My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

Director 

-Sally El Hosaini

Producer 

-Julia Godzinskaya

-Gayle Griffiths

-Michael Sackle

Stars

-James Floyd

-Fady Elsayed

-Saïd Taghmaoui

Cinema

-Empire - Leicester Square

-Ritzy Cinema

-Genesis Cinema

-Hackney Picturehouse

-Peckham Multiplex

-Cineworld - Wandsworth

-Cineworld - West India Quay

-Cineworld - Enfield 

-ODEON Wimbledon

-ODEON Greenwich

-ODEON Lee Valley

-ODEON Kingston Upon Thames

-Showcase Cinemas Newham

-Showcase Cinemas Bluewater

Awards

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Awards + Critic Reception

the film has recieved numerous International Film Festival awards in 2012 including:
- Best European Film (Europa Cinemas Label Award) at Berlinale
- Best Cinematography at Sundance Film Festival
- Best Newcomer - Sally El Hosaini at BFI London Film Festival
- Best Actor - James Floyd at Milan Film Festival
- CBA Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London
- Grand Jury Award at Outfest

- Nominated Grad 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 at Frameline Film Festival

Other Pending Awards include:
- BIFA Nominated Douglas Hickox award for Best Debut Film - Sally El Hosaini
- BIFA Nominated Best Newcomer - James Floyd



It has been critically acclaimed with rave reviews, including:

- The Hollywood Reporter called it " A crackling debut . . . Slick, Muscular, Entertaining and Emotionally satisfying."
- Empire named it " A compelling gngland saga . . . crisp, cool and consistently street-smart."
- Variety wrote "An energetic and imaginative tale . . . a film that so artfully refuses to surrender to convention."
- The Independent praised it as "gritty and gripping"
- The Daily Telegraphy called it their "favourite narrative feature" at Sundance
- Total Film gave it film of the day and placed it in its Top 3 Films at Sundance
- Screen International named it "a luminous event"

Researching Skyfall

Mehdi Boudine

My Brother the Devil: Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tcQjEu_g4
my brother the devil interview - director Sally El Hosaini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Ahh6gp9I4

The cast of my brother the devil





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Em1FMxOSQ

in the can, sundance 2012: "my brother the devil"

My Brother the Devil: London Film Festival Review

This year’s London Film Festival saw Best British Newcomer go to Sally El Hosaini for her confident debut feature, My Brother The Devil. Already garlanded with prizes at Sundance and Outfest, her Hackney-set story of East London gangsters marks the arrival of a major talent.

The son of Egyptian immigrants, 14-year-old Mo (Fady Elsayed) idolises his older brother, Rashid (James Floyd), whose small-time drug dealing for a local gang provides a surreptitious form of income that’s quietly slipped into their mother’s purse without being spoken of. When one of Rashid’s closest friends is killed by a rival gang, and his friends begin to show an interest in initiating Mo into the group, events take a downward turn. As Mo is drawn into a way of life that might be impossible to turn back from, Rashid has other avenues open up for him, namely a job with a Muslim photographer, Said.

British filmmaking has a long-standing relationship with films about London gangsters, but Hosaini, who also wrote the screenplay, isn’t interested in genre conventions. Instead of privileging supposed gritty content and subject matter, she allows ambiguities and tensions of both race and sexuality to protrude into what would be, in less capable hands, a more straightforward cautionary tale. The decision to film as much in the sunlight as during the night means that Hackney has seldom looked more beautiful, and her depiction of life on an East London housing estate neither condescends to its audience nor those people the film depicts. Hosaini is ably assisted by the naturalistic performances she coaxes from her young cast, especially James Floyd, who masters a tricky role with the dexterity of a seasoned pro. A real gem of a film.

http://londonist.com/2012/10/london-film-festival-review-my-brother-the-devil.php

My Brother the Devil - IMDb

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt2076897/

My Brother the Devil on IMDb

My Brother the Devil - Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjXLaDbU8A

My Brother the Devil's Official Trailer

Review of My Brother the Devil

By Simon Kinnear (Total Film)

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/my-brother-the-devil

La Haine has been ram-raided by urban Brit flicks for so long it’s apt to finally see one of the French film’s stars, Saïd Taghmaoui, in the East London ’hood.

