COULSDON COLLEGE: MEDIA TEXT INFORMATION SHEET

TITLE:

The Hobbit

YEAR OF PROD:

2012

TYPE:

FILM a

TELEVISION

DOC.

MUSIC

ADVERT

MUSIC VID.

OTHER:

DIRECTOR

peter Jackson

PRODUCER

Carolynne Cunningham

WRITER

Fran Walsh Guillermo del Toro Philippa Boyens

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  New Line Cinema ,WingNut Films

KEY CAST /ARTIST

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict cumberbatch,

KEY CREW

Music by Howard Shore Cinematography by Andrew Lesnie ... director of photography Film Editing by Jabez Olssen Production Design by Dan Hennah Art Direction by Simon Bright ... supervising art director Brian Massey Andy McLaren Brad Mill Set Decoration by Simon Bright Ra Vincent Costume Design by Bob Buck Ann Maskrey Richard Taylor

GENRE

Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Adventure.

BUDGET

180 Million USD

BOX OFFICE

world wide box office- 1,000,000,568

THEMES

Adventure, Coming of age, Companionship, Manifest Destiny,

AWARDS

MTV best hero- martin freeman, Empire best fantasy sci fi, Empire best actor- martin Freeman, NME best film of 2013, Karrang best film of 2013.

NARRATIVE: the Kingdom of Erebor in the Lonely Mountain was taken from the dwarfs by the evil dragon Smaug. One day, the young Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is unexpectedly visited by the wizard Gandalf the Grey and twelve homeless dwarfs led by their former king Thorin and decided to vanquish Smaug and recover Erebor and their treasure. Bilbo joins the company in an unexpected journey through dangerous lands of the Middle-Earth where they have to fight against Trolls, Orcs and other magic creatures. Bilbo also meets the Gollum and finds his lost magic ring. Protagonist- Bilbo Baggins Antagonist- Smaug, The great Goblin, The pale Orc Azog and the necromancer Non-linear and multi stranded story line.

KEY SCENES: The first scene within bilbo baggins house where bilbo describes what went on with smaug and the plae orc. this is very crucial to the story line because it gives context to story. The scene where All of the dwarfs and gandalf come round bilbos house. it gives a desription on every character therefore establishing the group. the scene where gandalf is desribing to sarauman and the lady in white what is going on in the green forest. How he thinks sauron is coming back. The scene where bilbo finds golem and steals the ring- without this there is no future film of lord of the rings. the final part where they all make it and see the birds flying towards the mountain.

COMPARABLES: mortal instruments- city of bones. harry potter all of them.