The financing of major, Mini major and small scale film

Major film – Inception

Inception has the budget -$160,000,000

They would have needed a large budget for this genre film as it involves a lot of explosions and
special effects meaning that they will have to pay councils to shut off road and pay for explosions.
This helps enhance the genre of action and helps bring suspense and danger to it. This will therefore
help create more revenue helping them make all the money back and more. As the film is also a
psychological genre it is important to make the special effects as realistic as possible; to create this
surrealism effect a large portion of the budget would have been spent.

They would have spent their budget in a variety of ways for example paying for actors and crew,
then when filming they would have to pay for location, equipment and added extras such as visual
effects and real explosions. The Paris scene is a key example of the major production explosions and
the effect it has on a film, It helps show the layers of the dreams get broken down and add
surrealism to the film by showing the perfect explosions in which you would expect in a dream. The
fact the production spent so much on these factors make the film more interesting this helps lead to
a higher revenue once it’s been realised a more people will talk about it helping it get more publicity.

The list of equipment used throughout the film Arriflex 235, Panavision Primo and G-Series Lenses
Arriflex 435 ES, Panavision Primo and G-Series Lenses
Beaumont VistaVision Camera, Panavision Primo Lenses
Panavision 65 HR Camera, Panavision System 65 Lenses
Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision C-, E-, G-Series and Super High Speed Lenses
Panavision Panaflex System 65 Studio, Panavision System 65 Lenses
Photo-Sonics 4C, Panavision Primo Lenses
Photo-Sonics 4ER, Panavision Primo Lenses
The main camera used throughout the film was the - Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL this camera
comes in around £75,000. This helped the film look a lot more professional and the graphic being so
clear helps the film seem more film as it shoots high fps. This plays a key role in portraying the genre
of psychological.

Locations included - Tangier, Morocco (as Mombasa, Kenya)

Fortress Mountain, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada

Shizuoka, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Da Stuzzi Delicatessen, 6 Rue César Franck, Paris 15, France (as Café Debussy)
Alberta, Canada
Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, France
Kananaskis Village, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Cardington Airship Hangars, Bedfordshire, England, UK (studio)
Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, England, UK
University College London, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Morocco
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (van falling
from bridge)
Rue Bouchut, Paris 15, Paris, France
Bedfordshire, England, UK
Stage 16, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
(studio)
1240 S Hope St, Los Angeles, California, USA
John Ferraro Building, 111 North Hope Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Leo Carrillo State Beach - 35000 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
453 S Spring St, Los Angeles, California, USA
Falls Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Paris 15, Paris, France
Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
France
Malibu, California, USA
California, USA
Paris, France
All the locations above will have scouted out by a location scout this is done to see if the location is
suitable for the scene that will be filmed there. Then the scout will have to get permission for the
crew to film at the location and have it closed off from public which can cost a lot. The use of
location change helps us as the audience see a new layer of the dream the diverse land scapes help
do this effectively.

They use a wide range of locations through the film to create the illusion that you are in the right
location instead of it being green screen or a fake set this way they can make you feel as if you’re
actually there adding the feel of surrealism.

Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio - Cobb
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Arthur
Ellen Page - Ariadne
Tom Hardy - Eames
Ken Watanabe - Saito
Dileep Rao - Yusuf
Cillian Murphy - Robert Fischer
Tom Berenger - Browning
Marion Cotillard - Mal
Pete Postlethwaite - Maurice Fischer
Michael Caine - Miles
Lukas Haas - Nash
Tai-Li Lee - Tadashi
The biggest actor in the film is Leonardo DiCaprio most commonly known for titanic. He’s also been
in other films such as Romeo and Juliet, wolf of Wall Street and the revenant. This help for the
publicity of the film as having big A list actors may cost more to have but will insure better acting
and better reviews all increasing the urge for people to see it.

MINI MAJOR – Superbad

Superbad has the budget - $20,000,000

This film had a reasonably big budget this includes well-known actors this will have cost a reasonable
amount to have in the film but as they weren’t big at the time they came cheaper. As a comedy film
the budget doesn’t need to be as good as its more about the script and actors that make it funny.
The location either being at schools or houses would have been expenisve to close off as they have
dutys to serve to the public. As the film has no big high actions scenes budget will have mostly been
spent on production cost such as filming cost script writing costs and location costs.

Locations - Fox Hills Mall - 294 Fox Hills Mall, Culver City, California, USA (mall scene)
Glendale, California, USA (convenience store)
El Segundo High School - 640 Main Street, El Segundo, California, USA
California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California,
USA (parking lot)
7420 La Tijera Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Bailey's Bar and Grill)
17111 Community Street, Northridge, California, USA (Party)
17200 Rayen Street, Northridge, California, USA (Evan's house)
Community Street and Jamieson Avenue, Northridge, California, USA (Seth gets run over)
Culver City, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City, California, USA (Convenience store)
1717 West Glenoaks Boulevard, Glendale, California, USA (Good Shopper)
1700 Victory Boulevard, Glendale, California, USA (Fogell gets knocked out)
140 North Cliffwood Avenue, Brentwood, California, USA (Party at the end)
Overland Avenue and Culver Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA (Bus stop)
California, USA
USA
Sony Pictures Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
These wide range of locations were each hand-picked by a location scout. The location scout is used
to find a perfect location for each scene. The locations are used to make the film seem as realistic as
possible by creating a stereotypical town with everything in such as shops schools etc. In order to do
so they create there own town out of different towns through America. This would also make costs
lower as if it was all in one town it would cost more to shut off the town to film. The location moving
around helps create a sense of neighbourhood as you have shops, schools and friends near by letting
the audience feel familiar with surroundings.

