Research Into Institutions

I am hoping that research into the film industry will help me understand more about how films are produced and what company would most likely produce my film.
The film industry is the basic creation of film split into 6 parts, the Development, Production, Facilities, Distribution, Exhibition and Export. I have found some percentages of what is included more in the film industry of the companies existed today; 43% of the companies are production, 13% are distribution and the remaining 44% are the exhibition companies.


There are the main stages that a film will have to go through before getting shown at a cinema:

• Production - This is where the scenes are filmed and all put together to make the final movie.
• Distribution - This is when the film is shipped all over the world to where it is going to get shown in different countries.
• Marketing - This deals with the advertising of films, such as movie posters and trailers.
• Exhibition - This is the final stage where the film finally gets shown in the cinemas.

I found from a website that a company that fund films is the British Film Institute, which may be a big help for individual films. They get 15 million pounds a year that they can use to invest in the production of films. If a company is funded by the BFI they won't only receive money, but they will receive guidance along the way of the film making, and they will receive advice by members of the BFI.


A production company that I have done research into is Working Title, who are a production company that are based in London, England. Working Title are co-produced by Sarah Radclyff and Tim Bevan, however Sarah left after a while to be replaced by Eric Fellner. Working Title have teamed up with Universal Pictures who are responsible for their funding. Due to this merger, Working Title have a much higher budget making them able to produce more advanced movies with bigger A-List Hollywood Actors.
Working Title have produced these films:

• Love Actually
• Atonement
• Johnny English + Johnny English Reborn
• Notting Hill
• Sean of the Dead
• Hot Fuzz

Working Title have expanded massively thanks to their merger with Universal Pictures, and they have also been able to distribute their films world wide getting more recognition.

By carrying out this research into institutions it has become a lot clearer on how a film is produced and funded. I have established that working title would be a likely production company to produce my film as the opening sequence is British and based in Britain, and Working Title is also based in the UK. They are also funded by Universal who are an international conglomerate company. This would be good for my film as it would have a much higher budget, and the rest of the film would be Thriller/Action so it would include a lot of special effects. Working Title would also be able to give my film a lot of above the line advertising, therefore trailers would be played on the TV, and billboards could be shown around the country; therefore making the public aware of the film release.

Reference: http://industry.bfi.org.uk/

http://www.skillset.org/film/industry/article_6763_1.asp