Tuesday, 1 March 2016

P1(a) Ownership

Media Ownership

Meaning

Media Ownership refers to a business and who runs it and controls the decision made by the company, for example a public limited company will be owned by shareholders who buy shares in the company.

Private Ownership is when a company is independant and is not run but a group of individuals in the public or as a subsidiary of other companies.

Purpose

Media ownership is an important part of the film, television and music production industry, knowing what footage or song belongs to who is important as not knowing could put a producer in legal trouble very quickly and could end up ruining careers.
The Weinstein Company is an independant multinational mini-major film studio and is responsible for producing a wide range of films. The films made by The Weinstein Company usually are set for a wide market with big bio-pic films for any age like The King's Speech or My Week With Marilyn to blockbuster blood-filled Tarantino driven films like Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained.

The Weinstein Company is a privately owned company, Bob Weinstein, one of the founders, being the co owner with his brother Harvey. The company is owned by the family that brought it into life, the brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein who split from their previous jobs at the-then Disney owned film studio Miramax. A privately owned company like TWC (The Weinstein Company) very often have a very small number of company owners, although if they were to launch and sell shares, by becoming a publicly owned company, then they could be owned by practically anyone. As TWC is not owned as a subsidiary by any other company, such as Disney which has become famous for its diverse subsidiaries, TWC has full creative and business control on what they produce. I will be basing my case study/analysis on the film Django, produced by The Weinstein Company.

As the Weinstein Company is a private company it has not released a large amount of information on its leadership and as the company was only formed in 2005, it does not have a large heritage to research, it is still simply owned by the same people who founded it 10 years ago. Being a private ownership allows TWC to retain total control of the business and keeps the profits within the company, as apposed to giving large amounts of dividends.

An advantage of being privately owned means a large amount of the company's information and financial reports can be kept private, meaning that they only have to give the information to stakeholders and whoever they need to show it to.

TWC is also a parent company Dimension films and Radius TWC. They both have separate obvious purposes (Shown Below).

Radius is a multi-media and multi-platform distribution and production studio, it prides itself on being the "first studio division dedicated to both multi-platform VOD and theatrical distribution" - http://radiustwc.com/about/. Radius acts as a 'label' of TWC.


TWC is a multi-national distribution company as its films reach a wide range of audiences around the globe this has become exceptionally easy with the internet and similar forms of transporting information. They have translated most of their films into a variety of languages such as French, Italian and Mandarin. Although the company does not fully operate in those countries it must have employees present in those countries in order to deliver the film to cinemas and begin work on advertisement.

P1(b) Operating Model

Meaning and Purpose

An operating model describes and shows how a business functions and is managed, it can include staff positions, locations and the products produced by the company.

Viewing a companies operating model helps to show the way in which they do business, it can provide insight into how products such as films or songs are made and the time span in which this process takes place. It can also give extra information about the company's future, e.g. Who will be the CEO in 10 years?

Management Overview

The management of The Weinstein Company has changed over the past few recent years as the founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein have consistently been chairmen of the company however.

Production:

During the production phase of filmmaking The Weinstein Company assists funding and hiring of people for the director, in the case of Django this being Quentin Tarantino, as the company is featured in Django as the production company it is certain that at least part of the production process was paid for by TWC.

Distribution:

As The Weinstein Company runs it's own distribution the advertisement of the movie is also paid for by the Weinstein Company, this is a big expense as an average television spot for a 3 minute trailer is between 3 and 25 thousand dollars per commercial on tv and in a movie theater.

Exhibition:

Screening the movies also comes down to the Weinstein Company, it costs nothing to the company as the production instead receives half of the box office rewards the cinema takes in through ticket sales. As Django Unchained made 425.4 million USD in the box office through ticket sales alone this means the company received 212.7 million USD, this does not include the sales of DVDs which the Weinstein Company also pays for.


