(click through on to YouTube for the StudioCanalUK page)
I'll blog again on '71, Warp's highest-budget production to date, reportedly (
Screen) around £5m ($8.1m), but take note for now that it is officially released on Friday October 10th, with screenings at the National Media Museum in Bradford amongst others:
I'm hoping to attend the 615 Friday screening - keep an eye out for any marketing of this film; if you spot any billboards or cinema stands, take a snap and pass on a picture!
UPDATE: DVD INTERVIEW JANN DEMANGE [Filmmakers' responsibility with representations; his own background/compare to Elizabeth; Film v TV; prioritising the grey or polysemy]
Would we really expect anything less from Warp ... the DVD (out March 9th; cinema release was October 10th 2014) has some useful extras: interviews with the lead, director and screenwriter. The following aren't quite verbatim, but quite close:
We have a real responsibility making films. This was about a really painful period in many people's lives, and we had to keep that thought and not just make choices for audience entertainment.
He raises his background - you could usefully compare this to
Shekhar Kapur getting the gig for
Elizabeth (Indian, no knowledge of the era!), an instance of WT taking a big commercial risk (that paid off handsomely: a $30m film that made $82m and spawned a sequel/franchise).
I'm not your natural choice for this film: my background is French-Algerian, I grew up in London, I'm not even a WASP. But I wanted to focus on the story of the challenges facing young men, not make a political film. It was very important to me to bring out the shades of grey with all the different players, and I made this clear when negotiating with the producers. I have no links to Belfast, it was the screenplay that drew me to this.
Working with television you have much more time to draw out an epic character arc, whereas in film its a mere snapshot and you have to work to make every moment count.
UPDATE: DVD/BLU-RAY SLEEVE DESIGN
Rather stumbled upon this, but very useful context, and real micro-level detail:
I started working on the initial packshot for ’71
back in August 2014 and the final artwork files have just been
sent. It’s rare for me to spend so long on an individual title (unless
the delays are due to production issues!).
The Blu-ray and DVD packaging has gone down a slightly different
route to the Steelbook release. Although using the theatrical artwork as
its base, we wanted to create something that had a more military feel.
The colours were adjusted and a new textures were added to the
background, giving it the khaki texture. There’s also a little
adjustment to the composition in “’71” as well a colour change. Both the
Blu-ray and DVD releases have a cardboard o-ring sleeve, which has an
overall matt varnish with spot UV gloss. The Blu-ray has a cut down
O-ring, which shows the black Blu-ray case at the top.
Source:
Rogue4 Design.
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| Khaki colourscheme the key to this design |
(NORTH LEEDS LIFE): WARP MOST IMPORTANT FILM CO OUTSIDE LONDON?
Great quote here, and a useful one to use in an essay:
“The acclaim for Yann Demange’s ’71 comes as no surprise”, said Hugo Heppell, Head of Investments at Screen Yorkshire and Executive Producer on ‘71. “Its selection for Official Competition at the Berlin Film Festival is much deserved recognition for Yann, Angus, Robin and the whole team at Warp. We are immensely proud to have supported Warp over the last ten years and to see it now as the most significant film production company outside London.”
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