Yet it’s a mark of writer/director Sally El Hosaini’s ambition that Taghmaoui isn’t criminal or terrorist here but something more radical: a nice guy.

The only British film in competition at Sundance Festival 2012 - a winner, for its lyrical cinematography - El Hosaini’s debut follows two first generation Anglo-Egyptian siblings.

Rash (James Floyd) is the respected dealer whose ambivalence about his lifestyle leads him to Taghmaoui’s ex-gangster; Mo (Fady Elsayed) is the student who’d prefer to follow in his bro’s designer shoes.

What distinguishes My Brother The Devil is El Hosaini’s maturity in avoiding faux-doc grittiness, political grandstanding or flashy glorification in favour of an intimate, closely observed character piece.

The languid first half emphasises the brothers’ environment over plot beats; for all the inevitable knife fights and drug deals, it’s the quieter moments that register, and Floyd and Elsayed respond with affecting performances.

El Hosaini captures everything in a swooning, summery style that gives no hint she was shooting while riots ripped apart the capital last August.

And then El Hosaini detonates a bombshell that proves both the film’s masterstroke and very nearly its downfall.

It’s a twist that subverts genre bravado by focusing on issues seldom (read: never) touched on in the ’hood: when Mo warns of “terror shit” going down, it’s a deliberate attempt to hide more uncomfortable truths.

The trouble is that, while the story El Hosaini has chosen is new to these mean streets, it’s still as old as the hills. The subtle world-building is threatened by a dose of conventional melodrama.

All the same, the bold change of direction seals the film’s credentials as a laudable antidote to urban clichés.

My Brother the Devil - Social Sites

My Brother the Devil on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr

Skyfall Premiere

 Skyfall Premiere at London in front of the Royal Albert Hall

Skyfall Premiere at Madrid

Skyfall - interview/articles

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/23/skyfall-bond-girl-berenice-marlohe-interview

interview with Berenice Marlohe

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/adeles-skyfall-hailed-best-james-bond-theme-song-years 

article about 'Adele's skyfall hailed best James Bond theme song in years'  Oct 16, 2012

When it comes to "James Bond" theme songs, nobody does it better than the Brits. (Apologies to Carly Simon, whose ballad for "The Spy Who Loved Me" is an honorable exception.) Case in point: Adele's "Skyfall," the first "Bond" song by a British artist in more than 25 years, has been widely hailed as one of the best in the series.

"[Sony Pictures] was interested in an artist who not only would be right for the specific film, but who could harken back to the classic 'Bond' themes of the '60s," says Jon Burlingame, author of "The Music of James Bond." "Because Adele is one of the hottest artists in the world – and a Brit – it was almost a no-brainer."

The series' risqué silhouetted title sequences, which are just barely PG-13, have featured memorable hits by British artists such as Tom Jones, Paul McCartney & Wings, Sheena Easton, and Shirley Bassey.

The template for the "Bond" song, established by composers John Barry and Monty Norman, combines the twang of machismo guitar, plunges of orchestral strings, blasts of brass, and a vocal somewhere between melancholic torch song and tongue-in-cheek belter. Exhibit A: Ms. Bassey's "Goldfinger" – the first of her three "007" songs – which was a Gold Record. The brand-savvy "Bond" franchise has looked to "sounds that could potentially get on the radio" ever since "Dr. No" in 1962, says Mr. Burlingame.

In 1985, that sound was Duran Duran, whose hit "A View to a Kill" came at the height of the "Second British Invasion" of US radio. But when British artists began to struggle in the United States, the film producers roped in American acts such as Sheryl Crow, Garbage, and Madonna. The character of the theme songs changed somewhat.

"The contributions of the other recent performers – Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Chris Cornell, Jack White, and Alicia Keys – are done more in the style of those individual performers than in the style of '007,' " says Bruce Scivally, coauthor of "James Bond: The Legacy."

By contrast, Adele's "Skyfall" earns its license to thrill by emulating the classic "Bond" sound. In keeping with the tenor of Daniel Craig's Bond, it's soulful and somber, sophisticated and seductive. One can imagine a tuxedoed 007 listening to "Skyfall" while driving his Aston Martin – or sky-diving with Her Majesty.