In the film industry there are 5 key departments which all need to be controlled and maintained in order to create a final product; Management, Photo/Cinematography, Sound, Art and Editing. In a feature film these components are very important to make the film worth watching. When the script is finished it takes all of the departments working well together to ensure decisions are made, for example: say the film is Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone, at the end of the movie there is a scene where the freakish form of Voldemort's host Quirrel dies, as the form of Voldemort is not simply an actor but rather a cgi character placed on the back of the actors head all departments were needed for this, The Art department was needed to make the concepts for the face, to do this they would have to consult management (director) to ensure they were getting the right image for the character. The sound designer then also had to work with the Art department and Director to ensue they made the voice produced by the ghoulish character was as the director intended and fit with the art departments concept. The photography department then had to work with all other departments to get the shot and ensure actors. The sound team was also have to record these shots to make sure actors reactions were possible to hear. The editor along with the director would then put all of the work form the departments together to create the final effect. All departments were needed for a single scene. This is how all large film scenes work as shown below.


In this scene in Django Unchained all departments of the production company were needed, from Art to make the costumes and props to editing to ensure the timing of the final punchline was delivered correctly.  TWC uses this operating model clearly while retaining main control of the production as company directors Harvey and Bob Weinstein commonly reign as executive producers, the highest ranking people on the film set.

However the company does not to simply make the films, it also has to ensure legal and ethical issues are met, distribute the film and advertise the film's release. These departments of the company also work closely with the creative department previously mentioned as the trailers and banners for the film need to correctly show the message of the film for example a film like Django shouldn't be advertised as a family friendly movie as that can put the legal team in trouble for misrepresentation.

P1(c) Products

Meaning and purpose

The products of a company are the items and services sold and marketed by the company. They are the main point of revenue for the company, and in the film industry especially are the only things the company is ever known for, for instance Disney is known for family films, not customer service.

The products of TWC are primarily motion picture films or 'movies'. These are released commonly as the company tries to capitalise as much as it can on the rapidly growing film market.

The list below show the top 10 highest grossing films that The Weinstein Company has produced in the last decade. my chosen film to analyse, Django, being at the top of the list which a domestic gross of $162 million dollars which counts america's attitude of the film alone.


The Weinstein Company primarily works in fiction films and television shows, however they do produce a very large range of media including subsidiary Radius TWC producing online content for the web-savvy youth of society. The products that TWC is known for most would be the most recent works of Quentin Tarantino and Both Bob and Harvey Weinstein have had a relationship with the director since his 1994 classic Pulp Fiction, produced by Miramax, where Harvey and Bob were working at the time.

Each film produced does not only sell tickets though, the films are also translated into different forms of media, being sold on iTunes and DVD, there may also be contracts with online distributors such as the Netflix streaming service. 

All of the films and some television shows produced by TWC also have posters and available merchandise relevant to the movies produced. This will mostly be in the form of posters.




The Hateful Eight is one of the Weinstein Company's most recent film production, directed by Quentin Tarantino it was released in the winter of 2015 and continued in British cinemas to the start of 2016.

The Iron Lady


An intriguing view into the life of one of Britain's most notorious prime ministers.

Inglorious Basterds


Tarantino's look at the holocaust, jews killing the nazis? Why not?

Killing Them Softly


Piranha 3D


A sexed up version modern look at tales such as jaws, the water is never safe. This animal-horror was made in

SCREAM 4


The fourth instalment in the extremely popular horror franchise, a classic tale with a not so classic twist.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For


In this neo-noir style of a moving comic - crime is all the rage, but who will throw the last punch? And who will fire the last bullet?...

The King's Speech


When a future king starts to stutter stadiums grow quiet, but can a voice therapist help him bring back the sound of a nation? This bio-pic looks at the life of an extraordinarily true story.

Silver Linings Playbook


When those considered 'crazy' by society meet they find they can connect on more levels than previously possible, one of them just wants help winning their ex back though.

My Week With Marilyn


A bio-pic into the life of a young man with a controversial story, it seems Marilyn was the good girl most people thought she was at the time.

Django Unchained


Django, a recently freed slave, wants revenge on the people who took his wife, and he's not stopping for anything less than death itself. The 7th film by Quentin Tarantino takes a new look at the slave tale in this blood filled action epic.

The Fighter


An aspiring boxer tries to finally work around his brother's shadow instead of staying in it. But his brother has other plans, this boxing film quickly became recognised as a modern day classic of its genre.

