Analysing movies:

Characteristics of a mainstream film – Spectre:High budget –Number of cars: - It was definitely a high budget film, as they spent £24 million alone, on blowing up 7 super cars (Aston martin DB10). Daniel Craig, also known as Bond, was the driver of these cars. - A Land Rover was engulfed by a fireball, a Land Rover costs a lot of money. - Millions of pounds, worth of vehicles were written off, through the streets of Rome. - In Rome, they spent the whole night recording and smashing up cars, for four seconds of the film. - Spectre in total, cost £200 million, as it was the most expensive bond film made.Actors and actresses:- Daniel Craig: Who is worth £95 million, was the main actor on Spectre- Monica Belluci: She is worth, £45 million, and stars in Spectre, as a Bond girl. - Lea Seydoux: She has a net worth of £5 million, and also stars in Spectre, as a Bond girl. Locations where Spectre has been shot: The action took place in a number of places, such as:- Mexico city,- Austria,- Rome- and London. They picked out these specific places, as its appealing, and it'll look good in the film. Product placement:In the film, they used plenty of well known branded product's, for example: - Bond’s Omega watch- A Sony phone - The back of a Land Rover- Roll’s Royce- Aston martin cars- Jaguar C-X75- Fiat 500

Characteristics of an independent film – Florence foster Jenkins:

Lower production –It was definitely a low budget film, as they didn’t spend too much money, in total they spent: ‘$19,000,000’, which is estimated.

Resource's and equipment:Not much equipment's were used, whilst making this film, as it wasn’t very well known.

Availability in cinema:The movie itself wasn’t very popular, it was only viewed in a few countries, for example: United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania

Actors/actresses: The actors weren’t well known either, the main character was: Meryl Streep and another character people would recognize is: Simon Helberg, as he was an actor in The Big Bang Theory.

Characteristics of a niche film – Little White Lies:

The movie itself is very different and unique, its not like the other mainstream or independent films.

Target audience: The target audience is specifically, for sixth form/college and university students, you don’t get that with the other mainstream or independent movies.

Funds:

They didn’t have many makeup artists, stunts or costume designs. In conclusion, little white lies wasn’t something that was popular, neither was it something that was worth spending a lot of money on.