Divergent Research

RESEARCH TASK:

DIVERGENT 

• The BUDGET was 85 Million USD
• The BOX OFFICE GROSS was 290 Million USD (WORLDWIDE)
• The LOCATION was set in Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Based on the trilogy of books written by Veronica Roth

STAFFING

Director: Neil Burger

Writer: Veronica Roth (author of the original book)

Script writer: Evan Daugherty, Vanessa Taylor 

Producer: Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian

CAST

Main: Shailene Woodley and Theo James 

Shailene Woodley will be paid $250-500,000 for the first film alone

Neil Burger directed the first film and was going to continue with the sequel however, due to still working on the post-production of the film he had to reluctantly let it go. 

SYNOPSIS

"In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late."

FILMING

Filming began on April 16 2003 and concluded July 16 2003 (3 months). Almost all filming was taken place in Chicago however reshoots were taken place in Los Angeles from January 24-26 2014.

Scenes were filmed in Wells Street, Franklin Street and Adams Street.

Neil Burger (director) on filming the train jumping scene: "I wanted it to be as real as possible. I didn't want a train sitting stationery with them jumping on and off the green screen. So we built our own train track and laid out hundreds of metres of tracks so that they are really running along that train, jumping off a moving train which is paired together with some visual effects."

(LOCATION & SETS)

Almost all was set in Chicago, Illinois however reshoots were taken place in Los Angeles, California.

The Hub, one of the main sets in the film was a prime location for the story line. It was where the characters chose their factions and to delegate themselves for the rest of their lives. The government that controlled the faction, had control in The Hub. This scene was an external set filmed in the Sears Tower in Chicago. 

LEGAL COSTS

Initially, the budget was $40million but was increased to $80million by 'Lionsgate' after seeing the success that The Hunger Games got.  

The marketing campaign for the film cost at least $50million. 

Veronica Roth, the author of the original book, sold around 6.7million copies in 2013, earning her around $17 million from print and ebook sales between June 2013 and June 2014. 

Summit Entertainment purchased media rights to the book in 2011

TRANSPORT

RESOURCES (CAMERAS, COMPUTERS, LIGHTS, MICROSCOPES, PROPS)

audience response, finance