Merchandise

The Weinstein Company offers no official merchandise relating to its films, as this is usually reserved for the larger companies. Although the occasional tee shirt or phone case is sold online this is mostly fan made merchandise and not produced officially by the company but rather the company accepts royalties on the use of logos or imagery form their movies in these products. It does however sell it's rights to merchandise to companies who make posters for the film as well as promotional material, an example of this can be seen below:


P1(d) Market Position

A market position is a ranking position for companies in a competitive market, such as film distribution, the position shows how much influence a certain company has in the market and how big they are compared to competitors, this is determined on how much of the revenue the industry takes in is given to each company, it effectively shows the success of each company and ranks them accordingly.

The Weinstein Company comes in as the 9th most successful distributor of film in the market in 2015 and in 2016 January-Present (May). For the past ten years The Weinstein Company has stayed in the range between 8th and 12th, their current market share is 1.4% with the latest increase in other market leaders' production, such as the release of the movie Zootropolis, has made the market more condesed into the top four market leaders; Disney, Fox, Warner and Paramount.


Weinstein is hoping to increase its market share this year by producing on average 1 more. However in recent months they dropped from 9th at the beginning of the year to 10th overall.



Current Market Leader: The Walt Disney Company / Buena Vista



Disney currently stands at the top of the market and for the past 4 years it hasn't dropped below 2nd place in the market, beaten only by Warner Bros, Universal and 20th Century Fox in those years. Disney has been helped to gain the lead at this stage in the year with its very successful releases of Star Wars Episode 7 and Zootropolis. Disney also looks poised to stay at the top this year with other big budget films such as Finding Dory and The BFG.





P1(e) Competitors

Meaning and Purpose

A competitor is a rival company which takes up space in the same market as yours, for instance in cars there is competition between Ford and BMW as they both occupy the same market. The same is true for film. Competition is extreme in the film industry as there is so much content produced per year that the market is slowly becoming saturated, allowing for niché companies to triumph as the mainstream becomes more and more dull to consumers.

Competitors

All film companies have a current market share, some are much larger that TWC, such as Walt Disney Pictures or Warner Bros Studios however some are much smaller like Hollywood Pictures and Blue Sky. TWC has a very large amount of competition however it's films have been making more and more money suggesting that Weinstein may, with a few more good films, be moving towards a brighter and more profitable future.

TWC has an edge on a lot of companies due to its seemingly exclusive relationship with the world famous director Quentin Tarantino who is exceptionally controversial and finds it easy to stay in the spotlight, every new movie released by Tarantino is a hit and his fans are exceptionally dedicated to seeing what he will come out with next. However while Weinstein has this to their advantage other companies such as Disney and Warner Bros have connections to even bigger directors such as Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. Weinstein does not need to beat the larger companies however, it simply need stop grow and produce more and more content. If this is done the company will keep, or even raise, its market share and will become more and more of a household name.

There is a big advantage to this amount of competition which would be that it means tastes are rapidly adapted for as there is so much content there is bound to be a film out there that someone will like, this means there is growth in the industry as more and more people become interested in the multi-billion dollar industry. The disadvantage however would be that the profits per company slowly go down as competition fills in the market.

As Weinstein normally views a niche market of film-goers it is difficult to say who truly competes with the company in terms of business, as films are released at very different and difficult to predict times The Weinstein Company could compete with a large variety of companies, these include:

Paramount Pictures


Paramount Pictures is one of the most recognised brands of film production and is a major competitor in the film industry acting as the market leader in family friendly cinema having produced family classic such as Forrest Gump and Iron Man.

Columbia Pictures



Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer



Warner Brothers Studios



Touchstone




Walt Disney Pictures


Walt Disney being the largest and most powerful film company in the world is the clear market leader for cinema in the current market.

BBC



Miramax


Miramax having been the original place of work for the founders of TWC, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, would perhaps be one of TWC closed competition as the companies struggle over the same niché market.

Hollywood Pictures



Blue Sky



Trimark

P2(a-g) Analysis of a Media Product

My Chosen Media Product - Django Unchained

Type of Media: Film
Company: The Weinstein Company


The Film's Purpose

Of course for The Weinstein Company this film was not primarily to break social views and genre normalities, which it did, it was made to sell box office tickets and dvd/online sales of the film. In this aspect the film did brilliantly, winning two oscars and becoming an international success in terms of sales, it became one of the most watched westerns of all time in 2013, just after its release in December of 2012. The film was made with the driving force of its writer and director, Quentin Tarantino, who ever since its production has been campaigning for the equality of black people in America. 

