The Guardians of the Galaxy Homework

• Kevin Feige is the producer for the film and is also the president for Marvel Studios.
• James Gunn is the director for the film and is also an American writer, actor, musician, cartoonist and producer.
• The budget was estimated to be around $170,000,000
• Opening Weekend: $94,320,883
• Produced by Marvel studios and Walt Disney Motion Pictures. 
• As this movie being a budget movie, they were able to afford all types of different technologies such as green screens and a developing tools which allows them to create virtual worlds shown in the film
• The film was marketed in various ways such as adverts on billboards and posters (shopping centres, motorways, streets, cinemas) and it was advertised on many buses in central London as it is the most busiest, and it was also advertised through trailers on social media networks and during breaks on television.
• They also used a variety of merchandise to help market the film and to raise awareness of the films such as; mugs, t-shirts, caps, soft toys -(for younger children) cosmetics, video games, figures, characters face masks, headphones. mugs, bottles, bags, nerf guns, key rings and many more.
  
• They have so many different types of merchandise as they wanted to appeal to every age as this movie was rated 12+
• The film was first released on the 21st July in America
• Was released on the 1st of August worldwide
• Movie is released online through apps such as netflix and lovefilm.
• Out on DVD 9th December 2014
• Here is the interview with the director of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv4Ys-KfaSo In this interview he expresses his feeling on his views on the film as he didn't think that it seemed like the "best idea for a marvel movie" and when asked to direct the movie, he wished the others good luck. However, he said that there was "something about it" that he started to see "visually" how the film would 'come together' and he had this straight forward vision if this film being very successful.  He expressed many of his feelings that the concept of the film was very hard to put together but later on he saw that this "big brash colourful but still gritty and emotional" film would actually work and now since its been released, its been a huge success. He describes the movie of being like a "movie from the past" the movies where it made people feel "the way that they feel" and that the most effective thing in the movie to to "take turns when the audience least expects it too" whether that would "through music, happening or through the scene", the twists and turns in this movie is what makes Guardians of the Galaxy very original.