Star Wars and Hunger Games fans are aplenty and these franchise fans will be out in droves for the new instalments arriving on our screens soon. Currently in cinemas, a huge following of fans of the James Bond franchise have made Spectre another box office smash. If we love a film on screen, it is more than likely we will see it return. This can be especially seen in the … [Read more...]
What Happens Next? Adding to the Film Experience
We have looked in a previous blog at how movies can sell products using everything from Minions to characters from Disney. But it doesn’t just have to be food they can put their name to, clothing, of course is an obvious one. I’ve many a film related T-shirt. Licensing can be a multi-million pound industry, all adding to our film experience! Star Wars is often praised as … [Read more...]
From our Playtime to Screen Time
Growing up, we all had a toy we probably loved and some of those toys have found their way to the movies to varying success. The companies that manufacture them have pretty much put all their products into movies to increase product awareness, for example: Barbie; G I Joe; My Little Pony; Masters of the Universe and the pack leader, the multi-million Transformers movies. One … [Read more...]