The Film's Genre

This film was designed to take a new look at the classic western style, with the lead as a freed slave named killing off white criminals as a bounty hunter, this of course is a brand new look at the genre as usually in old westerns black actors would not appear, and if they did they would not be featured for very long and would play a minor part, this theme of diverting from the normalities of the genre is extremely common in the works of its director, Quentin Tarantino, who The Weinstein Company has worked with in the last 15 years quite frequently. The western/action genre has become increasingly popular in modern media as it represents a throwback to a golden age of cinema with the likes of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen.

The Film's Style

As a classic Quentin Tarantino film should be, Django Unchained is a gore-filled, comedic and incredibly entertaining movie. Lasting approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes it does tend to be seen as too long for the cinematic generation of today's faster and easier to bore youth, however for true film fans who grew up with westerns on VHS or Betamax this film really hits the mark with witty one liners and a barrage of blood boiling battery. The comedic style lightens the theme which is essentially a freed slave killing white people for revenge while also searching for his long lost love.

The Film's Content 


Narrative Structure

Plot Summary from IMDb

"In 1858, in Texas, the former German dentist Dr. King Schultz meets the slave Django in a lonely road while being transported by the slavers Speck Brothers. He asks if Django knows the Brittle Brothers and with the affirmative, he buys Django for him. Then Dr. Schultz tells that he is a bounty hunter chasing John, Ellis and Roger Brittle and proposes a deal to Django: if he helps him, he would give his freedom, a horse and US$ 75.00 for him. Django accepts the deal and Dr. Schultz trains him to be his deputy. They kill the brothers in Daughtray and Django tells that he would use the money to buy the freedom of his wife Broomhilda, who is a slave that speaks German. Dr. Schultz proposes another deal to Django: if he teams-up with him during the winter, he would give one-third of the rewards and help him to rescue Broomhilda. Django accepts his new deal and they become friends. After the winter, Dr. Schultz goes to Gatlinburgh and learns that Broomhilda was sold to the ruthless Calvin Candie von Shaft, who lives in the Candyland Farm, in Mississippi. Dr. Schultz plots a scheme with Django to lure Calvin and rescue Broomhilda from him. But his cruel minion Stephen is not easily fooled."

(Selected Scene)

My selected scene from Django Unchained to discuss and analyse is an early scene where Django and his accomplice Dr. Shultz are attempting to claim a bounty on three men that used to torture Django and his wife Broomhilda.

To provide back story to the scene about to be viewed here is a character list and explanation of the plot previous to the scene:

DJANGO


Django is the main protagonist of the film, played by Jamie Foxx, Django is a slave who has spent his life being tortured and brutalised by his masters, he fell in love on a plantation to a girl named Broomhilda. After Django is sold and ripped from his love by the savage owners of his previous plantation he is walked to his new buyer's place of business when the group he is travelling with is stopped mysteriously by a man in a dentist's wagon.

DR KING SHULTZ


The man in the dentist's wagon being Dr King Shultz, a retired dentist who has found a new life as an aspiring bounty hunter hoping to right wrongs in the world by ending dangerous criminals and doing his best to stop slavery as he states "I believe slavery is a horrid thing". Dr Shultz frees the group of slaves due to Django's previous planation workers being on his kill list of criminals. Django agrees with the doctor to point out the workers if Dr Shultz helps him get his wife back, the two continue the adventure from there.

BROOMHILDA


Broomhilda is Django's wife who we only see later in the film as Django attempts to rescue her from the clutches of a horrific slave owner named Calvin Candy, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Broomhilda is Django's main driving force in everything that he does and is his main goal throughout the movie.

The Plot Until This Scene

Django is a slave who has recently been sold at auction, he is walking in a group of slaves on the way to the next plantation. They are stopped however, by a man named Dr. King Shultz, a bounty hunter who wishes to buy Django due to Django's knowledge of three criminals on Dr. Shultz's list. Django after being freed agrees to go with Shultz to kill the three men and claim their bounty if Shultz will help him rescue his wife. Shultz agrees and there is just enough time for a costume change before our scene begins in which they have finally arrived at the correct plantation and Django is mocked for his clothes and status and a "nigger on a horse".

The Scene


This video shows my scene in the first 5-10 minutes, an estimated time frame would be 01:10-10:30.

