The producer or production company is where the film get their funding and spending, their ideas for the script and the treatment and the organisation of the cast, crew and location: this is called "above the line sales." A production may directly fundraise the product but may also be funded through a partner or private investor. As we were our own production company 'A Broken Heel' we had the luxury of deciding most of these factors. We would have more than likely depended on funding from elsewhere as we would not have been able to fund the film ourselves.
A distributor ensures the film makes it to the cinemas/box offices on the day of their release (which is highly crucial and a very important job) and they are also responsible for getting the film to DVD. They take a cut of the takings from each film and this is how they make their money. The growing problem distributors face is illegal downloads of films. Illegal downloads don't just mean than cinemas lose out on money, the distributor will also because there will not be as much takings and so they get lesser cut. We decided to distribute through an independent studio as we do not have the money for funding. Independent studios rely on funding from other major companies. We did not want to use YouTube as a distributor as it is non profit and iTunes doesn't offer instant distribution as there is an application process and if you are not part of a major label you have to pay or list your product as 'Free'.
Romeo Is Bleeding and The Last Seduction are both films that are similar to ours as firstly they are both Neo-Noirs. In Romeo Is Bleeding the Femme Fetale has full control over the male protagonist as does our Scarlett, and in The Last Seduction, Bridget the Femme Fetale, comes away victorious because of the male protagonist being tricked by Bridget into taking full responsibility for her actions which resolves in him getting the electric chair. This film is similar to ours as it add a twist to existing conventions.
Money to fund our film would come from a major company such as Universal as we are an independent studio who relys on funding from large companies. This is like the indie production company Working Title Films, they used to rely on PolyGram for backing. Polygram is now part of Universal Studios another major studio.
The people mentioned in our titles are the actors and the crew.
Jae Jones - Garret, male lead role.
Patsy Cliffe - Scarlet, female lead role.
Hollie Owens (me) - Sound
Ellen Jones, Lauren Williams, Hollie Owens - Camera
Lauren Williams - Director
A distributor ensures the film makes it to the cinemas/box offices on the day of their release (which is highly crucial and a very important job) and they are also responsible for getting the film to DVD. They take a cut of the takings from each film and this is how they make their money. The growing problem distributors face is illegal downloads of films. Illegal downloads don't just mean than cinemas lose out on money, the distributor will also because there will not be as much takings and so they get lesser cut. We decided to distribute through an independent studio as we do not have the money for funding. Independent studios rely on funding from other major companies. We did not want to use YouTube as a distributor as it is non profit and iTunes doesn't offer instant distribution as there is an application process and if you are not part of a major label you have to pay or list your product as 'Free'.
Romeo Is Bleeding and The Last Seduction are both films that are similar to ours as firstly they are both Neo-Noirs. In Romeo Is Bleeding the Femme Fetale has full control over the male protagonist as does our Scarlett, and in The Last Seduction, Bridget the Femme Fetale, comes away victorious because of the male protagonist being tricked by Bridget into taking full responsibility for her actions which resolves in him getting the electric chair. This film is similar to ours as it add a twist to existing conventions.
Money to fund our film would come from a major company such as Universal as we are an independent studio who relys on funding from large companies. This is like the indie production company Working Title Films, they used to rely on PolyGram for backing. Polygram is now part of Universal Studios another major studio.
The people mentioned in our titles are the actors and the crew.
Jae Jones - Garret, male lead role.
Patsy Cliffe - Scarlet, female lead role.
Hollie Owens (me) - Sound
Ellen Jones, Lauren Williams, Hollie Owens - Camera
Lauren Williams - Director
Although not mentioned in the titles I also helped with other aspects of creating the opening sequence: such as costume and design and also camera work and cinematography.
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