2. What kind of media institution might
distribute your film and why?
• There are many media institutes around the globe which can be part of both the
production and distribution phases of a movie/film. Companies such as Warner
Bros, Universal, Colombia, Paramount and 20th Century Fox are the main group,
large American companies that distribute movies/films from big blockbusters
too lower budgeted movies. As stated above and the examples in the next slide
show the difference between large conglomerates and small distribution
companies.
4. Started as a shop and record label in 1989, became Warp
Films in 2001 which is an independent film company.
It is based in London, England and Sheffield, with a
further office now in Melbourne, Australia.
2004
Budget £723,000
Box office $198,081
2006
Budget £1.5 million
Box office £5 million
2010
Budget £2.5 million
Box office £6.9 million
Funded by crowd funding and by the charity NESTA (National
Endowment for Science Technology and Arts)
Rob Mitchell Steve Beckett
I believe that a lower/smaller
company would distribute my
movie/film because it is a low budget
production with a good plot twist
and interesting characters.
Additionally, a company such as
Warp Films is more likely to
distribute my movie/film as their
ideology is too fund grassroots,
cultural films/movies.
5. Release Date:
UK November 7th 2013
US October4th 2013
George Clooney Sandra Bullock
Alfonso Cuaron
Marketing
207 Awards
7 Oscars
6 Bafta’s
1 Golden Globe
1.8 million LED bulbs
used.
Technology
Wide Target
Audience 12A
Fun Facts:
Budget $100 million
UK Profit £6,238,375
Global Profit
$723,192,705
A big production company is less
likely to focus on smaller projects
as their aim is to make money.
They look at making films/movies
that have a vast target audience to
bring in huge mounts of profit e.g.
Time Warner and Gravity. This
movie had a small budget for a
blockbuster and made almost 7x
the original budget in global
profit.
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“ The Working Title philosophy has always been
to make films for an audience - by that I mean
play in a multiplex. We totally believe in this
because we know it is the only hope we have of
sustaining the UK film industry. ”
7. What kind of media institution
might distribute your film and why?
• Out of the 2 production/distribution companies above my film would fit best into Warp Films, this is because they are a small
company investing in low budget films/movies as they are culturally appropriate to a small audience. A good example of a
reasonably low budget horror movie is ’28 Days Later’, this Danni Boyle movie is a British Horror movie and was very
successful due to having a great story and characters. This is were I feel my film will fit into and is very similar in that regard.
Additionally, if we look at other low budget films such as ‘Shifty’ and ‘This is England’ we can see that low budget
films/movies can be distributed and be successful.
• This leads me to then talk about my target audience, as stated in my research, my target audience will be predominantly male
between the ages of 18 and 25. This is a small target range and is very specific, another reason I would choose a small
production company. This type of film is common within the horror genre however has always lacked a developed story, this is
where I feel I can take up the mantle and add in an interesting plot whilst still remaining true to the genre itself. Finally, we see
that this makes it a niche type of film within a mass market.
