Background on Dredd 2012

These facts are based on the film Dredd. The director of the film was Pete Travis, he has also directed other films including... Vantage Point (2008), Omagh (2004) and many others. The stars of this film are Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. They are the two main judges of this film. The release date was the 7th September 2012. People rated this film a 7/10. The film is a violent futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge. It was released in the US USA India and  South Africa. It was certificated an 18 and the genre was a sci-fi and action film, the running time of the film was 95 minutes and it could also be viewed in 3D. The tag lines were that judgement was coming. The studios it was filmed in were, Cape Town Film Studios, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The budget of this film was an estimated $35.000,000, on the opening weekend, 21st september2012 it made $6,278,491 and finally the gross of the film was $13,401,683 in the USA on the 26th October 2012.The special effects used are slow motion, the director, Pete wanted to stretch timeso that 20 seconds would become 2 minutes in reality. He used a drug to slow time down, this was called 'slo-mo' so as actors were falling, the camera angles and shots can all be shot and show in slow motion. The camera shots and angles were used were varied from a wide angle to a close up shot, close up shots were used to show peoples reactions and facial expressions. The mise en scene is used throughout. However when the film was given the greenlight in film production and was shown in cinemas and sold on the shelf for the first time the movie unfortunatly lost a mass amount of money.

The films big marketing scheme was a site it was published in august 2012 and was called the virtual advertising site, the site featured a video condemming the use of slo-mo and new links about the film. Also many posters and adrvertisments were used to spread the news about this film that was coming soon. This film recived awards from the IMP which was the internet poster awards. Other awards won were and Empire award for the best film produced in 3D and a Golden Trailer award fpr the best thriller TV spot. My personal opinion of the film was unexpected, when we first started to watch the film i didnt think i woyuld enjoy it because it seemed like a typical 'boys' film however, becase on of the main characters was a filmale i think this is the reason i enjoyed it more as i could relate to the film. I would reccomend this film to others as it has a fast paces and creates tension and gives you an adrenilin rush whilst watching the film.