Sunday 16 November 2014

Honey trap

Director: Rebecca Johnson.
Writer: Rebecca Johnson.
Staring Actors: ~ Lucien Laviscount.
                              ~ Ntonga Mwanza
                              ~ Jessica Sula.
Release Date: 17 October 2014 (UK) 
Filming Locations: Brixton, London, England, UK Company Credits
Producers: ~ Sarah Sullick.
                      ~ Amy Ricker.
Editor: John Dwelly 
Duration Of Film: 93 minutes (1 hour and 33 minutes) 

UK Distribution:
 Anchor Bay.


This is an independent film and is therefore is on a low budget, I have found that it has only been shown on the screen in cinemas. I cannot find any information indicating  whether the film will be released on to DVD, however is being shown in the British Film Festival. All that I do know, is that it seems to be a brilliant film and I personally would love to go and see the film. 


As the film is an independent film, as I have already mentioned, meaning it was on a very low budget when making, and therefore couldn't  publicize the film as successfully compared to a high budget Hollywood film.  So I assume they advertised it in the media using social networking sites, for example twitter to get the word around. Seeing as Honeytrap was being screened in the British Film Festival, I'm sure they would have been advertising the film and screening of it on their websites and perhaps even had posters to advertise


Anchor bay distributed the movie. This is good and anchor bay also distributed other movies which is experiance. They have distributed films like sin city, a bell for Christmas and giver. This film was released locally to different cinemas i dont think it was good that that distributed it locally as they may not get views worldwide. This could have improved the amount of views by a lot


They marketed this movie particularly to young urban youths i think this is a fairly good audience as they are normally intersted in these type of movies as it has a sly link to them. They marketized they're movie on applications aswell i think this is good as plenty of people use applications in our generation. They used applications like whatsapp and bbm. They also used social media sites like Facebook twitter and tumble this is good as it helps their movie get about.



They are going to release this movie fully in February 2015 in west end cinema this is good as there are plenty of tourists there which may also watch the movie giving the movie honey trap a wider fan base. However now they have a restricted release and they are only releasing it on 2 screens uve cinema and a cinema at west end.

Monday 20 October 2014

Case Study: Honeytrap.


Producer: (There is no producer)

Director: Rebecca Johnson.                      

Editor: John Dwelly.

Honeytrap writer/director Rebecca Johnson and editor John Dwelly at the BFI London Film Festival opening gala party.
Starring: 

  • Jessica Sula 


  • Lucien Laviscount 


  • Ntonga Mwanza 


  • Naomi Ryan 

Genre: Urban Drama

What is the film about?
The film was set in Brixton, London, and is about a 15 year old girl called Layla who gets dragged into gang activity and sets up the boywho is in love with her to be killed.

Release Date: 17th October 2014

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfCeClJEFI








HoneyTrap Work


Set in Brixton , the film is about Layla , a 15 year old teen who gets sucked into gang life and is sent out to set up a boy who has fallen in love with her to be killed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na30ze8aU4ATaking the real life story about the young man who faced this same tragic fate , this film explores the criminal side of Brixton , and the criminal side of this young teenage girls mind. This film is a low budget independent film , meaning it won't take the same precautions Guardians of The Galaxy did to be promoted or distributed , simply because they cannot afford it.This isn't the first film to have targeted this soft topic
A film was made many years ago , highlighting the dreaded Honey Trap Incident known as My Murder. My murder was the exact same story , a girl using love to lead a boy to death. However with Honey Trap , a change of character names and location - to the heavily gang influenced Brixton - gives a different perspective. But unlike guardians of the galaxy this film didn't have the means or finances to have a huge impact on the film industry. The film was first shown in The Ritzy in Brixon for the British Film Festival.  Who was involved?In terms of star power the cast of this film are not world renowned superstars. However they are well known enough in London to make this film watchable for their target audience of teenagers. These actors include Jessica Sula (Skins) , Lucian Laviscount (Waterloo Road , Coronation Street , Big Brother) , Ntonga Mwanza (Leave to remain) and Naomi Ryan (Doctor Who). While they are no the most decorated actors and actresses , these are decently well known for their work in London aimed at teenagers. The director and producer Rebecca has also been involved in the writing of other shows and short films such as Top Girl , Electric and that sinking feeling.


Honeytrap Case Study

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfCeClJEFI - Honey Trap Trailer

Info

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfCeClJEFI

Directed by 

Rebecca Johnson

Writing Credits 


Rebecca Johnson

Set in Brixton, London, HONEYTRAP tells the story of fifteen year-old Layla who gets sucked into gang activity and sets up the boy who's in love with her to be killed.

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