"It's one of the most listenable and accessible 'Bond' tunes in a long time," concludes Burlingame.

Skyfall Synergy

Adele --- 

adele partnering skyfall

http://home.adele.tv/ --> Adele's official skyfall lyric video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-gLRp5bSpw

a music video someone created and uploaded to youtube

OLYMPICS --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo&feature=related

As early as the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, this was a teaser trailer of james bond and the queen to promote the upcoming skyfall movie

skyfall - info

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/ Skyfall info on Internet Movie DateBase

Director: Sam Mendes

Stars: Daniel Craig, Helen McCory, Javier Bardem

Daniel Craig (James Bond)

Javier Bardem (villian)

Berenice Marlohe, Naomie Harris (bond girl)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlytGZuZxw

sky fall official trailer on youtube

skyfall - posters

official 007 website, and in the top right corner next to 007 there is a time countdown to the release of skyfall in cinemas -- http://www.007.com/home/ (007 home link)


007 posters --->
on the bus
 on a billboard
 official poster

scream swede media cni on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kMkWr-B5C0&feature=plcp

our swede on youtube

our scream swede

terminator 2 sweded

Mise-en-scene:
they have the props - guns, kitchen foil for the machine parts, terminators glasses
one of the characters tries to duplicate Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice
Sound:
they use add-on sound affects for the motorcycle, gun shots and background sounds
Camera:
they use lots of camera angles, close up, medium shot, long shot, pan shots, over the shoulder shot

Scream swede analysis

Researching swedes

My group and I are making a swede of 'Scream' so I chose to look for swedes of 'Scream' on the internet so I could get some understanding of what scene we were going to do.

The swede shown on the right captures the famous scene of the girl picking up the phone and hearing a mysterious voice claiming to see her. The character is scared and starts to panic as she is looking for a way to escape the current place in which she is in. The masked character then comes out of no where and starts to chase her then finally kills her.

I think this swede is both funny and scary, not only does it show the fear of the character in the original movie but it also offers a more modern touch with the choice of music. I like that the masked character was chasing the girl for a while because it left us on the edge of our seats not knowing whether the masked character was going to catch up with the girl or not. The only thing I would have changed about this swede is the setting. I think that the room should have been a bit dark to show the mysteriousness in the scene.

However, my group and I plan to capture the fear just as the swede above did and I believe that this is the right swede for us to take notes from.

The Hangover

Production

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore were the writers of the movie, they had written the script after they went through a similar event to the movies. After they had written the script they sold it off to the studio Legendary Pictures. Once the studio brought it they rewrote the script adding different scenes which may appeal to the audience and make it funnier. After the script was complete they filming took 15days.

Distribution

This movie was distributed by Warner Bros, which is a major company in America.  Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. With all these links the movie Hangover was able to be recognised by many people, this allowed it to be a great success. 

Marketing

Statistics shows that the majority of people who go to the cinemas are 15-23 year olds. The Hangover has bared this in mind and made sure the movie appeals to that age group. Some of the audience, which is 18+ drinks and may of have a similar or near experience to the movie Hangover therefore this movie will appeal to them and they will want to see this movie.

Exhibition

The Hangover was advertised on social networking sites such as twitter and facebook, it was also advertised on youtube. These are sites that people often visit therefore the Hangover enabled the audience to engage with the movie. 

