Group 23

Sunday 18 November 2012

My Brother The Devil

The producer of this movie were Julia Godzinskaya, Gayle Griffiths and Michael Sackler and it was directed by Sally El Hosaini.
The cinemas the movie is being displayed at are Empire in Leicester square, Watermans Art Centre cinema, showcase Cinemas Newham, Cineworld`s cinema, Vue Islington etc. The competition My Brother the Devil were facing were from Ginger and Rose as these movies were similar genre.
The advertisements for the movie were from Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/mybrotherthedevil?fref=ts
Twitter:http://twitter.com/MBTDFilm
Press, Interviewing Director Sally El Hosaini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tcQjEu_g4

Movie Trailer:

The awards the movie has won a lot of awards from International Film Festival Awards in 2012 such as Best European Film (Europa Cinemas Label Award) at Berlinale, Best Cinematography at Sundance Film Festival, CBA Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London, Best Newcomer - Sally El Hosaini at BFI London Film Festival, Grand Jury Award at Outfest and Best Actor - James Floyd at Milan Film Festival. The movie has also been nominated for Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.

The stars in this movie are James Floyd, Saïd Taghmaoui, Fady Elsayed. It was made in 2012 and the budget for the movie was approximately 4,000,000.

The reviews for the movie were mostly positive from theguardian, dailymail and telegraph. The location where the movie was filmed were mostly in Hackney, East london.

Tuesday 13 November 2012

My Brother The Devil

My Brother the Devil

Producers: Julia Godzinskaya, Gayle Griffiths, Michael Sackler

Director and writer: Sally El Hosaini

Cinemas which are showing the film: Empire, Ritzy, Genesis, Hackey Picturehouse, Peckham Multiplex and Cineworld.

Stars in the film: Said Taghmaoui, James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Aymen Hamdouchi, Ashley Thomas

Date made: My Brother The Devil was shot in Hackney, east London, in the summer of 2011 - as thousands were rioting.

Reviews:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9664711/My-Brother -the-Devil-review.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/nov/11/my-brother-the-devil-review

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Location of film: Hackney London and other areas in London

Advertising:

http://en-gb.facebook.com/mybrotherthedevil

Release date: 09/11/12 in the UK and being released in America in 2013

Awards:

· Won Best European Film (Europa Cinemas Label Award) at Berlinale

· Won Best Cinematography at Sundance Film Festival

· Won CBA Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London

· Won Best Newcomer - Sally El Hosaini at BFI London Film Festival

· Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest

· Won Best Actor - James Floyd at Milan Film Festival

Saturday 10 November 2012

Research Task - 'My Brother the Devil'

Besides from Social Networking sites, Youtube Trailers were also used to promote the film.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

My Brother The Devil

Augusto Pitsilides
Media

Director - Sally El Hosaini
Writer - Sally El Hosaini

Stars - James Floyd, Fady Elsayed and Saïd Taghmaoui

Made in 2012

Filmed in and around Hackney, London

Good reviews on IMBD.

Released on 9 November 2012

111 minutes long

Awards won:

Won Best European Film (Europa Cinemas Label Award) at Berlinale
Won Best Cinematography at Sundance Film Festival
Won CBA Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London
Won Best Newcomer - Sally El Hosaini at BFI London Film Festival
Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest
Won Best Actor - James Floyd at Milan Film Festival
Nominated Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Nominated Sutherland Trophy (Best First Film) at BFI London Film Festival
Nominated Best Newcomer - Fady Elsayed at BFI London Film Festival
Honorable Mention Outstanding First Feature, Frameline Film Festival

Online Advertising:
Twitter webpage - https://twitter.com/MBTDFilm
Facebook webpage- http://www.facebook.com/MyBrotherTheDevil`

Poster-
Youtube trailer -

Monday 5 November 2012

Skyfall promotion task

Augusto Pitsilides

Media

The skyfall movie, being part of the James Bond trilogy, is expecting a large revenue, however to make this profit assured they must promote their product to the masses so everybody knows it is coming out. They have used a variety of methods, including billboards, posters on busses and trains, TV trailers, YouTube Trailers, Interviews, Twitter and Merchandise.