KICK ASS NOTES.

KICK ASS-

HOW IT WAS PRODUCED-

·         It was made on a budget of $28 million.

·         Double negative did a lot of the special effects; also they used CGI through green screens to make a lot of the scenes.

·         $8 - $9 million was spent on special effects.

·         Mark Miller and Jane Goldman developed the script further from what it was.

WHAT IT WAS BASED ON-

·         Based on comics from marvels chief writer Mark Millar.

·         He also worked on wanted which took $350m.

PROBLEMS WITH MAKING IT-

·         There was false promotion as the trailer included some humour.

·         This idea of humour is thought to have given viewers the idea it was a bit of a spoof.

THE DIRECTORS VIEWS-

·         He put his own money into the film so he took the largest cut.

HOW THEY SAVED MONEY-

·         The final box office figures were just over $96 million worldwide.

·         They saved money by filming in the UK.

·         The cast was very low budget without any big A-list stars.

TECHNOLOGY USED-

·         Set in Manhattan, filmed in London using green screens.

·         Used media composer to get high res plates of Manhattan.

·         Phaze UK’s facility includes four fibre-networked Pro Tools|HD® workstations, as well as a mix stage outfitted with an ICON D-Command® console.

·         Noise-reduction plug-ins from Waves, iZotope, and Avid.

HOW RATING AFFECTED PERFORMANCE-

·         The film was rated a 15.

·         This meant that a large portion of the target audience (teenage boys) could not go and see the film.

·         Also some of the more extreme scenes would have to be removed.

CONTROVERSY-

·         The film was not seen as well in the US as the girl in it says c*** which meant more people went to other films.

·         Teenagers do not want to see a film if they have to see it with their parents.

PROMOTION-

·         Posters were made that featured the characters on separate sheets.

·         More posters were produced to show the heroes in more detail, these also included web addresses for each character which in fact lead straight to the Kick Ass website.

·         Advertising costs were nearly $10.5 million and Lionsgate, the distributers, took a large cut of the box office figures.

THE SOUNDTRACK-

·         Material ranging from Elvis to The Prodigy.

·         Soundtrack snippets from 28 Days Later and Sunshine.

·         The "music composed by" credit lists four names: John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius De Vries and Ilan Eshkeri.

·         Kick-Ass is a case of temp-track love. To get the film feeling more like a film in the early stages of completion, scenes are often cut to existing movie scores as a temporary placemat. Sometimes this music fits so well that it's hard for the director to consider replacing it.