This Scene's Purpose

This scene like the rest of the film is meant to entertain the audience, it adds certain senses of suspense and leads to the climatic end of the films 'first act'.

I have chosen this scene because it captures wonderfully Quentin Tarantino's message for the whole film, the message being that racism is a big issue and it is still around today, that older white men have put themselves above other because of prejudices.

This Scene's Content

Narrative Structure:

This scene shows the introduction to 'Big Daddy' (Played by Don Johnson), a slaver who runs the plantation shown and who owns all of the slaves inside of it. He is 'a man of business' as stated by Shultz and has a love of money nearly as strong as his hatred of black people.

Camera:

Low Angles

Low angles are used in film to show the shift of power in characters and also to give the audience a subconscious view of which character is of a higher authority in the scene. This scene is perfectly set up to show this shift in authority as Big Daddy stands on his porch high above all the black people in the scene and also Django and Dr. Shultz.


The shot above is especially interesting as even though Big Daddy is not the only person on the level of the porch he is still higher up in the frame than any one else.



By the end of the scene Django takes his revenge on the three brothers that tortured his wife and kills 'Little Raj'. We see the power shift of authority as Django begins his rampage and no longer has to give in to the demands of white men, the shot above shows this well as Django kills his enemy the almost POV shot of Django shows that Django is stronger than his enemy and has clear power over him.

High Angles

 High angles do the direct opposite of Low angles, meaning instead of showing the power of a character they show the vulnerability, instead of authority it shows submissiveness and instead of pride it can show humility. In these examples the perspective is taken mostly from that of Big Daddy, showing his view of those coming into his land. The men are insignificant and submissive in his mind, which opposes what we (the audience) already know, this is a very subtle use of dramatic irony.





Medium Shot

The medium shots in this scene are used to show the emotions and facial expressions of the character while keeping them as a far enough distance so that the audience gain appreciate humour in the scenario. As using a closeup would show emotion in the wrong sense the director and DoP use the medium shot in these examples to give a well balanced shot, as Charlie Chaplin once said "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot". The medium shots here providing the audience with the best of both worlds.





Long Shot

Long shots in this scene are used to emphasise disconnect behind characters, highlight humourous sections and establish the set and characters proxemics in the scenes.


In the above and below shots the disconnect is shown between the black slaves and the white businessmen (King Shultz) being slightly lower and closer to the black people of course, to show his attitudes when compared to Big Daddy's.



This shot establishes where the scene is taking place, in the background we can see the cotton fields with a large amount of slaves picking cotton. Django riding in on a horse with a bright blue suit. This shows that we are on a plantation of some kind and we recognise the main character Django being followed by the dentistry cart belonging to Dr. Shultz, seen earlier, this gives the audience basic information so questions are not raised as to which character is where.

Tracking Shot


















This shot follows Big Daddy down the stairs to meet Dr. Shultz half way, this shot is subtly important as it shows the white plantation owner having to come down from his 'high tower' to meet the German slave supporter Shultz which shows the falsity behind his believed power over them. This is confirmed later when Django and Shultz kill three men on the plantation without warning.

Editing:

Pace and Timing

The pace of the editing during the start of the scene with Big Daddy is very much driven by the dialogue as shot-reverse-shots are extremely common to show the different turns of speech by Big Daddy and Dr. Shultz. The shots change frequently to build tension in the scene and keep the action present as the previous scene has built up to this moment.

Special Effects

There is a significant lack of special effects in most Tarantino films as the director prefers the 'practical effect' method of filmmaking, preferring real explosions to fake ones and clever positioning compared to cgi violence. However there is a blurred vignette in a single shot (shown below) which shows the importance of the character in the frame as well as giving the audience a more realistic effect of a looking glass, which is what our POV is from in this shot. There is also colour correction on the flashback shots with Django and his Wife, shown below the previously mentioned) the blues being far more prominent showing the sad and hurtful past Django wishes to leave behind by saving his wife.




Sound:
Music

The music used in Django Unchained in general is very varied however in this scene the music has a set theme, the theme being suspense, whether its the lack of sound of the hard hitting emotional song during the flashback the music gives us the feeling that something intense is about to happen, and by the end of the scene our feelings are confirmed as the murders take place.

The song behind the whipping scene is shown below.