Equipment use in the film - Arriflex 435 ES, Panavision Primo Lenses
Panavision Genesis HD Camera, Panavision Primo Lenses, Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
HDCAM SR (1080p/24) (source format) Super 35 (source format) (high-speed shots)
The camera used in the film was the Arriflex 435 ES these cameras cost $11,000and shoot in high
quality and high fps. This camera was used to get smooths shots but also to give the perception that
youre being a teenager with them getting up to no good.

Actors in the film include - Jonah Hill - Seth

Michael Cera - Evan
Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Fogell
Bill Hader - Officer Slater
Seth Rogen - Officer Michaels
Martha MacIsaac - Becca
Emma Stone - Jules
Aviva Baumann - Nicola (as Aviva)
Joe Lo Truglio - Francis the Driver
Kevin Corrigan - Mark
Clement Blake - Homeless Guy (as Clement E. Blake)
Erica Vittina Phillips - Liquor Store Cashier
Joe Nunez - Liquor Store Clerk (as Joseph A. Nunez)
Dave Franco - Greg the Soccer Player
The main actor in this is Jonah Hill has been in 100,s of movies but is best known for Wolf of wall
street, watch dogs and 21 and 22 jump street. He has even gone to have his directorial debut in
making the film mid 90’s. This film gave him the boost needed to get into the A list limelight. Having
such young talent in the film at the time help make the film more relatable to the youth that will
have watched it as in past films like 21 jumpstreet its quite obvious he’s not young.

MINI – Boyz n the hood

Boyz n the hood budget was - $6,500,000

This film was a very low budget film this helped the film be portrayed as the way they lived with little
money. The fact this film was filmed in 1991 it was quite high production cost for the time but this
showed with the end result and the film being still talk about today with the unique storyline and the
great acting for such a low budget film.

The main load of the budget would’ve been spent on filming and editing as the a tors wouldn’t have
been payed a lot as they just wanted to get a point acroos about how the boyz n the hood live an
why all the violence starts. Makeup artist would’ve been a key part of the budget as to show shot
wounds and scars from previous beefs are cruital to the films story line. The film was shot in a small
radious so traveling didn’t cost much as they didn’t need to pay for everything.

Locations Boyz n the hood was filmed at 5918 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California, USA (Home
of Furious Styles)
5911 Cimarron Street - Los Angeles, California, USA (Baker family home)
5906 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California, USA (Brandi's house)
5330 Chelsey Avenue - Los Angeles, California, USA
(Tre is in bed with a woman)
10106 Woodworth Avenue - Inglewood, California, USA (boys looking at blood from murder scene)
6012 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles, California, USA (Doughboy trying to get back the football)
5360 Crenshaw Boulevard - Los Angeles, California, USA (Tre's mother tells him, "I don't want to see
you end up a drunk in front of one of these liquor stores)
Seoul To Seoul Liquor - 6007 8th Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
Woodworth Elementary School - 3200 W 104th Street, Inglewood, California, USA
3715 South Santa Rosalia Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA (Burger Shack where the boys have
dinner before seeking revenge)
West 104th Street, Inglewood, California, USA
Oliver's Coiffure - 2424 West Jefferson Boulevard - Los Angeles, California, USA (Furious Styles'
office)
Angelus Funeral Home - 3875 Crenshaw Boulevard - Los Angeles, California, USA (Tre Styles and
Ricky Baker get pulled over)
2661 South 5th Avenue @ West 27th Street - Los Angeles, California, USA (Furious Styles teaching
about gentrification)
3833 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA (night time cruising scenes)
Inglewood, California, USA
Lawrence Street, Inglewood, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
10106 Woodworth Avenue, Inglewood, California, USA (kids looking at the bloodstain from a
previous murder)
Location played a key location in this film as its used to show a community and this film does this by
trying to keep it in one community . This would’ve been found by a location scout in finding a run
down community that can show people being together and also finding a location of the oppression.
The location in this film played a massive role of creating a sense of beimg in the hood as they used
more run down areas to create a sense of being deprived to show the struggle the people go
through.

Actors in Boyz n the hood - Lloyd Avery II - Knucklehead #2

Angela Bassett - Reva Styles
Miya McGhee - Female Club Member (as Mia Bell)
Lexie Bigham - Mad Dog
Kenneth A. Brown - Little Chris
Nicole Brown - Brandi - Age 10
Ceal - Sheryl
Morris Chestnut - Ricky Baker
Darneicea Corley - Keisha
John Cothran - Lewis Crump (as John Cothran Jr.)
Ice Cube - Doughboy / Darren
Na'Blonka Durden - Trina (as Na' Blonka Durden)
Susan Falcon - Mrs. Olaf
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson - Officer Coffey (as Jesse Ferguson)
Tyra Ferrell - Mrs. Baker
Laurence Fishburne - Furious Styles (as Larry Fishburne)
There are some big named actors in the films but all are from the same background which bring
significant to the film. The biggest actor being Ice Cube who is well know for films such as Ride along,
Friday and most famously Striaght outta Compton. His past films have all be relevant to this as they
are mostly about being in the hood in general .

Equipment used in boyz n the hood was the Arriflex Camera and Lenses as this is and old film there
wasn’t many cameras to choose from that were on the level of this one for the time. This would’ve
shot every seen and then been edited example of this is the slow motion show of Ricky getting shot.
This camera wouldn’t have been able to shoot in slow-motion show this would’ve been done in the
editing part