Thursday, 13 February 2014

The Selfish Giant



U.K. relase Date?
25th October 2013

Instititution behind the films production and distribution?
Curzon Film World

Whats the films production budget?
£1.4 million

Nationality of the film?
United Kingdom

What kind of procution is it?
U.K. Independant Film

Who is the director?
Clio Barnard

Are there any star names in the cast?
There are no star names in the cast

Whats the film about?
A contemporary fable about two scrappy 13-year-old working-class friends in the UK who seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal, leading to tragic consequences.

Who will this film appeal too?
This film will appeal to drama fans. Will aim at younger children and adults alike because of the moving story.

How long was it in the cinerma for?
1-2 weeks




http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1266264089/

Warp


Warp Films is an independent film production company based in Sheffield & London, UK, with a further affiliated company Warp Films Australia based in Melbourne, Australia.

Film Budgets
Warp films are not one of the big 6 distribution companies so they have to stick to low budget films and hope to make a profit from them being succesfull.

Examples of films they have distributed our:
Four Lions: £2.000.000
This is England: £1.472.500
Hush: £1.000.000

Independant film


The big five:
Warner Bros.
Paramount - Lionsgate
Universal
20th Century Fox - Fox Searchlight
Disney

Art/Indie cinemas:
Curzon
Genesis
Picturehouse
Ritzy
Everyman
Rio
(London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Brighton)
Taken over by:
Streaming
Lovefilm (owned by Amazon)
Netflix

British films:
Comedy (Sean of the Dead)
Not a lot of money
Competing against their own language
Gritty social (Football Factory, Ill Manors)

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Film industry Terminology

Film Industry Terminology
Use this MEDIA terminology in your essays: YOU WILL BE QUIZZED
  • Mainstream - safe genre films that are distributed to mass, national and often international audiences
  • Independent - films that have more localised appeal and niche audiences and that often utilise digital technologies to create 'brand awareness'. Independent films do not have access to extensive distribution networks.
  • Production - the physical film making process
  • Distribution - getting the films out to cinemas and paying for the advertising and marketing
  • Exchange - OCR's commonly used terminology
  • Multinational Conglomerate - large organisations whose business interests are global, utilising synergy and convergence and also cross media ownership.
  • Monopoly - where one company dominates the market
  • Oligopoly - where four or more companies dominate the market
  • The Big Six - the four international organisations that dominate film distribution and form the oligopoly of ownership (owned by multi national conglomerates
  • Globalisation - where films are distributed around the work through elaborate cross media networks
  • Horizontal Integration - where one media company acquires another media company in the same sector eg Vue acquiring Warner Village Cinemas in 2003
  • Vertical Integration - where the means or production and distribution are controlled by one company
  • Digital technologies - primarily this refers to how the internet has changed the industry including advertising through and on websites, online distribution, streaming, legal and illegal downloading eg. through YouTube (file sharing)
  • Synergy - where two or more compatible products sell each other eg. a film and CD (8 Mile)
  • Merchandising - where the popularity of film are manipulated through the sales of spinoff goods eg. t-shirts and associated clothing, wristbands, stickers, badges and mugs
  • Cross media ownership - where companies have interest in a range of media eg Sony and Gaming, film Distribution, electronic (media related) devices
  • Convergence where film is advertised using a range of media platforms but also becomes available on one platform - the internet.