Institution: Film Industry

Institution

We were was asked to produce a brief for a new film. This was to be presented on a powerpoint in front of the whole class and had to include a main story, cast, director and distribution company.

My groups idea was a low budget horror film titled "Bloody Creek". We chose Niel Marshall as our director as he has directed some successful low budget horror films such as "Dog Soldiers" and we felt he would be perfect for our film. 

Our storyline was a group of boys go on a lads holiday to a cabin on an uninhabited island. They plan on spending a week there and doing a lot of extreme sports. They crash their boat through drunken antics and are stuck on the island, and it will take 2 days until the coastguard can get out to them This doesn't bother them until everything goes from bad to worse and they unleash a curse and are attacked by a group of zombies.'

When casting our film we needed to pick  British actors and in the end we decided on Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Stephen Graham and Joseph Gilgun as the "Lads" and Helena Bonham Carter and Gerard Butler as the head zombies. 
When given feedback by the class it was pointed out that Helena Bonham Carter was a bad choice for an actress in our film as she is used to bigger Hollywood films rather than smaller independent British films.

When choosing a distribution company we decided on Momentum films as it is an independent film company and has distributed low budget horror films similar to ours such as "River of Darkness",  "Death Cert" and "The Killing Room" so our film would appeal to them. 

Institution: Distribution and Prodcution

Distribution

Distribution is one of, if not, the most important step in making a film. Ever wondered why so many awful movies make so much in the box office? Put that down to distribution  Distribution companies will only pick films that they think will be a commercial success. Usually films with an A-List cast and a strong, obvious storyline. Distrubution companies are in charge of doing everything to make sure people hear about their movie and want to go and see it. Depending on how big the company is, they will usually have huge advertising campaigns like bus ads, internet trailer and billboards. 

One well known Distribution Company is Revolver Entertainment. They are a British company who also work out of Los Angeles.  Some of their notable successes are: Kidulthood & Adulthood, Anuvahood And Sherlock Holmes 

Production

Production companies are responsible for the overall prodctuion of the film. This includes; scripting, scheduling, post production, distributing, marketing and budgeting the film. Production companies are often a company within a big film studio which as known as the "parent company". This means they exclusively work with films that their parent company are making.

One major British production company is BBC Films. They often work with major UK and international distributors and have produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including An Education, StreetDance 3D, Fish Tank, Stage Beauty, A Cock and Bull Story, Nativity! and Match Point.