Wednesday 20 November 2013

Homework: In Fear due Thu 21 Nov


In Fear

Director: Jeremy Lovering
Stars: Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert, Allen Leech and more.

The movie ratings are 5.5/10 from 226 users. 

The genre of the movie is Thriller. And the age certificate is 15.
It was filmed in the UK.
It was released on 15th November 2013 in the UK.

The filming location is Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK.

The run time of the film is 85 minutes (1 hr 25 min) , and it was shot in colour.

Some of the camera equipment they used is: Arri Alexa, Canon 7D and Go Pro for some of the scenes.

The movie was released in 6 countries which included:
USA 20 January 2013 (Sundance Film Festival)
France 1 February 2013 (Gerardmer Fantasy Film Festival)
Greece 23 September 2013 (Athens Film Festival)
Ireland 24 October 2013 (Horrorthon Festival Dublin)
UK 15 November 2013
Ireland 15 November 2013

In Greece the film was also known as "Taxidi sto fovo".

In Fear Homework


Monday 18 November 2013

Media Homework due Thurs 21st

Director: Jeremy Lovering - has directed other british films, TV shows: Sherlock Holmes, Teachers, Money, etc.

Production company: Big Talk Production


Online advertising: YouTube trailer, Online movie review.

Distributors: Sun Dance brought the rights to distribute the film.


Screening is taking place all over London.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Frankenstein, Gravity, Thor 2 are all being shown in cinema and are therefore in competition with one another and In Fear.

Cast: Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert, Allen Leech.

Allen Leech stars in Downton Abbey as Tom Branson.

The film was located in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK

3 facts:
It is a thriller/horror.

The age consent is 15.

The director based the film on improvisation in order to capture the actors' real reactions.

Thursday 14 November 2013

Why is it difficult to find out about In Fear?

British films are often low budget. Therefore it would be highly difficult to find out about its budget, marketing, production etc. Also, due to the lack of marketing this film is not so known.

AS Media- In Fear research

Director: Jeremy Lovering - has directed other british films, TV shows: Sherlock Holmes, Teachers, Money, etc.

Production company: Big Talk Production

Online advertising: YouTube trailer, Online movie review.

Distributors: Sun Dance brought the rights to distribute the film.

Is Screening all over London.

Why it is difficult to find info?
It is difficult to find information about In Fear as it is an independent film, therefore the budget was not enough to expand the film in terms of marketing and distributing.

In Fear



  • There is no budget in the film
  • The director of the movie is Jeremy Lovering
  • Some of the production companies include Big Talk Productions, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Bir Film, StudioCanal, Arri Lighting Rental, Sapex Scripts and TLO Film Services. 
  • They have a facebook page, Twitter page & Film4 Reviews.
  • The film hasn't won any awards yet. 
  • The social media advertisements mainly talked about the movie premiere and the free screening for students. 
  • The film company which distributed the film is Ascot Elite Entertainment Group.
  • It's showing at Greenwich Picture House, Hackney Picture House, The Ritzy in Brixton, Stratford Picture House, The Gate in Notting Hill, Clapham Picture House. \
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is coming out soon which is there for direct competition. 

  • Iain De Caestecker also starred in, The Little Vampire & 16 Years of Alcohol.
  • Alice Englert starred in Beautiful Creatures & Ginger and Rosa.
  • Allen Leech starred in The Sweeney & Cowboys and Angels

  • The film was filmed in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK. 
  • The movie is coming out on 15th November (General Release). 

  • There has been no reviews yet, because the film still hasn't been released. 

It was difficult to find information about the Film because, it wasn't as marketed and publicised as Thor 2. Due to the low budget, we couldn't find the right information about the movie. It was very hard to research on their methods of shooting the movie and the whole process. 

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  • There is no known budget for this film.
  • The director of 'In Fear' is Jeremy Lovering. He also directed TV programmes such as 'Sherlock' and was a second unit director of 'Hot Fuzz'. 
  • Big Talk Productions are the main production company for this film. They also worked on 'Attack The Block', 'Paul' and 'Shaun of The Dead.'
  • There a no known awards this film has won.
  • Only form of marketing to be found is the trailer which can be seen on YouTube. The film is a low budget film so it is unlikely or highly difficult to find any form of advertisement.
  • No form of social media advertising.
  • No form of other online advertising.
  • The companies that distributed it are Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Bir film and Studio Canal.
  • No international release, except for at sundance film festival, athens film festival and horrorthon festival dublin.