Production and Distribution Companies

 

Production and Distribution Companies

Production Companies: A production company helps to create the film but it also assists in the budgeting, scheduling, script, casting and resources, organizes staff, the production itself, post-production, distribution and marketing. The company also looks over the film when it's just an idea and looks what will make this film sell out and what won't, they also look at what is in the film and they will see if it fits in with genre and sub-genere.

Production Companies are directly responsible for the fundraising for the production or they may complete this through partners' companies or private investors. The production companies are often either owned or under contact with a film studio or enterainment company and then they act as the production companies which are called 'Parent Companies'; this has become known as the studio system.

Distribution Companies: A Distribution company is responsible for sending the film out into the world for the waiting audiences to watch. They will decide when and where the film will come out and they also promote the film. There are steps which the distribution companies have to take before sending the films into the cinemas:

• They determine how many copies of the film they need to make
• The film will then be previewed to the prospective buyers- e.g. cinemas owners
• The film will then be sent to the cinemas shortly before it opens.

The cinema then shows the movie and after people have seen it, it will get sent back to the distributors and payment will be agreed. However in smaller budget films, more steps may be necessary.  

 Universal Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production. It also owns a sizable collection of TV shows through its subsidiary NBC Universal Television Distribution. It also acquired rights to several prominent filmmakers works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years. Universal Pictures is the second-longest-lived Hollywood studio.  By the Sun’s Rays (First Film made by Universal). Films made by universal: Battleship, Land of the lost, E.T., Beethoven.

Pinewood is a major British film studio, heavily involved with the production of many of the action-thriller James Bond films. They have also helped produce and distribute thriller The Da Vinci Code. The Bourne Ultimatum, a film very similar in narrative to our own, was also produced by Pinewood Studios.

BBFC Ratings

 

BBFC Ratings

	The ‘U’ stands for universal: it’s suitable for audiences aged four years and over. These films don’t include bad language but it does include mild bad language such as ‘damn’ or ‘hell’. Bad language such as ‘bloody’ or ‘bugger’ may be included, where justified by context. Characters may be seen kissing and cuddling but nothing more.
	The ‘PG’ stands for Parental Guidance. It’s suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for younger children. There may be mild bad language such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’ in a PG film, where justified by the context.  References to sex are acceptable if the activity talked about or shown is implied and lacking in detail. In addition, if a child is unlikely to understand a reference, may allow it at PG. Comedy can also often lessen the impact of sex references.  There might be innocuous or passing references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse in a PG film but it’s not the main focus.
	‘12A’ means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied.  The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'.  The 12 certificate is just for videos, DVDs and Blu-rays. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult. The BBFC's Guidelines state that there may be strong language (eg 'f***') at 12 or 12A, but it must be infrequent.  There may be moderate language (eg uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A).  Sex might briefly and discreetly be portrayed at 12 or 12A, there also might be nudity in the 12 or 12A film but as well as the sex it has to be brief and discreet.
	No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD.  15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.  There could potentially be a great deal and it can also be a horror film as well. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language, occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (eg 'c***'). 15 contain: ·         strong violence ·         frequent strong language (eg 'f***'). ·         portrayals of sexual activity ·         strong verbal references to sex ·         sexual nudity ·         brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence ·         discriminatory language or behaviour ·         drug taking
	Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. 18 works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as: ·         very strong violence ·         frequent strong language (eg 'f***') and/or very strong language (eg ‘c***’) ·         strong portrayals of sexual activity ·         scenes of sexual violence ·         strong horror ·         strong blood and gore ·         real sex (in some circumstances) ·         discriminatory language and behaviour

After reviewing the BBFC site, we had decided to certify our movie as a 15. We have choosen this rating because it will contain strong violence and other unacceptable behaviour such horror scene, killing scene and unsuitable scence which could scare younger children and also influence bad behaviour onto younger viewers as they could be come violent and might want to pratice what they have seen on screen, whereas teenagers which are more mature and  have a better understanding of what is happening and know not to become violent as they are more clear of the consequences. 

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD.  15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.  There could potentially be a great deal and it can also be a horror film as well. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language, occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (eg 'c***'). 15 contain:

·         strong violence

·         frequent strong language (eg 'f***').

·         portrayals of sexual activity                                                                            

·         strong verbal references to sex

·         sexual nudity

·         brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

·         discriminatory language or behaviour

·         drug taking

Final Edit - Preliminary Task

Final Edit - Preliminary Task

After a week after we came back for Christmas holidays I started editing my preliminary task and making my edit was good enough for my first time using the editing software. I did find it quite hard using the software and putting everything in place so it looked decent. And if I was to be honest I did pretty well for a first timer.

Here is the final edit:

Outcomes:

 I think that this edit could of be better, I had one camera angle missing which maybe if I didn't forget about it, my edit would of been a lot better. However it was a pretty good success as it was my first time using it and I think I edited every effectively.