London to Brighton
The genre of London to Brighton is Social British Realist. This is because it is unscripted, which means that the producers will tell the actors what they want to happen in the scene and then they let the actors do the scene unscripted.
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London to Brighton was produced by Paul Andrew Williams and Ken Marshall. They then founded a production company called Steel Mill Pictures in 2005. The film was then distributed by Vertigo. The film was financed with private equity and completion money from the UK film Council’s New Cinema Fund with a budget of £80k.
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Methods of productions
The film London to Brighton showcases the Social British Realist genre through the use of have unscripted scenes where they allow the actors a little more freedom. To keep the costs low, the producers filmed over 19 days using guerrilla film-making. Guerrilla film-making is refers to a form of independent film-making characterised by low budgets and not asking for permission to film in public places
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The Cottage
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The Cottage is a dark, comic horror film, produced by Steel Mill Pictures, the company in which Williams and Marshall own and then distributed by Pathe.
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Funding film projects
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The Cottage and the idea for the film came around before Ken and Paul created London to Brighton, however the Cottage came out after. This is because Williams had had the idea of the cottage for a long time however had no where near the £2.5 million required to make the film. And so while thinking of what to do, Williams came up with the idea of London to Brighton and then decided to create that film first as he knew it would be cheaper as a method of funding The Cottage. So the Cottage conveys one of the many ways that small, independent companies are able to fund a film and the one method that Ken and Paul portray is creating a cheaper film and then using the success and money from it to create a bigger film.
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Shifty
Shifty (made in 2008) is a British urban crime thriller, written and directed by Eran Creevy. The film is set on the outskirts of London and was produced my Rory Aitkens Ben Pugh. They together had a production company called Between the Eyes which is know known as 42.
Methods of production
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Shifty was produced by Rory Aitkens and Ben Pugh and their company called Between the Eyes which is now known as 42. The film is set in London and took 18 just days to film.
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Funding film projects
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Shifty was funded through the microwave scheme. The microwave scheme is funded by the government and is where you are given a set budget of £100,000 and challenges you to make a short film. From box office the film then made £244,579 Once the film had been made, it was then distributed by a distribution company named Metrodome distribution.
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The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything is a 2014 biographical romantic drama film which is set at Cambridge University and details the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawkings
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Methods of production
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The theory of everything was produced by production company, Working Title Films. They’ve also produced films such as Ali G Indahouse and most recently, Yesterday. The film was then distributed in the US by Focus Features and internationally by Universal Pictures.
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Funding film projects
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The budget of The Theory of Everything was $15 million through Universal Pictures. The Theory of Everything and Working Title Films as a whole are examples of a synergy. A synergy is where two or more organisations both have ideas for example, and then work together to create something bigger. So Working Title Films use this in all their films including The Theory of Everything as it is a synergy of Universal and Working Title Films and Universal fund the film and Working Title Films produce it.
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is a 2014 American neo-noir mystery film. It is a continuing film adaptation based on the television series of the same name
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Film funding projects
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Veronica Mars was produced by Spondoolie pictures which is owned by Rob Thomas. The film was funded by crowdfunding on Kickstarter which was set up by the lead actress Kristen Bell and producer Rob Thomas. Crowdfunding is mainly done online where people can essentially sponsor you and donate money to you. They offered incentives for those who donated $10 plus to help reach the goal of $2 million and within the first 11 hours, they received the $2 million they needed to make the film. The fact that anyone can use websites such as Kickstarter to fund something like a movie idea conveys the many different solutions to financial strains.
Methods of production
Veronica Mars was produced by Rob Thomas and his production company Spondoolie Pictures. The film was then distributed by Warner Bros. The film came about as the TV series called Veronica Mars was axed. Rob Thomas and lead actress Kristen Bell then pitched to the Warner Bros the idea of a film. They said no and that they would not fund it however they would distribute it if they got the funds to create the film. Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell got the money to fund the film through crowdfunding and with that began to make the film. As Veronica Mars had previously been a TV series that was axed, for the film Rob Thomas decided to continue the story line.
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Life in a day
Life in a day is a drama/documentary film in an arranged series of video clips selected from 80,000 clips submitted to the YouTube. The clips showing respective perspective of peoples from around the world on a single day.
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Method of production
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The film was produced by Liza Marshall and production company Scott Free Productions. This company is owned by Ridley and Tony Scott. The film was then distributed by National Geographic. The film itself was produced through crowd sourcing. This is because they bought 400 cameras with £40,000 and then sent these cameras out to around 40 countries with two memory cards, one for the production team and one for the people who the cameras got sent to. They received 81,000 responses and used a one-to-five star system to cut down the footage a decide what was going to feature in the film.
Film funding projects
Life in a day made $252,788. Kevin Macdonald, the director of the film, made appearances on in the press in different countries and on TV shows to advertise and let people know about this project.
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