1) Look back at the five films you have analysed for your existing product research. Find which studios made them – e.g. Film Four, Studio Canal, BFI, BBC Films etc.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-This is that productions
Girlhood-Arte France Cinéma ,Canal+ ,CNC,Ciné+,Hold Up Films,Lilies Films.
Donnie Darko-Flower Films
The Falling-Continental Motion Pictures Corporation
Boyhood-IFC Films(US),Universal Pictures(International)
2) What other films do these studios produce? Can you find any any other independent, art house or low-budget examples?
This is that productions:(21 grams,The door in the floor,Thumbsucker)
Arte France Cinéma ,Canal+ ,CNC,Ciné+,Hold Up Films,Lilies Films: (Baby balloon, Tomboy)
Flower Films: (Happy Camp ,Animal,happy camp)
Continental Motion Pictures Corporation: (Gran varietà,Brutality)
3) Do the studios have any notable successes? What is the most successful low-budget or independent film the studio has released?
This is that productions : #1 film at the US box office (The American) and the first film to sell that year at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Distribution: Independent film distributors
- Firstly a group of directors share their ideas and plan a rough idea of how their movie is going got be.
- Secondly a target audience must be created in order for the movie to fit into the target audience.
- Thirdly a lot of pre-production work has to be done for example creating scripts,storyboards etc.
- Next you must think of who will make sure the movie planning and everything is going in place when the distributors are not working on it.
- Planning for the release must be done for example what countries it will be released in.
- After that a release date needs to be created. This is where you must think carefully about your target audience too. For example if it is a 12A film it means you will have a younger target audience. This means the film should be released at a time where the younger audience will be able to go and watch it e.g. weekends, half terms , summer holidays.
- Advertisement for the film must be done. An example of this would be trailers on YouTube , TV adverts, billboard posters.
- Lastly the you need to have your film properly licensed so that people cannot not make illegal copies e.g. get a copyright.
6) Research Curzon Artificial Eye. Who are they and what do they do?
Curzon Artificial Eye is a British film distributor, specialising in independent, foreign-language and art house films for cinema and home entertainment.
6) Look at the Curzon Artficial Eye YouTube channel. Watch three trailers for recent or upcoming independent films and identify something you can learn from each film to use in your own film production.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Distributor: Focus Features
Budget: $20 million
Box office: $72.3 million
Donnie Darko
Metrodome Distribution (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
Metrodome Distribution (2004) (UK) (DVD)
Budget :$4,500,000 (estimated)
$728K(USA)
It follows
Icon Film Distribution (2014) (UK) (theatrical)
around 21 cinemas released in around the world
Budget: $2,000,000 (estimated)
$10,100,000 (Worldwide) (4 April 2015)
Kiss of the spider women
We can have an odd narrative and storyline and give it a strong historic and film noir feel, especially through the music used and the typography in the text on screen.
The choir
This film highlights we can use an emotive version of lessons that we are told in everyday life and can also give the movie a very good 'home' and 20's feel in order to add to the emotional connection depending on out target audience.
Ice and the sky
This film highlights the documentary aspect we can involve by using voice overs and more realistic clips as a sense of nostalgia and making it seem more personal and historic.
Exhibition: Art-house cinemas
Find some London-based arthouse cinemas and research the following:
1) What is the name of the cinema? Where is it?
EVERYMAN BAKER STREET (96-98 Baker street, London ,W1U)
ELECTRIC CINEMA (191 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London W11)
2) What type of films do they show? What films are on this week? How do their programmes differ from the major cinema chains like Vue?
EVERYMAN BAKER STREET : Bridge of spies,Carol,The hunger games: Mockingjay part 2.
ELECTRIC CINEMA : Carol,Bridge of spies,Black mass.
3) What type of audience attends this kind of arthouse cinemas? Are there any clues on the website regarding the target audience? How can you tell?
For both of these cinema I would say that the audience that the audience that attends are around 18+. I can tell this as on the website for the 'every man baker street' cinema it says that there is a bar which mean indicate that this cinema is aimed at adults. In terms of the electric cinema i can see offers on seating (sofas) which include champagne , which may indicate that this cinema may also be for an older audience. I would 18+ as alcoholic beverages can only be served to those 18 or over.
A case study in independent film production: Film London and Microwave Film
1) What is Film London and why does it exist? Film London is London's film and media agency - sustaining, promoting and developing London as a major international film-making and film cultural capital.
2) What is the purpose of Microwave Film? Microwave is a unique funding scheme for UK feature films by Film London. The Microwave scheme funds films and give development and mentoring support to short-listed projects as well as production finance, distribution support to the final films.
3) What is the London Calling project for Film London and how does it encourage independent film-making? Microwave does more than fund films; they give development and mentoring support to all of the short-listed projects, as well as production finance and distribution support to the final commissioned films.
4) Choose three feature films funded by Microwave Film and embed their trailers in your blog. For each film, explain why it fits the profile for an arthouse or independent film and what target audience the film might attract.
This is an art house film as it investigates and depicts the contention and impediments of a social and provincial issues. It concentrates extraordinarily on urban situations and how the conventional society of the range can influence the identities and impacts of distinctive sorts of individuals. It depicts the huge subjects of sex, medications, viciousness and posses. I think this is an extremely sensational film with activity topics focused at a youthful grown-up gathering of people with it's convincing story that rotates around urban society.
This is an art house film on the grounds that it has an account in which two improbable characters bond because of a far-fetched occasion. It's an extremely interesting account that has characters which despite the fact that are particular and uncommon, the gathering of people can without much of a stretch relate with. The clever tone of the account and it's social urban subject would be focused at a youthful grown-up gathering of people.
This is an art house film because of the fact that it concentrates on an ethnic minority and investigates the difficulties and points of view of a conventional social issue that is for the most part not regularly talked about. It concentrates a great deal more on crude feeling as opposed to the real show or the contention.
3 tips
Don't over do your narrative keep it simple so the audience do not get confused with with is happening .
You need to be able to consistently explain your story which greatly helps in terms of pitching an idea and drawing your target audience in.
Do not over do your concept in order to help it fit in with your genre. E.g art house films. Doing this may make your narrative confusing or not make sense. Adding just a few elements from your genre is okay as long as it is enough to make your audience understand the concept.
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