The Life Of A Film

Pretty Woman.

Synopsis
Pretty Woman is about a young lady who is a prostitute on the Hollywood Boulevard. She runs into a man, who at first just seems like business but she blissfully unaware that he could possibly turn into the man that she has always hoped for. The one night night that they were meant to spend together turned into two nights, then three, and then before they know it the rest of their lives. This is her chance to start her life over.

Production Budget
The production budget for Pretty Woman was an estimated $14,000,000. Which for a subsidiary of a Hollywood firm, is quite low in this era. However, the film was made in 1990, and so was a reasonable budget. The production companies which helped Pretty Woman be produced was, Touchstone Pictures and Silver Screen Pictures IV.

Silver Screen Pictures was set up in 1983 for providing full financing for other and their own films. Silver Screen Pictures was put on the stock market for the public, which had raised $82.8 million. After payment of offering costs and fees, aproximatley $74 million was avaliable for investiment in films. Silver Screens fianced seven films between June 1983 and December 1995.

Other Movies They Produced...
Touchstone Pictures also produced Dark Water, Step Up and the recent releases The proposal and Confessions Of A Shopaholic. Silver Screen pictures, haven't released any new films recently. However the ones which they have released are around the year Pretty Woman was released. Beauty and The Beast (1991), True Identity (1991).

Theartical Distributors
Pretty Woman's theatrical distributors were released in four countries, these were. Buena Vista Pictures, in the USA. Buena Vista International in Netherlands, and Warner Bros, in the the Uk and in France.

Home Distributors
Pretty Woman's home distributors were mainly Buena Vista Home Entertainment. They released DVDs In Brazil and Netherlands. They also produced another DVD in Netherlands, this was an extended special edition. They also relased a video of the film in Brazil. Gativideo released a video in Argentina. Touchstone Home Video, released a video in USA. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment just recently released a Blu-Ray Disc in Netherlands.

Box Office Takings
Pretty Woman's box office takings was $11,280,591 in the USA. Its Gross was $178,406,268 in USA. $463,406,268 Worldwide. $285,000,000 Non- USA. The films admissions was 10,571,908 in Germany. The rentals that it earned was m £91,905,000 in USA.

My Media Summer

My favourite film probably has to be...Pretty Woman.

Pretty Woman appealed to me because it isn't like any other film. Pretty Woman's story line was very unique. About a prostitute who ends up marry the man of her dreams, who first started off as a job. The main reason why I like it, is because of the way the film is constructed over all. I like the fact that the woman who started off with a poor job and life, managed to turn herself around with a rich man's touch. I also like it because its a romantic comedy. Comedies are a genre of which I love. This is because whenever I watch a comedy I end up laughing uncontrollably.

I dislike scary films, as I cannot really seem to handle them. I start to cry by the end of most of them. Such as The Final Destination.

My favourite song is... obsessed by Mariah Carey.

I think that this song is very funny, and makes sense. It's about another song artist telling everyone that him and Mariah Carey had something going on. Its appealing because it gives the listeners an insight on the singers life, expressing her feelings and making us laugh. The songs upbeat bass line, also makes the song very appealing. As we are able to sing and dance along to. I like all R&B music really. The reason for this is because, the beat is very high tempo and catchy, making it stick in my head for the day. Whereas personally I find that Rock music gives me a headache, it isn't to my taste.

My favourite radio programme has to be Kiss 100.

I like Kiss because it plays a wide variety of songs. Making it appeal to a wide range of people. Kiss 100 is also a very easy channel to find and has a good quality frequency system. Making it appeal to me because it doesn't start crackling, when I am trying to listen to it. No matter how far out you go, the frequency is still better than other radio stations. It also appeals to me because, of the amount of things which you can win on the shows. From concert tickets to going on tour with a celebrity.

My favourite TV programme has probably got to be Hollyoaks. I like Hollyoaks because it is very dramatic and keeps you on the edge. I mainly like it because there are a lot of young people in it, and so it appeals to me. It relates to many of the young teenagers situations. I also like it because it has a element of humour to it at times. The cliffhangers at the end of each programme make me want to watch the next episode, and I wouldn't want to miss it!