Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
Director - Jonathan Glazer (English) - Also produced Sexy Beast, a British crime film.
Produced by - James Wilson, Nick Wechsler
Based on - Under The Skin novel by Michael Faber
Produced by - James Wilson, Nick Wechsler
Based on - Under The Skin novel by Michael Faber
Budget - £8 million (low budget independent film)
Box Office - £2.5 million
Stars - Scarlett Johansson, Adam Pearson, Paul Brannigan. Relatively low budget actors aside from Johansson. One big name can attract a wider set of audience although we know this film is an Art House film.
Box Office - £2.5 million
Stars - Scarlett Johansson, Adam Pearson, Paul Brannigan. Relatively low budget actors aside from Johansson. One big name can attract a wider set of audience although we know this film is an Art House film.
Issues in Production - Locations were hard come by and locations needed to be altered to fit the desired effects of portrayal. Tree tops were cut off to allow more natural daylight onto the set when the dense tree tops were were in abundance.
Misc. Info.
- Glazer tells us that the view point that the character takes on the film is from the aliens perspective and therefore tried to use the correct visual language to try and make the audience feel this alienation and distance from the world around them.
- We understand that Art House cinema does not attract the biggest audience and therefore doesn't make it onto the big screens. These films don't attract huge audiences because they are sometimes difficult to understand and therefore wider audiences are not addressed, for example younger audiences may not understand the deeper meanings. Also dark scenes within Under the Skin can put off a younger, less mature audience. A scene which entails a couple and their dog drowning could be saddening and off putting to a young audience.
- Glazer includes long takes of the general public walking around, no extras. They do not know they are being filmed and this can add to the appeal of the alienation within the audience. People's real reactions and real conversations to add to the realism and involvement of the outside world.
- Glazer tells us that the view point that the character takes on the film is from the aliens perspective and therefore tried to use the correct visual language to try and make the audience feel this alienation and distance from the world around them.
- We understand that Art House cinema does not attract the biggest audience and therefore doesn't make it onto the big screens. These films don't attract huge audiences because they are sometimes difficult to understand and therefore wider audiences are not addressed, for example younger audiences may not understand the deeper meanings. Also dark scenes within Under the Skin can put off a younger, less mature audience. A scene which entails a couple and their dog drowning could be saddening and off putting to a young audience.
- Glazer includes long takes of the general public walking around, no extras. They do not know they are being filmed and this can add to the appeal of the alienation within the audience. People's real reactions and real conversations to add to the realism and involvement of the outside world.
