Thursday, 30 October 2008

More about wider context

Social:
Domino raises a large amount of social issues such as gun crime and drugs. Throughout the film we the contenious use of guns. However, in the beggining we do not see any violence at all but Domino Harvey (Keira Knightly) gets dragged into a world of guns and violence. This could relate to the teenage target audience of this film as they could have had similar experiences.

Also, Gun crime is a rising issue in the United states therefore this film could appeal to alot of american because it is more likely for them to be aware of guns and crimes involving guns. At the same tim ethis film could be aimed at other target audiences from other countries to raise their awareness of the ocial prblems in the United States Of America.

Historical:
Domino is based on a true story and in 1994 Tony Scott, the director, read an article on Domino Harvey a bounty hunter who was one of the few female bounty hunters. He visited where she lived and he asked her for the rights to make a film about her life. She agreed therefore Tony Scott started to research her and her bounty hunter collegues Ed Martinez and Choco. Unfortunatly, Domino died about a month before the release of the film.

This is important as it highlights the films realasim and how authentic it is as Tony Scott did not rely on secondary resources.

A quite old, historical film which underlines women's dependency and power is Erin Brokovich which stars Julie Roberts as an independent single mother who takes issues into her own hands and saves thousands of people by doing so. In the olden days and even the 20th century it was unusual to see a woman taking a lead role and 'saving the day' However today the amount of films that including masculine woman who take a manly, lead role are increasing. An example of this is Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Wanted.

Economical:
The films release was delayed several times however at the end it was released on te 14th October 2005 and in its first weekend, it gained $4,670,120. The film was out in theaters for another 4 weeks and ended up gaining $10,169,202. In foriegn countries, the film gained $12,775,300, therefore overall, worldwide, the film made $22,944,502. Even though that is alot of money, the outcome shows the loss of the film as the estimated budget of the film was $50,000,000.

Political:

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