 cities on the release date in the US

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Attack The Block

Attack The Block

Production

Attack The Block was financed by Investor. It had a budget of approximately $13,000,000. Joe Cornish was the director and writer. Nira Park and James Wilson produced the film. It was filmed in two locations. These are Heygate Estate, Southwark, London and Islington, London. An interesting find is Joe Cornish was inspired to make this film after being mugged one night.

Distribution

There was an official Attack The Block website which included videos, story, photos, cast and crew, bios, games, cinema and competitions. There was also merchandise like t shirts. There was a premiere for the film.  

Attack the Block

Attack the Block

The film was financed by Studio Canal and film4 with a budget of £8 million, other studios involved are UK Film council and Big Talk pictures. Joe cornish made his directorial debut with the film, previously only directing tv series. The film was produced by Nira park, james wilson, and Edgar Wright was executive producer known for shaun of the dead and his work with nick frost. The film was shot in london at the heygate estate in southwark and islington which is where the film is set in the story. An intersting find on the film would be that the director Joe cornish Grew up and lives in south london where the film is set, also the gangs in the film refer to the aliens as some classic characters of british origin such as Gollum from Lord of the rings and Dobby from Harry Potter. There was a little CGI used as possible in the making of this film, the actors were genuinly terrified of the monsters in the film as they were actually there in the room with carefully construced masks, there physcial presence changed the way they acted.

The film was distributed with posters, a website featuring the same image but animated with sound effects, also the website tied in a video game based on the film in the itunes store. The film promotions all mention that it was produced by the same people as "Shaun of the dead" attracting the attention of the fans on that film and other films featuring edgar wright and his cast of simon peg and nick frost.

The film won alot of awards bringing in more attention including best narrative, best visual concept, best debut director, best actor to john boyega and best original soundtrack.

production
financed by-investor
budget-$13,000,000
studio's and company -film 4 studio canal uk film council
director-joe cornish
producer-Nira Park and James wilson
where was it filmed  heygate estate southwark south London
ineteresting finds/ problems-Writer/director Joe Cornish was inspired to make this film after actually being mugged in real-life one night (much in the same way Sam was as portrayed in the film). He noticed his five young assailants were as scared as he was, and started researching their lives.   

Most of the teenage actors were found through their schools and online open audition calls.   
Writer/director Joe Cornish had to remove fifteen pages of the script prior to the shooting of the film because of budgetary constraints.   

distribution#


advertised through trailers and posters alon with a website


advertised with this poster says from the producers of shaun of the dead. a big film targeting the same kind of audience from the same genre as it is also shown by inner city v outer space. attracting a major audience as the film shaun of the dead was also successful.  sci fi picture instantly attracting the audience looks bright from outer space catching the eye of the audcience. also using labels of the production companies to market the film .




awards- won many awaqrds including saurn award best international film globally marketing the film further to further audiences


iteresting find-
Writer/director Joe Cornish had to remove fifteen pages of the script prior to the shooting of the film because of budgetary constraints.   




Exhibition

box office money made-$13,000,000
when was it released-13 May 2011
why ? action film more popular towards summer stat of a blockbuster season. and start of holiday seasons for the leisure of its target audience
how many screens was it shown on ?-352 screens


interesting find-John Boyega found out about this film from an ad placed on-line.   

Members of the gang compare the film's aliens to various fantastical creatures, all British in origin, namely: Dobby the house-elf from J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter novels; Gollum from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien; and Gremlins, who while they are now best-known for the two American films by Joe Dante, were born out of the imagination of RAF fighter pilots during World War II, and were initially popularized by author Roald Dahl in his first novel.   

Production:

• Invester financed Attack the Block.
• They had a budget of £8 million or $13 million.
• Some of the studios and companies involved were StudioCanal, UK Film Council, Big Talk Pictures and Film 4 Productions.
• The director was Joe Cornish and the producers were Niri Park and james Wilson.
• On a council estate in the London Borough of Brixton. It was filmed at a various number of council estates.
• The producers of Attack the Block also produced Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead and Scott pilgrim VS The World.

Distribution:

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ATTACK ON TEH BLOKK

Attack The Block

It was financed by studiocanal and film 4, with a budget of £8 million.
The film was directed by Joe Cornish and was produced by Nira Park and James Wilson.