2. PRIVATE INVESTORS
• Not common as the cost of producing a film is usually more
than a private investor could afford.
• Production companies can also meet production costs from
investors by placing their products within their film, such as
Will Smith and Tommy Lee jones wearing ray-ban wayfarer
sunglasses in The Men in Black
3. TV COMPANIES
• Television companies invest in films as they get a return on their
investment, but also get broadcasting rights for the film after it has been
released in cinemas.
• TV investments in the UK is low.
• The arrival of Pay TV (satellite, cable and digital) has lead to an increasing
demand of films and will benefit the TV companies that have invested in
those specific films.
4. LOTTERY (UK)
• Along with £27 million pounds funded by the government, The National
Lottery distributes £27 million pounds to support script development, film
production, film export and distribution, cinema, film education, short
films, culture and archives and so on.
5. GOVERNMENT
• In many European countries film-making is a state funded activity with
lots of government funding for production, distribution and exchange.
• Government funding within the UK is small, but direct funding rose from
£14.9n in 1988 to £27.7m in 1944.
• Government money is currently provided by the Film Council, which is
funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
6. FOREIGN INVESTORS
• UK film makers sometime go abroad to find funding for their films, which
is mainly given by the major US studios.
• Many countries will offer finance to a film if a lot of the main
photography for the film is done in their country, this boosts the countries
tourist rates and the film country to have reduced costs when producing
the film.
