The boat that rocked

There were lots of problems with filming in the middle of the ocean , one being that they had to travel from the middle of the ocean to land back and forth.Another problem they found was the weather , they could not prodict the weather in the middle of the ocean so it was hard.

This is England

The film was given an 18 certificate by the BBFC due to racist language and violence. However, councils such as Bristol, Camden and Westminster felt the film should reach teenagers.

The film was written and directed by Richard Curtis and made by Working Title Films for Universal Studios.
The producers for Working Title were Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Hilary Bevan Jones, with Curtis, Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin acting as executive producers in working title films.

cinamatogrophy and sound:
cinamatogoraphy is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography. Many additional issues arise when both the camera and elements of the scene may be in motion, though this also greatly increases the creative possibilities of the process

Editing:
editing is just editing the filmed film , you can edit whilst filming or just edit the finished film.

Special effects:
The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, SPFX, or simply FX).

the film process

Production:
In production the film is created and then filmed.More crew will be recruited at this stage, such as the property master, script writer, assistant directors, photographer, picture editor, and editors. These are just the most common roles in filmmaking; the production office will be free to create any mix of roles to suit a particular film.

Distribution:
This is the final stage of the film were it is released into the cinema, dvds and vhs. The media is then converged into posters, trailer, and toys.

Exhibition:
Film companies usually release a film with a launch party, press releases, interviews with the press, press preview screenings, and film festival screenings.Most films have a website. The film plays at selected cinemas and the DVD typically is released a few months later. The distribution rights for the film and DVD are also usually sold for worldwide distribution. The distributor and the production company share profits.

converged media

Aliens
before the film was introduced there were many medias for it like comic books and novels.






This was before the film was even made!

After the film was made there were still hundreds of different medias for it to be converged into like ipod apps , mini movies , more toys , models (collectables ) , posters , postcards , stickers and mini games . the list goes on

converged media

007 , quantem of solace

After the film the film converged into many different medias , for example there was games
novels
comics
ipod apps
mini movies