Blockbuster task - Fast Five

Blockbuster Task

Fast Five

The film Fast Five was released in April 2011, it is an action film which has the main story line of Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent.

Pre-Production:

Is the film an original idea, a remake, a sequel or an adaptation?

The successful franchise of The Fast and Furious originally started in 2001. This franchise then carried on creating more of the fast and furious movies.

Who is the director?

The director of Fast Five was Justin Lin, he was previously known for the other franchise films such as: Fast and Furious (2009) and Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift (2006).

Which studio(s) made the film?

There were a few different studios that created the film. The first studio was Universal Pictures, another studio was Original Film and the final studio was One Race Productions.

What size budget did it have?

The Fast Five producer/director had a budget of $125,000,000 to work with.

Which 'stars' signed up to be in the film?

The main stars in the film were Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs) he has also been well known as the Rock from WWE series, Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto) he has also appeared in the film Saving Private Ryan, Paul Walker (Brian O'Connor) he has also been seen in the film Pawn Shop Chronicles and Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce) he has also been in the Transformer trilogy’s. These actors have also played the same role in some previous Fast and Furious Films.

How long did it take from 'green light' to filming commencing?

On the February 3, 2010, the producing company confirmed that there was going to be a fifth film. The shooting of the film finally started filming on the 14th July, 2010,

Production:

Where was it 'filmed'?

The whole of the movie was filmed in many different locations such as:

Rice, California, USA (Train scene)

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

California, USA

Parker, Arizona, USA

Puerto Rico

Rice, California, USA

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vidal, California, USA

How was it filmed (3D, 2D, CGI)?

Fast five was only released in 2D; this is due to it failing the 3D conversion test.

Post Production:

Does it rely on special effects? What sort of special effects were used?

Lin recognizes the disappointment in his tendency to favour CGI over practical stunts. The director plans to put those concerns to bed with a more practical Fast Five. While some stunts are still over-the-top and require CGI enhancement, Lin argues that he has focused on limiting its use. You can get greedy and what I’ve learned is that [CGI] never replaces the real thing. There is something very special and unique when you crash a car. That is something that I can’t speak for the franchise before me but I think since I’ve been on I have also learned a lot tonally about what we are trying to achieve.

There was many special effect and stunt men used, such as for scene where there is racing through the city and cars were hitting trees and other vehicles, this was highly trained stunt men. A scene which used special effects is cars crashing into the vault, they used special effects by picturing the scene separately, such as the cars in a crashing shot then a separate vault rolling then merged the scenes together to make it look realistic.

Any problems they had during filming?

During the creating of the film they never had any serious injuries but had a lot of sore stunt people and some bumps and bruises – plus one stuntman’s shoulder dislocated when the police motorcycle wrecked into the car windshield. Did it require any re shots?

Marketing:

How the film was marketed?

One promotional tool which they used to market is A Regal Entertainment Group, virtual drive-in theatre in Car Town, showed trailer for Fast Five during their games.  Another promotional tool which they used is advertisement on social networking sites such as Facebook they had an official Facebook page where they released a trailer and people shared the film. Another way fast five was promoted was through the TV, the producers will have paid different TV channels a price which then allows them to place their trailer for the film on a TV channel during the break between programs. Another promotional tool used was the film being on the IMDB web page, this is because the company would have sent out film judges and would have judged and rated the new film then posted this on their website which gave reviews and comments about the film which may have led to people seeing it in the cinemas.

Where was the films premier?

The premier of the Fast Five Film was in Brazil on the 15th April 2011