For my contemporary media text I have chosen ‘Night at the Museum’, this is because I feel it is a fairly interesting and exciting text to choose. It has a lot of actors and it has a very simple story line. Although I have chosen this text I found it extremely difficult to find articles and books to research key concepts. It is a more or less a family film and was released in England cinemas 26th December 2006. This was a brilliant time for this particular movie to be released because of the fact it was after Christmas and families were together.
It is a 2006 American adventure comedy film. It is based on the book ‘The Night at the Museum’, by Milan Trenc. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny. He applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night.
I have based this on CGI (computer generated imagery), to see if they have used too much and whether they have used it to their advantages. This is because most films are now using too much CGI and it can ruin films. ‘Night at the Museum’ is based in a history museum and has many different rooms. For example we have an African room which shows African animals. In this room there is a particular animal; Dexter the monkey who likes to steal the night guards keys. A particularly hilarious scene and no matter what scene it is funny. We also have an Egyptian room which has an ancient tablet which belongs to a Pharaoh, Akmen-Ra, was brought to the museum; everything comes to life each night. However, if the exhibits are outside of the museum by sunrise, they turn to dust.
The three older night guards, Cecil (Dick Van Dyke), Gus (Mickey Rooney) and Reginald (Bill Cobbs), soon to be retired give him a quick tour and advise him to leave some of the lights on. They also warn him not to let anything "in... or out" – which Larry seems to find puzzling – and leave him with a well-worn booklet of typed pages: the 'instruction manual'.
My favourite scene of the film is when An Easter Island Head tells Larry (Ben Stiller) – whom he christens "Dum-Dum" – to give him some "gum-gum". This is particularly funny because of the way he talks to him.
Katie Lewis
Larry goes to the displays where he is stunned by the miniature civilization and is caught between a battle with the miniature cowboy display led by Jedediah Smith (Owen Wilson) and the miniature Roman legion display led by Gaius Octavius.
Jasmine Lee
Figures for this film were:
*£1,162,754 (UK) (28 January 2007) (458 Screens)
*£1,414,066 (UK) (21 January 2007) (474 Screens)
£1,939,335 (UK) (14 January 2007) (471 Screens)
£2,958,093 (UK) (7 January 2007) (487 Screens)
£7,690,312 (UK) (31 December 2006)(488 Screens)
Overall the film made a very positive appearance and doubled its filming price.
It won 4 nominations that were:
*Saturn Award for best fantast Film
*Blimp award for favourite Movie
*MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Ben Stiller
* Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or
Younger Jake Cherry
2 comments:
Well done, Katie - this is excellent so far. You might want to have a look at the advertising campaign which accompanied this film, to consider why it was successful.
Full figures for the film: http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/MUSEM.php
http://www.411mania.com/movies/film_reviews/48992
http://www.thereeler.com/features/stop_the_presses.php
This film was the most lame story line i have seen for a very long time. It shows how poor the film industry has become. Like the blog ssite though
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