Movies Like The Bond Franchise

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Movies are one of the best and worst investments an investor could make. Depending of the tastes of the market place, cost of production and names attached; a film can be a gold mine or a sinking ship. Based on the production company or private film investor behind a film can determines the distribution and marketing efforts. Budgets can determine if a film runs the national film festival circuit or regional local colleges to generate interest, none at all. Most audiences are use to seeing those cool production company animations at the beginning of a film. From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer roaring lion or even MTV film’s floating moon-man, audiences have become familiar with production company logos and animations. While they’re often cool to see, …show more content…

In movies like The Bond Franchise, many viewers have become more aware of high-end sports cars, designers, locations and specialty cocktails because of product placement. While the product placement serves as advertisements within a movie, it does create a more realistic experience with audiences because of real-life attainable …show more content…

Big studio films have the power to hire major actors and directors but the advantage independent films have is the low cost. If an independent film produced at a lower budget gets critical acclaim in festivals it could reap the benefits of a larger profit margin. A great example of this is “The Blair Witch Project”; the movie was produced at $22,500 and grossed $250 million. “The Blair Witch Project” is a rare case, but proves that content and production can garner bigger profits if a film is produced well. While big studios have an advantage in buying airtime for film trailers, tours of leading actors and the cost of film festivals circuits; independent film makers have the advantage of artistic merit and lower production costs. With the 10 year forecasting for films and subsequent release to cable, dvd and streaming services; studio films have more pressure to pay investors

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