Monday, 30 January 2017

Detailed Primary Research


-Director: Michael Bay.

-Writer: Eheren Kruger.

-Distributors: Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; United International Pictures.

-Production company: Paramount Pictures.

-Release date: 5 July 2014 (United Kingdom).

-Film rating: 5.7/10

-Language: English.

-Locations: Hong Kong (China); Jasper, Michigan, USA; Detroit; Texas; Chicago; Iceland.

-Technologies used: 
Camera: Arriflex 235, Panavision C- and G-Series Lenses. 
Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision C- and G-Series Lenses. 
Phantom 65 Gold, IMAX 3-D Lenses. 
Red Epic Dragon, Panavision C-, G-Series and Leica. Summilux Lenses.


Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format). 
IMAX Digital 3-D (4K) (dual-strip 3-D) (source format) (some scenes).
Panavision (anamorphic) (source format).
Redcode RAW (6K) (also dual-strip 3-D) (source format).

-Genre: Fantasy/ Science fiction.

-Actors: Mark Wahlberg; Stanley Tucci; Kelsey Grammer; Nicola Peltz; Jack Reynor; Titus Welliver; Sophia Myles; T.J. Miller; Bingbing Li.

-Box office1.104 billion USD.

-Budget: 210 million USD.

Transformers Age of Extinction was a successful film due to it was aimed at a large audience such as sci-fi lovers, which helps the company earn a massive income. Also Transformers are in a franchise.  However, the opening weekend was not successful due to the gross being under budget.



Glossary:
-Synopsis: means “general view.” Synonyms include abridgment, as in a shortened version of a book, and brief, which is a legal word, and sketch, which is a quick outline.


-Box office data: Box office business can be measured in terms of the number of tickets sold or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue).
-Distributor: A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company is usually different from the production company
-Producer: Either employed by a production company or independent, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing.

Synopsis:

After the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that leveled Chicago, humanity thinks that all alien robots are a threat. So Harold Attinger, a CIA agent, establishes a unit whose sole purpose is to hunt down all of them. But it turns out that they are aided by another alien robot who is searching for Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager, a "robotics expert", buys an old truck and upon examining it, he thinks it's a Transformer. When he powers it up, he discovers it's Optimus Prime. Later, men from the unit show up looking for Optimus. He helps Yeager and his daughter Tessa escape but are pursued by the hunter. They escape and Yeager learns from technology he took from the men that a technology magnate and defense contractor named Joshua Joyce is part of what's going on, so they go to find out what's going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSagbWAFOp4

Extra information:
  • Michael Bay- Producer of Pearl Harbour; Friday the 13th; Bad Boys 4; 13 Hours; Ouija.
  • Mark Wahlberg- Starred in The fighter; Lone Survivor; Ted.
  • Paramount pictures- Paranormal Activity; Kung Fu Panda; Mission Impossible; Iron man; Hercules; Rango; Arrival; XXX Return of Xander Cage.
  • Eheren Kruger- Also wrote The Ring.



Based on the comments above, many people are complaining about the negative impacts of Transformers by complaining that the story is inconsistent. For example, it's mainly focusing on a romance rather than the usual focus of the Transformers themselves. 

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