Effects

In this scene there are some sounds that have been added in to give atmosphere or to build tension, these are not only present in the music played but also in simple sound effects that most likely were not captured during filming, this is evident in the opening shots of the scene and the dialogue between Big Daddy and Dr King Shultz where crickets and the wind can be heard, this was most likely made after the shot as the director wouldn't want anything to interrupt or interfere the voices of the actors into the recording equipment.

Mise-En-Scene:
Colour

Colour in this scene, along with the whole movie, is very important. It is very prominent in this scene through the clothing worn by different characters.


As shown above Big Daddy wears all white, he lives in a white house with a white beard and moustache. This clearly signifies and points towards his hatred of black people and likens him to a Ku Klux Klan member, which he is revealed to be later in the film. However the shot above is interested not because of Big Daddy but because of Dr. Shultz, who is shown wearing all grey. This,  much like Big Daddy being dressed in all white, signifies the intentions of the character, as Dr. Shultz acts as a middle man between the harsh views of the racist south and the revenge fuelling Django's bounty hunting. Dr. Shultz wearing all grey shows he is not on the side of the racist whites but also shows that he is separate in some respects from Django.


Django however is the opposite to all of the other black characters in the scene, shown above, Django wears a blue suit with fluffy white collar, eerily similar to The Blue Boy painted by Thomas Gainsborough, this exceptionally colourful clothing shows his exceptional attitude as a man hellbent on revenge instead of the other slaves who simply are trying to continue their work and life without pain or suffering, this is reflected in their ragged and brown clothing (as seen above).

Also in both shots shown above the colour contrast is massive, with the white of the house juxtaposed against the brown of the dirt on the ground, this shows and emphasises the separation of race in society, and in this shot. It shows that Django is not welcome in to the house because of his skin colour.

Clothing

Clothing is also very important as it clearly shows the separation between the slaves and the slave owners, the white man wearing a clean bright white suit compared to the slaves' rags and dirty dresses show the disconnect between the races and the power the white slave owner has off everyone else. Django also breaks this streak however as he wears the outfit seemingly from the Blue Boy painting which representing (in the painting) elegance and status, however in the mind of the white man this is very difficult to accept and this could be argued that this is one key reason Big Daddy is confused about how he should be treated, 'I don't know what you want Big Daddy...'.

Proxemics

The sheer distance between the slaves and the white people is indicative of the views held by the white men, however, Dr. Shultz is slightly lower and closer to the slaves, showing his views differ from that of Big Daddy's.


This Scene's Meaning

This scene shows the power of Dr King Shultz and the respective lack of power to anybody who is black in this era. This movie does not show a series of realistic events but rather a series of events that happen in a alternate reality to the real world we live in, this is referred to as Quentin Tarantino's Own Universe, this universe acts much as the comic scenes from shakespearean theatre did, in which they mirror and mock the real world series of events or highlight things not thought about. This film and this scene in particular not only showing the power of slavery and racism in the 'cowboy era' but the structure of Modern America in terms of racism at the time of the film's release.

Production Process

Quentin Tarantino built this movie from the ground up including script development, casting, finalisation and production, he consulted on every department of the film.

Tarantino says that he began writing the character of Django approximately ten years before the film's release, the key aspects being he was a salve who became a bounty and killed overseers hiding out on plantations. Tarantino then decided later that he wanted to make a western, spaghetti westerns being his preferred style he began work on a script to suit his character, Django. When Tarantino has decided who was to play each of his characters he met with them in person to ask if they would play them.

"Production began on November 28, 2011" as stated by cinemareview.com's production notes for Django Unchained, "in Melody Ranch, In Santa Clarita, California" a famous location for western fans as many films were shot there, such as High Noon and Stagecoach.

During production decisions had to be made on costume, props and the way actors approached their roles. During this time in costume design the 'Blu Boy' was very well documented to be the favourite on set, this being the outfit shown in my clip where Django rides in dressed all in blue. The Costume Designer Sharen Davis stated in response to  question about blue boy "He was Django thinking, 'Oh my gosh, I have new clothes for the first time in my life.' Seriously, you could barely get him out of that outfit."

During shooting a large number of shots were taken and recorded, these were then enhanced through sound design, music and colour correction. This post-production process is key to ensuring the film comes out as a well polished final product and not simply the previous content without a sense of direction or purpose. The process and effort put into the film seems to be well appreciated by its audience.