Film Genre Research

Genre: Sports, Teen, Drama



Film: Lords of Dogtown
The Lords of Dogtown begins with an early in the morning scene of one of the Z-boys. We see many camera angles during this scene, including over the shoulder, close ups, wide shots, high angles, low angles, as well as what may be a track. Job titles noticed are directors, producers, and designers. The award winning actor is not in the first too minutes, but Skip still deserves recognition. The techniques of switching angles on the same subject does this film well. With a budget of 13.4 million dollars the film did pretty great coming out with 25 million dollars.
Film: The Dirt
Film: Soul Surfer
The Soulsurfer starts out as giving us inspiration about this true story. We see a huge transition from girl to woman. The first few minutes include job titles: producer, co-producers, photographer, editor, and costume designer. The beginning of this film mostly includes close ups and wide angles to catch the action and good image. One awesome filming technique is following the surface from what seems like from in the water. This does all goes in for the film to receive the Satellite Award for Best Original Score as well as over 29 million dollars in profit from a 18 million dollar budget.
Film: The Waterboy
The Waterboy is comedy a sport comedy that begins with the action of football and 

Film: The Benchwarmers


Production Cost (Budget) : $25 Million
Production Profits:  $13.4 Million
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Awards:   Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year


Production Cost (Budget) : $10 Million
Production Profits: $140 Million
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Awards: None that are listed
The Dirt is a comedy/drama biography of one crazy band. This movie did very well, went from a 10 million dollar budget to making 140 million dollars. I guess we can say Motle crue is still super popular to this day. The opening scene includes costumes of people looking like the 80s. Props are also put to use, such as the old telephones without a screen. The stars in the band receive recognition in the first two minutes and a producer and director did an awesome job putting this whole thing together. I did not find any awards that this film has been given. The opening scene gives an idea of what the film is going to be like with various close ups, high angles, wide shots, shots that look like a tv screen, fast forwarding is used to spice up the scene as well as freeze shots for recognition (based on a true story).

Production Cost (Budget) : $ 18 Million
Production Profits: $47.1 Million
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Awards: Satellite Award for Best Original Score


Production Cost (Budget) : $23 Million
Production Profits: $186 Million
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Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
           Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor
           Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Comedy

The film begins by introducing the star, Adam Sandler. He walks up with his props of course being a tank of water
to help hydrate those furious players on the football field. The film gives credit to a few producers 
director as well designer, and of course the star of the movie. With a 23 million dollar budget this
film skyrocketed in profits. This film went from a 23 million dollar budget to a 186 million dollar top pick.
This film has been very popular and has received multiple awards:  MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor and, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Comedy.

Production Cost (Budget) : $33 Million
Production Profits: $65 Million
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Awards: Razzie Awards (2007) (2010)
              Teen Choice Awards
The Benchwarmers starts out with kids playing baseball. Baseball bats, gloves, and costume attire, bring the film to life. A high angle is the start to capture the whole shot. The film then focuses into some close up shots and wide shots establishing some of the characters in the movie. A dolly or track may be used as well to get an angle or two in the beginning scene. This film started with a 33 million dollar budget and has now made of 65 million dollars. The awards it has recieved are Razzie Awards in 2007 and 2010 and Teen Choice awards.

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