Marketing, production, distribution and exhibition

Usually films are made after being inspired by something, like a certain event in life, someone could have influenced you to come up with one, or maybe you just came up with a genius idea on the spot. However, in all, making a film requires a fair bit of skill and these are the steps that are taken when making a film:
* Pre-production - Preparations are made for the shoot, in which cast and film crew are hired, locations are selected, and sets are built. The development stage, in which the ideas for the film are created, rights to books/plays are bought, etc., and the screenplay is written, occur before Pre-production. * Production - The raw elements for the finished film are recorded. * Post-Production - The film is edited; production sound (dialogue) is concurrently (but separately) edited, music tracks (and songs) are composed, performed and recorded, if a film is sought to have a score; sound effects are designed and recorded; and any other computer-graphic 'visual' effects are digitally added, all sound elements are mixed into "stems" then the stems are mixed then married to picture and the film is fully completed.
A good film to use as an example to show how difficult it is to make a film is “Avatar”; the film from original writing to release, took about 15 years; the workings to create the movie itself took about 4 years. James Cameron had to wait several years for the right technology to be created to film the movie. In that time all he could do was wait and hope for the best.
Once the film is made and ready for showing several different methods are used to advertise it:
* Posters - A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something
* Publicity - The notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.
* Trailers - Advertising in advance by broadcasting excerpts or details.
* Shouts outs – Usually done by celebrities or people revolving around that related area. E.g. Films, books, games, etc.
To get the film to sell a lot, the producer usually does a research on the kind of people who would be interested in seeing the particular kind of film they made. They don’t want to release the film in places where no one would be interested, but rather in places where the film could sell out in a matter of days. Putting an action film where the majority of the locals are of old age (not saying old people don’t like action films) may results in low-sale, however, sticking it somewhere like London, where the majority of people are young and youthful may have a different and more positive outcome.
The majority of people now our days go to the cinema to watch a new movie, but some tend to get the habit of just staying at home and finding it online thanks to the “clever clogs” that decide to illegally film it and stick it on the internet. Due to this, the film industry has lost several millions of pounds in tickets sold and DVDs bought. Some online websites that work alongside the film industry now offer films on command for a small price to pay. The money is equally distributed between the website owners and the film industry, the majority of the money is used to maintain the site and keep the customers happy which results in again more money being made.

Production, Distrubution, Marketing, Exhibition

Production, Distrubution, Marketing and Exhibition

Production:

There are 9 stages involved in producing a film which are:

•      Film concept

•      Writing your script

•      Drawing your storyboards

•      Film budget

•      Cast and crew

•      Locations

•      Shooting script

•      Scheduling

•      Equipment that will be needed

Film concept:

•      An idea what the film is about to get a basic knowledge.

Writing your script:

·         Be organised, keep writing any new ideas as they may become useful.

Drawing your story board:

To get a rough idea of at least one scene in the movie

Film Budget:

Be aware not to go over your actual budget

Cast and crew:

Make sure you know how you want the actor to be. Don’t just chose the first one have a couple of actors and see if they fit in the role.

Location:

Travel to many location to see where it fits in your movie.

Shooting script:

A shooting script is essentially a script that breaks the film into scenes, placed in sequence as they are to be filmed on location.

Scheduling:

Plan your day-to-day journey. It will be less stress for you and more time to spend on filming.

Equipment:

Make sure you get the best resources to make your film great. Example your digital video camcorder.

The making of the series of Fast and Furious needed the locations which set what type of cars they chose to use.  For example fast and furious Tokyo drift was mostly promoting east Asia cars. The stages involved in the series are location, film concept, cast and crew and etc.

Distribution:

Ways in which movies gets distributed is by cinemas after being release. After a couple of weeks, depends how rated the movie is, it gets sent on sky movies, Netflix, love film etc. there the movies will stay there for a long, long time. Then about six months after release movie gets send to dvd/Blu-Ray.

Marketing:

Marketing is the most important part of the movie industry as the more the movie gets promoted, the more likely you are going to make a profit.

The ways in which movies gets promoted are:

·         - Movie gets promoted on the newspaper

·        -  Movie gets promoted from the internet, twitter, Facebook other sites.

·        -  From a song

·       -   From merchandising (drinks, toys)

The tips to make profits are by making a good advert. Which means the film makers will always use the best bits/parts to show the audiences on a TV advert. Adverts are usually not longer than 30 seconds where it is shown between TV shows etc. By posters, they will either make the more beautiful person to stands out in the poster. Or if the actor or actress is well known. They will stand out more. Nowadays movies are also being promoted on websites that gets more customers daily. It is usually on top or on the right or left side of the page where when you click on the advert. It sends you to a particular website.

The production company can produce toys, and drinks to target kids, of course only if the movie relates to them. The children get these toys and then ask their parents to take them to see it in the cinema, which will lead to over 2 tickets getting purchased.

Exhibition:

Nowadays audiences can engage in films by watching off the internet from websites such as lovefilm.com. There are also many other websites where you do not need to subscribe and watch it illegally. People can wait for about 6 months so it can be release to Blu-ray and DVDs. Or we could go to the cinema and watch it there.