Thursday 26 November 2015

Case study: The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now
A 2013 independent film.

Budget- $2,500,000
Stars- Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley 


  • Although having quite a big cast, these are two notably famous actors within the younger generation.
  • However, despite these stars being famous now, at the time, they weren't excessively well known.
Genre- Romantic Comedy/Drama
  • This is a hybrid
  • This allows the film to cover more topics and appeal to a wider audience
Box Office- $197,415 (USA opening weekend- 2 August 2013) Total: $6,851,969 (USA, 22 November 2013). This tells us that the film was a success.
Production- Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP), 21 Laps Entertainment and Global Produce.
  • Independant
Certificate- 15
  • Helps attract the audience they're looking for, mature people
  • This would be because of the mature themes and content tackled
Marketing- Posters, trailers and interviews.




The trailer and promotional posters were released in order to promote the film.



The stars -Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller took part in interviews in order to promote the film. They had easy chemistry and rapport with each other, which allowed their personality to come through and therefore become likeable, consequently drawing more people to the film. 






Release Date- 13th September 2013

Awards- The Spectacular Now was nominated for an amazing 30 awards, and won 10 of them 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714206/awards


Reviews- The Spectacular Now received many complimentary reviews, some saying it "warrants serious attention" and is "lovely". However, there were contradicting opinions from the public, claiming it was "disturbing".


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