Task 1: The Film
Find out the following
information about this film:
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What is
the synopsis?
The film is based on the
bestselling book ‘How I Live Now’ written
by Meg Rossoff. The movie is based on a fifteen year old girl who visits her
family in England as a holidy. She moves in with her Aunt Penn and her children
Osbert, Isaac, Edmond and Piper in the country side. She later on falls in love
with the eldest son Edmond, they live in a barn as a family while England
breaks out in nuclear war. Soon after they are found by soldiers and are then
separated. The boys Edmond and Isaac are taken with the soldiers while the
girls Daisy and Piper are taken to another home where they have to work on a
field all day. After seeing horrific scenes of violence Daisy decides to take
Piper and run away from the home they were allocated at in order to go back
home where Edmund and Isaac where.
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Who was
the director and what other films have they made/directed?
Kevin Macdonald – The Last King
of Scotland (2006) State of Play (2009) The Eagle (20011) currently directing
Black Sea
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How much
was the budget?
It was a low budget film.
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Which
companies made the film?
BFI Film Fund
Cowboy Films
Film 4
Passion Pictures
Prospect Entertainment
Protagonist Pictures
UK Film Council
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Where was
it filmed?
Wales
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What
camera was used for the cinematography? What were the benefits of using this
camera?
Arri Alexa M
Arri Alexa Plus
Arricam LT
Arriflex 435
Canon EOS C300
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Who are
the main actors and what else have they been in?
Daisy – Saoirse Ronan – Hanna
(2011) The Lovely Bones (2009)
Isaac – Tom Holland – The
Impossible (2012) Locke (2013)
Eddie – George Mackay – Peter Pan
(2003) Defiance (2008)
Piper – Harley Bird – Peppa Pig
(2010-12)
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Which
company did the visual effects for the film?
What type of effects did they create?
Union Visual Effects
Plowman Craven & Associates
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Which
studio/s distributed the film in the UK, USA and Europe?
UK: Momentum Pictures
USA: Magnolia Pictures, Alliance
Films, Magnolia Home ENtertainment
European: Golden Village
Pictures, MVP Entertainment, PARLUX Entertainment, TF1 International, UGC
Distribution, Videorama, Carmen, Filmax, Impuls Home Entertainment, Zon
Lusomundo Audiovisuais
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Where was
it distributed? (Which countries has it been released in?)
Singapore
USA
Hungary
France
Greece
Canada
Russia
Spain
United Arab Emirates
Switzerland
Australia
UK
Portugal
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What
country is the film from? (explain your answer)
The film is a British movie as
the majority of the characters are British. As well as that the movie setting
is in Wales.
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Which film
festival’s has appeared in?
Toronto International Film
Festival
Dubai International Film Festival
British Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
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What
awards has it received (if any)?
They have been nominated for Best
Actress, Most Promising New Comer in the British Independence Film Award. They
were also nominated twice for Young British Performer of The Year in the ALSF
Award.
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In what
formats is it available to watch now?
Online
Blue Ray
DVD