Film Prodction- The Avengers

Development
1. Where did the idea come from?
The idea has been adapted from the comics and all the other marvel films helped lead up to it
2. Which studios made the film?
Marvel Studios
3. Who owns that studio?
Kevin Feige
4. What was the budget?
$220 Million
5. Who was the producer?
Kevin Feige

Pre-Production

1. Who wrote the script?

Zak Penn
2. Who directed the film?

Joss Whedon
3. Who starred in the film?

Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)

Chris Evans (Captain America)

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)

Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Mark Ruffalo (Hulk)

Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye)

Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson)

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)
4. In which country was it filmed?

USA
5. Which locations were used?

Albuquerque, New Mexico

 Worthington, Pennsylvania

Cleveland, Ohio

Sandusky, Ohio ETC.

Production
1. How long did filming take?
From April 25 to about August 28
2. Which cameras were used?
Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 and Canon EOS 7D SLR cameras were used. High speed shots were filmed with the Arriflex 435 on 35mm film

Post Production
1. Who was the film's editor?
Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek
2. When was the film released in the UK and the USA?
26th April in UK and 4th May in USA
3. What special effects were used?
2200 special effects were used in the film. ILM was the main company involved and were responsible for the helicarrier, Iron Man and Hulk and many other effects.
4. Find three marketing campaigns used for the film?
Marvel films about the avengers in the years leading up to Avengers Assemble all linked to it in some way and were used to get people curious about the film.
Trailers were released to get people interested
There was already a huge fan base for the avengers so a crossover film
5. Find 5 film reviews of the film, summarise them.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/26/avengers-assemble-review
Overall liked the film felt Loki stole the show and Black widow could have had more screen time.
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/the-avengers-assemble
Loved the banter between characters and Hulks character thinks the film is great to watch.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-2132367/The-Avengers-Assemble-film-review-Superhero-onslaught-simply-irresistible.html
Dislikes not knowing why Loki tries to take over earth and thought it was obvious what the ending would be but still thought it was a good film.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/avengers/review/314291
Thinks its the best Marvel film yet.
http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/The-Avengers-5829.html
Thinks each character get a fair share of screen time and thinks the final battle is many times better than any of Marvels previous action sequences.
6. How much did the film make at the UK box office?
£2.5 Million on the opening day and £15.8 million over the weekend
7. How much did the film make at the US box office?
$623.4 million in North America
8. How much did the film make in total?
$1.5 billion
9. How many DVD versions exist?
There are many different versions of the film with extras etc. and ones that come with other Marvel films.
10. When was the film released on DVD/Blu Ray?
September 25 2012