Blockbuster task- Script

Script for Sound cloud recording for the Blockbuster Task

I have chosen to produce an analysed description on The Twilight Saga; Breaking Dawn Part 2. This is a menacing edition to the previous four sequels of Twilight which continues the combination of Drama, Horror, Romance, fantasy, adventure genre’s. The initial Release date of the film was November 16, 2012.The audience is able to develop the emotions of the characters in the film and feel as though they understand their situation, despite the unrealistic idea of vampires and ware wolves.

PRE PRODUCTION:

Stars that signed up to be involved in the film included: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. These three are the original cast members of Twilight and have remained in the Saga throughout each of the series creating continuity for the fans and allows the audience to engage with the storyline and characters further as a result.
Breaking Dawn Part 2 is part of sequel which has a total of five editions; the previous series include: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn (part 1.)
The director of the successful blockbuster was Bill Condon, who worked with writers Melissa Rosenberg and Stephanie Meyer to produce another dramatic film to complete the Breaking Dawn Saga with a budget of $120 million.

Filming began officially in Brazil, 2010 and was done in Vancouver, Canada and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The studios making the film were the Raleigh Studios in Baton Rouge and Summit Entertainment.

The 'Breaking Dawn' Twilight film was split into two, therefore the approval was only needed for the two films. The film was given 'The Green Light' in April 2009, following h success of the previous films in the saga. The enjoyment level of the sequel was maintained and therefore the approval was granted to produce Breaking Dawn.  The Breaking Dawn books were number one sellers for a substantial amount of time and therefore it was assumed the film production would also expect this level of interest from twilight lovers. 

PRODUCTION:

The blockbuster film was produced by Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Stephenie Meyer. The production design was done by Richard Sherman. Each of the producers had their personal input into the film to make Breaking Dawn Part 2 a success.

During the production stages, Twilight was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Vancouver, British Columbia; New Orleans.

Despite some speculation about the latest Twilight Saga being believed to be filmed in 3D, Director Bill Condon decided that this was not going to happen and the film would therefore remain being filmed in 2 dimensions (2D.)

Melissa Rosenberg (writer of the film) found the greatest challenge in writing the scripts for the final sequence of Part 2. She quoted: "The final battle sequence is a big challenge because it lasts 25 pages“

The problem in production was the job of casting people for the end battle, as there were hundreds of people required for this scene, the challenged came about trying to keep track of all the characters and their role in the scene/film.

POST PRODUCTION:

It was quoted in an interview with Bill Condon- “thing I learned is movies like this get made more in post-production than they do in production. “

Concerning the level on dependence on special effects in this film, given the fantasy genre which includes vampires and wolves, the film is expected to incorporate special effects which contribute to creating the realistic effect.

There was a need to use CGI for many of the effects, including using werewolves, allowing vampires to travel at super-speed and for the shimmer effect.

The special effects involved included: CGI (computer-generated imagery) wolves were featured in the film, they also were involved in the previous sagas as they were a key aspect of the film. "Because we've been working on this franchise for such a prolonged period of time, we've been able to improve the look from show to show," "We've gone from four wolves to eight to twelve, to sixteen in Part 2."
Bill Condon said that if the second film was to be released in 3D, he would like to shoot it with the proper equipment in "real" 3D not converts it into 3D in post-production. However, it was confirmed on February 12, 2012 that Part 2 would not be filmed in 3D.

In April 2012, the crew and cast, including Pattinson and Stewart, returned for reshoots to pick up some additional shots for technical work with some of the cast and stunt actors. However, these re-shoots did not include any new scenes or dialogue.

MARKETING:

Due to the film being a follow on from the previous saga (Breaking Dawn),the marketing for the second part was not needed as much. There were many forms of marketing that went into developing the first part of Breaking Dawn; this therefore promotes the second part which follows on from this. For example, a 'teaser' poster was created to give fans a sneak peak of some of the content of the film; though the use of images. Also, for Breaking Dawn part 1, MTV released the first official teaser trailer on June 5; this advertised the film and created a sense of excitement and mystery for the audience as the trailer doesn't give much away. Cinema advertisement was used as a marketing technique designed for people who enjoy regularly visit the cinema to increase awareness of the blockbuster, radio adverts.

The premier was located in Odeon Leicester Square, London. More than 6,000 fans waited to see the stars from the film. This was an opportunity for fans to meet the cast of the popular series and was enjoyed by many.