Jordan Wells' AS Media blog: September 2015

Thursday 24 September 2015

Ex Machina Research

Ex Machina

The Producer/Producers

Ex Machina was produced by Andrew Mcdonald and Allen Reich.

The Director

Ex Machina was directed by Alex Garland. Ex Machina was his directorial debut. Alex Garland also wrote 28 days later and the sequel 28 weeks later as well as Dredd.

Screen writer

The film was both directed and written by Alex Garland. Alex Garland is an experienced screen writer as he has written for Danny Boyle.

Actors

Alicia Vikander as Ava
Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb Smith
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
Sonoya Mizuno as Kyoko
Symara A. Templeman as Jasmine
Elina Alminas as Amber
Gana Bayarsaikhan as Jade
Tiffany Pisani as Katya
Claire Selby as Lily
Corey Johnson as Jay the helicopter pilot

budget

Ex Machina's budget was 15 million.

Screens shown on and gross/ box office

Opening Weekend$250,000 (USA) (12 April 2015) (4 Screens)€38,500 (Netherlands) (3 May 2015) (8 Screens)Gross$25,434,333 (USA) (23 August 2015)$25,405,058 (USA) (2 August 2015)$25,361,484 (USA) (19 July 2015)$25,233,155 (USA) (9 July 2015)$24,954,673 (USA) (21 June 2015)$24,330,000 (USA) (7 June 2015)$23,587,000 (USA) (31 May 2015)$21,947,000 (USA) (24 May 2015)$19,566,000 (USA) (17 May 2015)$16,705,000 (USA) (15 May 2015)$15,762,000 (USA) (10 May 2015)$10,924,000 (USA) (3 May 2015)$6,827,930 (USA) (26 April 2015)$250,000 (USA) (12 April 2015)$36,659,611 (Worldwide) (9 July 2015)$26,187,268 (Worldwide) (15 May 2015)€89,727 (Netherlands) (6 May 2015)$29,501 (Portugal) (15 May 2015)$5,349,500 (USA) (24 April 2015) (1,255 Screens)$25,440,971 (USA) (30 August 2015)

Music (composer)

The musical score for Ex Machina was composed by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, who previously worked with Garland on Dredd (2012). A soundtrack album was released digitally on 20 January 2015, with an LP and Compact Disc UK release in February 2015 by Invada Records.

Marketing

Marketing of the film included Trailers, Teaser Trailers, posters, social media such as Facebook profiles, Instagram and Twitter accounts. TV Spots also help to advertise the film on television.

SFX (Special Effects)

The work on Ex Machina was divided amongst four facilities. Double Negative created the android, Ava. Milk VFX created Ava’s brain, “Ava vision” and did a number of monitor inserts and clean-up effects. Utopia created a CG mobile phone for Caleb and added extra CG buildings to the Norwegian location plates. Web FX provided a number of clean-up and monitor composites.

New Casuals

New Casuals are football mad lads with a love of underground club music and understated fashion – but will move to the next thing once it becomes predictable…

I think that I am a New Casual because I always wear understated fashion and I like to dress sharp and in a way that makes me look smart. I am not a football mad lad but I think that I fit the other description parts. I mainly wear the clothing of the mods and skinheads of the 1980s which I think is understated. I think that I like to model myself through the branding styles of some of my favourite actors such as Jack O'Connell, Joseph Gilgun and Michael Socha as their fashion appeals to me most.

Friday 18 September 2015

The Man, The Woman

The Man:

I think that the man is possibly homeless as his clothes are dirty and he clearly hasn't shaved or cut his hair in a long time. His clothes are also patchy to show that he has cobbled parts together that ripped over time. The man is also smoking which nowadays is seen as dirty and unhygienic which is obvious. Maybe for a living, the man sells the big issue or gives people directions whilst also collecting money as he doesn't have much if any. The Man's story might be that he is homeless and is on the street collecting money from passers by. He uses the money to support his nicotine addiction. He does this through cigarette smoking. I think that he looks homeless as he has parts of his clothes that are patched up as he has clearly been wearing them for a long time.

The Man 2:

I think that this man is more confident as he takes pride in his appearance and he spends a lot of money on expensive clothes. The man possibly makes clothes for a living and is in fashion design. I think that their story could be that they are on their way home from their job either at a fashion design place or a magazine designer office.

The Woman:

I think that the woman is possibly on her way home from work where she has to dress appropriately and has to carry around a lot of things such as books and other pieces of paper work. I think that for a living she is a teacher due to the nature of her clothes, her glasses and the fact that she is carrying around possible work. I know this because it is typically the way a teacher would dress.