The Greatest Blog Post Ever Told
Today in our media class, we watched the documentary “Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold“. Its a documentary on how brand name companies advertise there products in motion pictures, and how having a big name company sponsor can turn your movie into a Hollywood blockbuster. Its really interesting to see how this whole industry works. After having watching this film, im starting to see more of the product placement in movies and on television. Some movies do a great job at sneaking it in, other movies make it very blunt and obvious about product placement. Take Waynes World for example. They used popular products at the time, and there was clearly product placement in the movie, but they portrayed it in a humorous manner.
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold was eye catching and worth the watch. It raises the question, can a major motion picture become a blockbuster success with out the help from company sponsorship? I cant think of any off the top of my head, but if there were to be a movie without company sponsorship, it would not be as successful as movies like Iron Man, or Twilight. This Documentary is continually generating money, but has not yet broke even. It was estimated that the budget of the movie was$1,500,000, and from last August, the movie grossed $638,476.
If you have the chance to watch this documentary, I recommend it. Its fun and interesting to see how the marketing industry works with the motion picture industry.
Snow White and the Huntsman First Look
Here is the first look for the new movie Snow White and the Huntsman directed by Rupert Sanders. It stars twilight teen Kristan Stewart, Oscar Winner Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin. The film definatly looks like it has come along way from the original 1937 Disney version. The trailer looks fantastic, you can already tell its gonna be one of the most anticipated movies of 2012. Its just filled with tons of action, suspense and most likely romance. The visual and special effects are very impressive and are definatly not falling behind with the special effects of today. I wouldnt say it’s setting a new bar for visual effects, buts keeping up with the technology. The score used in the trailer was of an interesting choice. I don’t think it was the best choice of music for this kind of movie. It did seem dark and ominous, but it had this sort of techno-logic beat to it. It sounds like the music from the Tron trailer. At the end of the day, the trailer does get you pumped up for the movie. Ill most likely be seeing this movie opening week.
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