Exam Work

UK Film council – AS bridging homework

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The king’s speech key figures

UK box office gross- £45 million (Highest grossing independent film in UK history)

World wide box office gross-£156 million

UKFC awarded the King’s speech £1,021,080 of lottery money.

 Momentum Pictures

A leader in independent film in the UK, distributor of around 20-25 films a year.

Distributed the king’s speech in theatres around the UK, some other films it has distributed are, The young Victoria, P.S I love you, Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind and many others.

1^st week- 7^th-9^th Jan 2011

King’s speech tops box office in opening weekend

Rank	Title	Country of Origin	Weekend Gross	Distributor	% change on last week	Weeks on release	Number of cinemas	Site average	Total Gross to date
1	The King's Speech	UK	($3,523,102_)	Momentum	0	1	395	($8,919_)	($3,523,102_)
2	127 Hours	USA/UK	($2,168,570_)	Warner Bros	0	1	310	($6,995_)	($2,168,570_)
3	Little Fockers	USA	($1,798,677_)	Paramount	-31	3	483	($3,724_)	($15,282,292_)
4	Gulliver's Travels	UK/USA	($1,554,266_)	20th Century Fox	-78	2	495	($3,140_)	($10,881,583_)
5	The Next Three Days	USA	($1,046,333_)	Lionsgate	0	1	425	($2,462_)	($1,046,333_)

2^nd week- 14^th-16^th Jan, peaks in terms of weekend gross

Rank	Title	Country of Origin	Weekend Gross	Distributor	% change on last week	Weeks on release	Number of cinemas	Site average	Total Gross to date
1	The King's Speech	UK	£4,401,926	Momentum	25	2	422	£10,431	£10,759,019

 

 

 

 

 

4^th week- 28^th-30^th Jan

Goes to 2^nd place after 4 weeks already has a total gross of £24,905,378.00

6

The King's Speech

UK

£1,207,963

Momentum

-28

8

540

£2,237

£39,850,419

 

 

8^th week- 25^th-27^th Feb 2011

Slips to 6^th place, but it takes 8 weeks to do so with a total gross of £39,850,419

In comparison The Hunger games which was released this year;

Week 1- 23^rd -25^th march 2012

 

 

1

The Hunger Games

USA

\£4,900,177

Lions Gate

-

1

511

\£9,589

\£4,900,177

 

Week 7 – 4^th-6^th may

Takes 7 weeks to slip to 7^th and generates much less revenue than the king’s speech

 

7

The Hunger Games

USA

\£346,807

Lions Gate

-53

7

262

\£1,324

\£23,059,924

 

 

Submarine

 

Released june 3^rd 2011

 

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$467,602	54.1%
+ Foreign:	$397,057	45.9%
= Worldwide:	$864,659

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:

$41,832

 

Only open in a total of 28 cinemas in the UK,

Directed & Written by Richard Ayoade

 

 

 

Key Definitions-

• Production- The making of a film
• Distribution- Promoting and getting films shown in cinemas and on DVD, also the promotion of related media products.
• Consumption-the purchasing of cinema tickets, DVDs and downloading or purchasing related products.

 

Film Distribution

who holds the most power in influencing what is distributed?

Audiences- If they like a particular genre or star then they can influence Hollywood & other film industries to churn out more of each.

film industry- spend often half of their budget on promoting the film and there for can increase the hype around a film/genre/star that was previously unpopular.

five major distributors in the UK-

• United international pictures
• Warner brothers
• Buena Vista
• Twentieth Century Fox
• Sony

9/10 films in the UK are viewed because of these distributors

Classification

British board of film classification,
BBFC is a self regulatory body,
BBFC's guidelines with three main considerations:

• Legal- material which may break the law
• Protective- material which may cause harm
• Social- reviewed with reference to public opinion, especially regarding language.

 

The Role of a Distributor

Distribution is the highly competitive business of launching and sustaining films in the market place. Films don’t become talking points, or find their place in the world, by accident. The distributor’s challenge is to
bring each one to market by:

• identifying its audience,considering why they’d go and see it
• estimating the revenue potential,across all the formats of its release
• developing plans and partnerships, to build awareness of and interest in the film
• aiming to convert as much interest as possible into cinema visits
• persuading exhibitors (cinema operators) to play the film

Like other forms of entertainment, the film industry is product-driven: the films themselves are the main reason for buying tickets. There’s an insatiable, deep-rooted desire for great stories on screen as well as in print. But today more than ever, consumers call the shots, deciding for themselves what information or ‘content’ to receive or reject,access or delete.

The Cycle of a films production and Distribution

1. Producer/company acquires rights to film a story or treatment

2. Screenplay is developed by one or more writers

3. Production finance and cast and crew are confirmed

4. Principal photography takes place, in studios and/or on agreed locations,

5. followed by some months of post-production, editing and scoring

6. Distributor develops release strategy, considers release date,

7. and takes delivery of a master print of the finished film

8. Distributor presents the film to exhibitors and negotiates

9. bilateral agreements to have it shown in cinemas

10. Distributor’s marketing campaign aims to create a ‘want to see’

11. buzz among the target audience and launches the film

12. Film prints including the British Board of Film Classification

13. certificate are delivered to cinemas a few days before opening

14. Film’s run extends any number of weeks subject to demand,

15. which may be augmented by additional marketing

16. Following its run in cinemas, the film is released in other formats

17. (home entertainment, television) and quickly becomes a catalogue title

 

 Warp Films- Submarine realted content

Warp Films is an independent UK film production company. It is based in Sheffield & London, UK with a further office in Melbourne, Australia

Warp Films was initially created with financial support from NESTA and had a remit to produce a number of short films.

The Film Agency for Wales -Their Website

The only agency for film in wales, based in Cardiff.

Aims to promote Welsh born and resident film makers, provides support for writers, directors, producers and writer-directors.

Also nurtures projects reflecting welsh culture and life.

They offer development support, both financial and advisial, also project specific training when required and promoting talent to third party investors.

Want to increase 'film literacy' across wales and increase the avaliability of a variety of films across Wales.

Through the ‘Arts Council of Wales’ lottery funding, they are currently able to contribute up to £200,000 to British qualifying, theatrical films.

They also co-finance alongside other lottery bodies including the BFI, Creative Scotland, Northern Ireland Screen and the various Regional Screen Agencies.

 

Red Hour Films

Red Hour Films is an American motion picture production and distribution company. Ben Stiller and producer Stuart Cornfeld run the company.