Gravity: The Game??

As a follow on from my case study, I found this game on a random search through movie games. The game is used for advertisement as it is a way of people to get involved with the film without them having to go to the cinema and pay to see it. It gives insights of what the film is about as the objectives are based on the storyline, having to detach, being spun into space, and having to get back to earth.

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For part of our A-Level course, we are studying the release of two films; Gravity, and The Selfish Giant. We had to find as much advertisement around for the two films as we could throughout the half term.
Because The Selfish Giant is a low budget, independently produced film, there was next to no advertisement. I didn't see any at all throughout the week, but that doesn't mean there is none, just that it is not where I looked.

Gravity however had a vast amount of advertisement, not just limited to those I got evidence of. There are 3 posters located on bus stops that are quite close together on a road near my house.

Then on a trip to Cambridge I saw this poster:

And on a trip to London I saw multiple posters in different places:

As well as this advertisement on the homepage of youtube:

This project has taught me that a big Hollywood production will typically be viewed by more people as there is so much advertisement around. If I didn't know anything about the film Gravity before I'd seen any of these advertisements, I would by the end of the week. Whereas on the other hand The Selfish Giant I have not even seen the trailer for without going online to find it.

GRAVITY

The film Gravity was directed by Alfonso Cuaron, and stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. This is a basic summary of the plot:

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.

The film is created by Warner Bros, which is one of the Big 5 producers in the film industry.

Gravity has already won two awards: 

Hollywood Film Festival 2013

Won Hollywood Film Award

Actress of the Year Sandra Bullock

Venice Film Festival 2013

Won Future Film Festival Digital Award

Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Heyday Films Esperanto Filmoj

THE SELFISH GIANT

The Selfish Giant is directed and written by Clio Barnard, and it stars Connor Chapman, Shaun Thomas and Sean Glider. The plot summary is:

The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. However, when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions soon start to build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all.

The production company is BDI Film Fund and Film4

The Selfish Giant has had 4 nominations and 1 win:

Cannes Film Festival 2013

Won Label Europa Cinemas

Clio Barnard

London Film Festival 2013

Nominated Best British Newcomer	Actor Conner Chapman
	Actor Shaun Thomas
Nominated Best Film	Clio Barnard

Warsaw International Film Festival 2013

Nominated Competition 1-2 Award

Clio Barnard