Film Industry Independent research

Roles of a producer:

• Finds idea for the film
• Writes the script
• Finds cost
• Finds director
• Raises the money for the film
• See's the film through to distribution
• Keeps the creative and business sides of the film together.

The idea and Script

• Needs to be a well told story
• Starts with a big idea
• Script is a guidline for director to improve
• Has to have a start, middle and ending

The Package:

• Producer and director need to plan cast and team
• The package is the idea and the script, the producer, director, the budget, and the cast and team.
• Team has to be strong and get on well.

Investment:

• If filmed in a certain region, film company goto regional fundings.
• Co-production get other investors and share the film
• Easier to have a financer, they are incontrol.
• Have mulitple partners who have invested smaller amounts, this means the main funder is incontrol.
• Goto the foreign film producers eg. Pixar Films
• National Lottery funding helps film companys.

Distribution:

• Bring the films to cinemas and market
• Every film will have a release date
• Promote the film to as many people as possible
• Big Hollywood Studios

Working Title

Working Title Film

Working Title Film production company was founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe, and is now based in London and co-owned by Eric Fellner and Bevan. The company started by producing Low budget feature films and some telelvision programmes. They made global box office success from the
Hugh Grant film "Four weddings and a funeral" (1994) . Also they produce romantic comedy films from Richard-curtis which mainly star Hugh Grant, likedefinatly maybe,  but recently they have moved on todo other types of films like "United 93".

Working Title Film Research

SENNA (2010)

Initial Idea:

The idea for the film “Senna” was based on the life and tragic death of the famous Formula One champion called Aryton Senna. How he died in the San Marino Grand Prix, in Italy aged 34.

Director:  Asif Kapadia

Cast:

 Ayrton Senna - Himself (archive footage)

 Alain Prost - Himself

 Frank Williams - Himself

 Ron Dennis - Himself

 Viviane Senna - Herself

 Milton da Silva - Himself

 Neide Senna – Herself

Opening weekend takings:   

$73,497 (USA)

£375,000 (UK)

Awards:

Austin Film Critics Award-

Best Documentary

BAFTA Film Awards-

Best Documentary

Best Editing

Outstanding British Film (Nominated)

British Independent Film Awards-

Best Documentary

Best Technical Achievement (Nominated)

International Documentary Association-

Outstanding Documentary Editing

London Critics Circle Film Awards-

ALFS Award Documentary of the Year

Los Angeles Film Festival-

Best International Feature

Released Dates:

Cinema-   7^th October 2010

DVD- 20th July 2011

Genre:  Documentary, Biography, Sport

Reviews:  8.6 / 10 rating on IMDB from 20,708 users

Premiere Magazine Front Cover

Premiere Magazine Front Cover

• Premiere as a Masthead- red, bold, and white glow, white spotlights.

I chose the name "Premiere" as it suggests being first. Our magazine is first for the readers to know about the latest films. and upcoming films aswell.
I put the masthead in the spotlights as this shows the masthead is important and eye-catching to readers.
I added a white glow to make it look 3D.

• Tagline- Straight from the red carpet, to you! This shows all the film news is first hand and straight to the audience. The words "to you!" are aimed directly to the reader, making it adressed to them.

• Target Audience-

The magazine is mainly aimed at young adults to adults, and men usually in jobs; as going to see films can be expensive.

• Main Image-

The main image of the front cover, is me and Sam. I chose to photoshop a cinema in the background as it fitted with the film and premiere theme. We both chose to sit in a pose that looked like we were watching a film.

Next to the main image, are smaller images of other films we made up these have shocking images to represent the movies. Making the reader want to read more or watch the films.

The strapline "Top reviews with Sam and Charlie" shows that the reviews are recent and they should be trusted by the reader.

• Colours- 

 Red, Black, White, Gold. I chose to use the colours red and white as they connote film premieres and class. Also the contrast between the black background which appeals to the male audience and the red and white writing, is eye catching and makes the front cover interesting to our target audience.

• Other-

Price: I decided that the price of £2.50 was an average price, as i researched popular monthly magazines and how much they charge. Th.is was in the price range of between £2.00 and £4.00, so my price was acceptable for what i was offering
Other Images: I chose to use a range of images to connote films like the cinema ticket this was used to give a refrence to there being an exclusive review in the magazine and makes the audience feel drawn in to read more. The star is used to also draw the reader in as inside the star is a stars name, this suggests they are inportant. The directors chair is showing the reader we have exclusive interviews within the magazine as it looks like we have met the director being interviewed. This also adds to the exclusivness of the magazine in genral.