Production
Battleship is Base of the children’s game.
Budget- $200 million
Genre- Science Fiction, which appeals to the Wide/Mainstream Audience.
Released By- Universal Studios, which controls all stages of the filmmaking. All profits goes back to this company. This company is one of the six major Hollywood studios.
Stars- Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Rhianna and Liam Neeson
Distribution
Poster…
The main features to persuade the British audience to see this film would be by the use of Special Effects. This says that the film is quite expensive looking at the effects look realistic. As it says it is released in May 2012, people will then realize that this may be during the Easter Holidays. The use of the machinery /Alien in the background relates to such films like Transformers, which people all know that this was a very successful film. Also the title relates to the old game of Battleships, which would then relate to the people who played this when they were younger.Twitter…
Twitter is a popular social networking site and many people will find this site. It shows how many people are so far following this film. So far 4,865 people have seen the film and really enjoyed it or are going to see it. The tweets that they are showing publically, which show a bit of a taster, which would give he audience a sense of what the film is going to be like. The trailer is also on here, so people don’t have to go from Website to Website to see this, and this would make it easier for audience.Exhibtion and Consumption:
The audience will be able to watch this film firstly by watching it in the Cinema. This particular film is not in 3D, however, films like these are usually released later in the year in 3D. It will then be released on illegal websites, which you can download such as IceFilms. Also, legal websites such as Love Film and Net Flicks also have this film as soon as the DVD of the film is released first.
Amazon have a link that goes straight to Love Film to watch this film if you pay for it first, and this will notify you when this offer becomes available.