Friday, 28 February 2014
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
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)
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.
Vertigo Research
Vertigo Films is a British film production and film distribution company based in London, England.
Vertigo Films is a UK Film and Distribution company founded in 2002 by Allan Niblo and James Richardson. The following year Rupert Preston and Nick Love joined and became partners. The company’s mission is to create and distribute commercially driven independent cinema and since inception it has produced 28 films and distributed a further 35. The Films span a range of genres and audience taste and include the box office smash hit Streetdance 3D, the biggest independent UK DVD of all time The Football Factory, the multi award winning Monsters, Vertigo co-production Ajami (nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), smash hit family film Horrid Henry The Movie, audience favourite The Sweeney, and the hottest director of the moment, Nicolas Winding Refn's first English-language film, Bronson.
In 2013 Vertigo has eight films in production including Pudsey The Movie – a co-production with Simon Cowell’s company Syco, Walking on Sunshine – a feel good musical in partnership with IM Global and Monsters:The Dark Continent from hot new director Tom Green.
Championing new talent has been key to Vertigo Film’s production strategy and it continues to pride itself on being at the forefront of breaking new talent, including Tom Hardy (Bronson), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist), Gareth Edwards (Monsters), Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton), Ben Gregor (All Stars) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson).
Vertigo also owns a successful post production company in Berlin, The Post Republic and is a partner in sales company Protagonist Pictures along with Film 4 and Ingenious.
Vertigo are a low budget distribuition company they have worked on films such as:
Street Dance 3D: £3.500.000
Spring Breakers: £3,040.995
Vertigo Films is a UK Film and Distribution company founded in 2002 by Allan Niblo and James Richardson. The following year Rupert Preston and Nick Love joined and became partners. The company’s mission is to create and distribute commercially driven independent cinema and since inception it has produced 28 films and distributed a further 35. The Films span a range of genres and audience taste and include the box office smash hit Streetdance 3D, the biggest independent UK DVD of all time The Football Factory, the multi award winning Monsters, Vertigo co-production Ajami (nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), smash hit family film Horrid Henry The Movie, audience favourite The Sweeney, and the hottest director of the moment, Nicolas Winding Refn's first English-language film, Bronson.
In 2013 Vertigo has eight films in production including Pudsey The Movie – a co-production with Simon Cowell’s company Syco, Walking on Sunshine – a feel good musical in partnership with IM Global and Monsters:The Dark Continent from hot new director Tom Green.
Championing new talent has been key to Vertigo Film’s production strategy and it continues to pride itself on being at the forefront of breaking new talent, including Tom Hardy (Bronson), Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist), Gareth Edwards (Monsters), Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton), Ben Gregor (All Stars) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson).
Vertigo also owns a successful post production company in Berlin, The Post Republic and is a partner in sales company Protagonist Pictures along with Film 4 and Ingenious.
Vertigo are a low budget distribuition company they have worked on films such as:
Street Dance 3D: £3.500.000
Spring Breakers: £3,040.995
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Thor
Question 1
U.K. release date?
The release date for Thor was October 13th 2013
Question 2
Institution behind the films production and distribution?
Studio: Marvel Studios
Distribution: Walt disney studios
Question 3
Whats the films production budget?
The production budget for the film was $170million
Question 4
Nationality of the film?
The film is an American super hero film
Question 5
What kind of production is it?
Big Hollywood Block Buster
Question 6
Any connnection with other films?
This film is very similar to films like the Avengers and Spiderman
U.K. release date?
The release date for Thor was October 13th 2013
Question 2
Institution behind the films production and distribution?
Studio: Marvel Studios
Distribution: Walt disney studios
Question 3
Whats the films production budget?
The production budget for the film was $170million
Question 4
Nationality of the film?
The film is an American super hero film
Question 5
What kind of production is it?
Big Hollywood Block Buster
Question 6
Any connnection with other films?
This film is very similar to films like the Avengers and Spiderman
Question 7
Who is the director?
Alan Taylor
Question 8
Any star names in the cast?
| Starring |
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Question 9
Whats the film about?
When Jane Foster is possessed by a great power, Thor must protect her from a new threat of old times: the Dark Elves.
Question 10
Who will this film appeal to?
This film will appeal to both genders between the age of 15-40 mainly. But it does have an appeal to all people.
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