Production Blog: Film Data

 Before we start filming, I thought it best to study film trends. Because we want a successful film, I thought that we should understand the industry more. As you well know, films often fall into different trends. Most of the time, these trends dictate a film’s success. To understand this concept, let’s look at some recent films. For our bad example, we will discuss Morbius. For our good example, we will discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Both of these films were based on comic book characters and were produced by two rival companies. And as you may know, Morbius was a massive failure in the box offices and did not perform as well as expected. On the other hand, Black Panther was very successful and was loved by most who saw it. One of the trends I saw was practical effects over CGI. This usually refers to explosions, blowing up physical models as opposed to CGI. Because our film is about a murder with a knife, we cannot use practical effects. We can, however, look at trends of theme from around the film world. Historically, murder films have done very well with audiences, consisting of some of the highest-grossing and best-received movies of all time. We aim to replicate the success of the genre and add our own twists. We noticed that films that have plot twists also do well. Although I cannot confirm or deny any plot twists, my advice is to stay on your toes.


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