2. Production
• Tyrannosaur (2011) is a social
realist piece made by Warp
Films. It is set in England and
focuses on modern issues, such
as violence and abuse among
modern day households.
• It stars Olivia Coleman and
Peter Mullan as a couple that
has developed in good ways and
many bad ways since they met
in a charity shop.
• It was directed by Paddy
Considine who is also an actor.
3. The Cast
• Olivia Coleman is a fairly
famous English actress
who has been in many big
British films such as Hot
Fuzz (2007) and The Iron
Lady (2011).
• Peter Mullan is an
English Actor who also
directs. He is famous for
his roles in Trainspotting
(1996) and Riff Raff
(1991).
4. Technology Used
• As this film is heavily
within the category of
social realism, not many
special effects or fancy
technology was used to
make the film.
• They used the Canon
EOS 5D Mark II and
the Red One MX
cameras with Cooke
Panchro Lenses.
• This camera is not one
that is used in big
Hollywood films, and is
perfect for this size of
production company and
film.
5. Location and Budget
• This film was film in one
place only: Leeds in the
United Kingdom. They used
a small town instead of a set
and kept everything very
basic and as it was to create
everything realistically.
• The budget was only
£750,000 which is a
minimal amount comapared
to Hollywood films.
• This film is not part of a
franchise.
6. Distribution
• As Warp Films are a fairly
small production company,
they needed many more
companies to distribute their
product all over the world.
• In the UK, the distribution
company was Optimum
Releasing and in the US, it
was Strand Releasing.
• This film was a fairly small
project and therefore was
not marketed in any huge
way. Warp Films were
expecting DVD sales to be
bigger than the opening
weekend.
• Warp has it’s own website
on which you can watch
Tyrannosaur so therefore is
still being marketed three
years after its release.
7. Distribution
• Tyrannosaur was released in two
formats across the UK in cinemas:
Digital Intermediate was its master
format and Redcode Raw was its
source format.
• The film is still available on DVD
and Bluray, as well as downloading
it online for a small price.
• There are many special
features on the DVD
including:
• Audio Commentary with
Director Paddy Considine
• Dog Altogether Short
• Stills Gallery
• Trailer
• Booklet
8. Downloads and Festivals
• The film is available to
illegally download on
many websites such as
Putlocker and
Sockshare.
• The film won many awards
at the Sundance festival,
and even won a BAFTA for
Outstanding Debut for a
BritishWriter, Producer or
Director.
9. Exhibition
• The film was released in
25 countries which is a
massive number
considering Warp is an
independent film
company.
• £243,252 was the gross in
just the UK for this film,
almost a third of the
budget. The overall gross
was £405,454. However,
the film is still making
money to this day.
10. Exhibition
• The opening weekend
box office takings are
unknown in the UK but
Warp Films sell all
their films on the basis
of making good DVD
films. In the USA it was
around $7,000 but this
again was only shown in
five screens.
• The fact the film only
showed in a maximum
of five screens across
America suggests that
Warp is an independent
company.
