Thursday 17 November 2011

Wednesday 16 November 2011

'Submarine'-Exit Poll

Submarine

Release date 18/03/2011

Number of people surveyed

248

Male

55%

Female

45%

Under 30

43%

Over 30

57%

Sources of Information

Reviews

28%

Word of mouth

21%

Trailer shown at cinema

19%

Newspaper or magazine articles

18%

Posters

17%

Others

14%

Underground posters

13%

Newspaper or magazine adverts

11%

Television news / talk shows

9%

TV Adverts

8%

Online ads

7%

Interviews

7%

Facebook

2%

E4 Slackers Club Promotion

2%

Radio Adverts

1%

Postcards

1%

Baits to attendance

It received good reviews

35%

It's a British film

35%

The advertising I have seen interested me

28%

It's from the director Richard Ayoade

22%

I was asked to come along by a friend / partner

17%

The humour

16%

Music by Alex Turner

10%

It stars Paddy Considine

10%

It stars Sally Hawkins

7%

Coming of age story

6%

Other

6%

My friends are talking about it

4%

It's based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne

3%

It stars Craig Roberts

1%



Distribution and Exhibition




Harry Potter-19th November 2010-579 cinemas, opening weekend £18,319,721

Submarine-18th March 2011-60 cinemas, opening weekend, £244,476


Harry Potter-21 weeks on release (2 cinemas by the end!) Total box office £52,478,788

Submarine-19 weeks on release (1 cinema by the end!) Total box office £1,456,527








'Submarine'-Marketing





Nominated for best online campaign and best poster in 2011 Screen Awards for film distribution and marketing










'Submarine'-Marketing Info









Harry Potter-Marketing

Friday 18 March 2011

Marketing and Exchange-The Rise of the Geek








Traditional marketing is collapsing – not merely because of costs, but because commercial activity is distrusted. Viral buzz, on the other hand, feeds specific tastes by being more precise, and because it caters to the growing hunger for participation – the "demand this" mentality where people power can change multiplex managers' minds about what they screen. The more homemade the advance word on your film, cooked up by the audience itself for no money, the better.

So what are the consequences? No doubt the chasm will deepen between mass entertainment film-making and the rest. Blockbuster output will likely retreat further into sequel-dominated attempts at repeat successes. And professional analysis will wither, while online sites will either cater for increasingly niche fields or focus further on celebrity and trivia. As Thompson says, even the trade papers are now covering rumours, "talks" that a star may be up for a role, rather than copper-bottomed confirmation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/17/sxsw-film-geek-domination-harry-knowles

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'Submarine'-Production Company info




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