I chose this movie in particular due to its serious context and touching story line.
Institutional background
The film studio behind the movie is Lions gate. The company is mostly known for producing controversial movies such as Saw, Dirty Grandpa, Rambo, Kick-Ass etc.
The film was distributed by Icon productions.
No brand loyalty
Precious mostly fits into the Drama genre and is also supposedly known as being in the "indie" genre.
From the trailer, I could tell that the drama genre fit in due to the dramatisation of the scenes, especially the parts where the main character is being abused by her mother.This also fits in with the indie genre as it does look like a low budget, independent movie due to the location and life style of the main character.
Oprah Winfrey is known for having a harsh childhood which relates to the context of the movie. this allows the audience to know that the movie is going to be somewhat as serious compared to the life of Oprah's.
its a matter of timing
UK release date:October 23rd 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFY3jp759c - This was uploaded on 20 may 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsTJqwlWkus - an interview with the main star and another person from the cast. This was uploaded on the 16th of speptember 2009 before the UK release date.
the ratio of people who have given fresh tomatoes to rotten tomatoes is 203:19.
This prominently indicates that a lot people took interest in the film and loved it more than the small amount of people who didn't.
Risky business
The original budget for the film was $10,000,000.
The film made $1,872,458 in the opening week.
As a whole, the movie had a sum of $47,536,959.
judging the from the budget and the gross, it is clear that the movie was a success as its gross is way more than two and a half times of the budget.
Stars in their eyes
The films the director produced previously were well known are the paper boy, empire and the butler.
The movies he'd produced all seem to fit into to the drama genre.
The main star is Gabourey Sidibe who plays the role of precious in the movie.She hasn't seemed to have acted in a movie before precious as they may have been the start of her career.
In the trailer, the director is first mentioned which is then followed by Oprah and Tyler's names as they promote the film.
Precious mostly fits into the Drama genre and is also supposedly known as being in the "indie" genre.
From the trailer, I could tell that the drama genre fit in due to the dramatisation of the scenes, especially the parts where the main character is being abused by her mother.This also fits in with the indie genre as it does look like a low budget, independent movie due to the location and life style of the main character.
Oprah Winfrey is known for having a harsh childhood which relates to the context of the movie. this allows the audience to know that the movie is going to be somewhat as serious compared to the life of Oprah's.
its a matter of timing
UK release date:October 23rd 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urFY3jp759c - This was uploaded on 20 may 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsTJqwlWkus - an interview with the main star and another person from the cast. This was uploaded on the 16th of speptember 2009 before the UK release date.
the ratio of people who have given fresh tomatoes to rotten tomatoes is 203:19.
This prominently indicates that a lot people took interest in the film and loved it more than the small amount of people who didn't.
Risky business
The original budget for the film was $10,000,000.
The film made $1,872,458 in the opening week.
As a whole, the movie had a sum of $47,536,959.
judging the from the budget and the gross, it is clear that the movie was a success as its gross is way more than two and a half times of the budget.
Stars in their eyes
The films the director produced previously were well known are the paper boy, empire and the butler.
The movies he'd produced all seem to fit into to the drama genre.
The main star is Gabourey Sidibe who plays the role of precious in the movie.She hasn't seemed to have acted in a movie before precious as they may have been the start of her career.
In the trailer, the director is first mentioned which is then followed by Oprah and Tyler's names as they promote the film.
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