CASE STUDIES (DRAFT)

US Blockbuster (mainstream/franchise)
Furious 7

Genre: Action/crime/thriller
Release date: 3rd April 2015
Certificate: 12A
Budget: $190 million
Box office: $1.157 billion
Director/s: James Wan
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham

Reviews: 82% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Awards: 
Visual effects: Paul Walker played one of the main characters in the franchise but died whilst talking a break from filming Furious 7. To continue filming, Universal contacted WETA Digital and they recreated a 3D model of his face and used motion capture to produce the computer generated actor.

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UK production (Financed within UK)

Submarine

Genre: Comedy and drama

Release date: 18th March 2011

Certificate:15

Budget: $1.9 million

Box office: $41 thousand

Directors: Richard Ayoade

Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine and Noah Taylor 

Reviews: 86% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Awards: Best screenplay - British independent film awards (2011)
Best feature/television film & Best actor - BAFTA awards, Wales (2012)
Visual effects: N/A

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US independent (low budget)
Birdman

Genre: Comedy/drama

Release date: 1st January 2015

Certificate: 15
Budget: $18 million
Box office: $103 million
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Starring: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone

Reviews:
Awards: Oscars: Best motion picture of the year
Visual effects: There is a few parts with in this film where visual effects are used. There is a scene where 2 shots are blended together. There is also parts where Michael Keaton appears as his character and as Birdman and so green screens and visual effects were used. There is also a scene in the film where there is an explosion and a CGI, robotic bird.

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World cinema production (Foreign language)