What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We feel that our film is based around typical teenage life in the UK, so distributing anywhere other that the UK wouldn't be a success because we feel that it would be hard to understand as it its based around english teenagers, therefore teenagers from for example the USA would find it difficult to understand, and might not be able to relate to the storyline.
What does a production company do?
A production company has a big responsibility in the film industry, they handle the staff, the hiring of actors, budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the production itself, post production, distribution and marketing. The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the movie to be made, they may accomplish this from a parent company, a partner or maybe from a private investor. They can be mainstream independent or completely independent, production companies can also work together as a co-production on a movie. I think that an ideal production company for our movie would be Film4, i think they would be suitable to produce our film because they have a track record of producing small English films, as this is what our movie is, we may need input from other production companies aswell for funding etc, but they would be the main ones responsible for our movie.
The idea of a distributor and who that might be and why?
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing (DVD, Video-On-Demand, Download, Television programs through broadcast syndication etc.) I think that the most likely be Studio Canal, this is because it's distributed many films that have been produced by Film4, such as 'The Inbetweeners', 'Attack The Block', and many other others. Studio Canal would be the best because a lot of the films that they distribute relate to our genre that we've used. They're also known for distributing English films and that's exactly what would be best for our film, as then most people will understand and hopefully relate to it.
The idea of a distributor and who that might be and why?
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing (DVD, Video-On-Demand, Download, Television programs through broadcast syndication etc.) I think that the most likely be Studio Canal, this is because it's distributed many films that have been produced by Film4, such as 'The Inbetweeners', 'Attack The Block', and many other others. Studio Canal would be the best because a lot of the films that they distribute relate to our genre that we've used. They're also known for distributing English films and that's exactly what would be best for our film, as then most people will understand and hopefully relate to it.
Where the money might have come from for a movie such as ours?
For our genre movie the funding would most likely come from a variety of production companies, and it might also need a money input from the British Film Institution for lottery money to go towards the making of the movie.
A film that would relate to ours would be the film Submarine, this would be because the funding they had to make their film came from a range of production companies such as Film4, Warp Films, Media Agency Wales and they also had money from the UK Film Council which is now the British Film Institution that gave them lottery money to go towards the making of their movie. The contrast to films like these would be a movie like Harry Potter, they do not have to search around for production companies for funding because Warner Bros already has the money there ready to use.
Why the various people are named in the titles - which jobs appear in titles and in what order and how have you reflected this?
The order in which credits are billed generally follows their importance to the film, just not linearly. First is usually the motion picture company, followed by the producer, then the 'a film by' credit. So for example you have the lead cast, then the supporting cast, costume, make up and producer, writer and writers usually appear last. However we followed but broke these rules for a reason. We put the director at the very begging as this is usually done in English films, but we made sue that the cast ran in order from the most important to the least important. E.g. Me, then Frankie and then Jack. The titles that then followed were editing, costume and make-up, music, screenplay and Producer etc. We reflected this by placing out titles on the opening of our film, so we displayed them on the photos we edited together, and placed them in different corners of the screen to make it more interesting.
Why the various people are named in the titles - which jobs appear in titles and in what order and how have you reflected this?
The order in which credits are billed generally follows their importance to the film, just not linearly. First is usually the motion picture company, followed by the producer, then the 'a film by' credit. So for example you have the lead cast, then the supporting cast, costume, make up and producer, writer and writers usually appear last. However we followed but broke these rules for a reason. We put the director at the very begging as this is usually done in English films, but we made sue that the cast ran in order from the most important to the least important. E.g. Me, then Frankie and then Jack. The titles that then followed were editing, costume and make-up, music, screenplay and Producer etc. We reflected this by placing out titles on the opening of our film, so we displayed them on the photos we edited together, and placed them in different corners of the screen to make it more interesting.
What your film is similar to institutionally?
Movies that would be similar to ours would probably be other UK based teen films, this would be because American teen films would not be the same really because the stereotypes of English teens to American teens are totally different so American teens wouldn't be able to relate to our movies story lines as much. So movies similar to ours would be films like Angus, thongs and perfect snogging, The Inbetweeners movie, Bend it like Beckham and Kidulthood, these films would relate to ours because they are all English based and all revolve around telling the story of teenagers lives from different aspects. They all go about it in a different way but the basis of it is all the same.
It is quite interesting however that English based teen films are not a success as a whole in America, but American teen films are a hit in England, this might be because life is so much different in America and we like to see the contrast of it, and teen films in America arn't so hard hitting as teen films in England, English teen films tend to be Teen Drama whereas American teen films tend to be Teen Comedy, they show the not so truthful side of teenage life.
Movies that would be similar to ours would probably be other UK based teen films, this would be because American teen films would not be the same really because the stereotypes of English teens to American teens are totally different so American teens wouldn't be able to relate to our movies story lines as much. So movies similar to ours would be films like Angus, thongs and perfect snogging, The Inbetweeners movie, Bend it like Beckham and Kidulthood, these films would relate to ours because they are all English based and all revolve around telling the story of teenagers lives from different aspects. They all go about it in a different way but the basis of it is all the same.
It is quite interesting however that English based teen films are not a success as a whole in America, but American teen films are a hit in England, this might be because life is so much different in America and we like to see the contrast of it, and teen films in America arn't so hard hitting as teen films in England, English teen films tend to be Teen Drama whereas American teen films tend to be Teen Comedy, they show the not so truthful side of teenage life.
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