Art house film institution research

Production: Independent film studios

1) Look back at the five films you have analysed for your existing product research. Find which studios made them 

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The Man Without A Past

1.    The Man Without A Past was produced by 'Bavaria Film Studios'
2. 'Bavaria have also produced other low budget films Films like '  (Paths of Glory', 1957),(The Vikings, 1958),
3. However one of their most successful films was 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'

First movie- Girl hood

The films story plot is .... A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.

The production company of Girl hood is Canal+, CNC, Cinea+
It was first released in France in 22nd October 2014
Its box office was 1.7 million
The BFFC for Girl Hood is 15, contains strong language and violence

Film Movie Clip- Donnie Darko

The films story plot is......  A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

The production company of Donnie Darko is Pandora Cinema, flower films, Adam fields production
It was first released in the USA in 25th October 2002.
Donnie Darko movie box office was $4,500,000.
The BFFC for Donnie Darko is  15, contains strong language and psychological horror.

Film Movie Clip- Eternal sunshine of spotless mind

The films story plot is ...When a couples relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

The production company of Eternal sunshine of spotless mind is Focus Features, and Anonymous content. 
It was first released in the USA in 30th April 2004
 Eternal sunshine of spotless mind box office was $20,000,000 
The BFFC for Eternal sunshine of spotless mind is 15, involves strong language.

Film movie clip - It matters

The films story plot is about a young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after getting involved in a sexual encounter. 

The production company of the film It follows is Northern lights films, Animal kingdom, Two fints`

It was first released in the USA in 27th March 2015

It follows box office was $2,000,000 

The BBFC for it follows is 15, involves strong language  

2) What other films do these studios produce? 

Animal Kingdom films produced: 

• Short term 12  (2013)- "the finest american drama so far" 
• It follows (2014) - "One of the most striking american indie horror films in years"                                  This also seems to be the production companies most popular movie

Focus features films produced: 

• The danish girl 
• Race 
• Eternal sunshine of spotless mind (2004) 
• suffragette 

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the production studios most popular movie

Pandora films produced: 

• Grind (2003) 
• Going Down (2002)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Tango (1998)

Donnie Darko is by far the best production created by Pandora films

Canal+ films produced: 

• Killer kid (1994)
• The confessional (1995)
• French love (1998)
• The girlhood (2014)

Girl-hood however wasn't the best production made by canal+

Flower Films films produced: 

•  How to be single (2016)
• Animal (2014) 
• Knife fight (2013)
• Donnie Darko (2001)

Distribution: Independent film distributors
the UK Film Distributors' Association. 

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Introduction:

Films are created to share an experience utilizing many different ways. films are ideal produced for people amusement and enjoyment. Some movies are created following a story book.Also, films create emotions and tend to inspire people, express what people want to say. 

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Lord Puttnam on the role of distribution:

Puttnam's role of distribution is about trying to make the largest amount of people to view it. Therefore, they try make the trailers an posters intriguing. 

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So what exactly do distributors do? 

Distrubutors is highly competitive business of launching different types of films. However its really hard so the distributors challenge is to:

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

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Who are the distributors?

The UK has six major distributors and also many independent distributors. And they manage anything that is created outside the major studios. 

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How do distributors get their films? 

UK distributors get their films using many different techniques for example;

• a third-party sales agent, acting on behalf of a producer
• a continuous flow of new content from a parent studio
• a studio or production company with whom the distributor has negotiated an output deal covering a slate of titles
• a single title acquired at any stage before, during or after production

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Make a distribution deal

This is about specifying the rights they hold in respect of the title. These normally include the right to release it in UK cinemas and promote it in all media before and during its release.

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Planning the release

A plan and an idea has to be created and prepared. 

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what? when? who? how?

• How is the going to be released?
• When is it coming out?
• Where should it first be released?
• What type of film is it?

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Film Marketing 

There many different ways the film is marketed for example:

Through Websites 

Through Posters

Through trailers

Through online adverstising

Through Promotions

Through Education resources

Through the media-news 

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Licensing films exhibitors 

This is about trying to see how much the audience enjoyed the film and trying to reach the planned target audience. 

Through Box office

Through print or technical management 

3) Now research the distributors for each of the arthouse films you have analysed for your existing product research. Who distributed each film in the UK? 

Girl-Hood

• Film1 Spotlight (2015) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Strand Releasing (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pyramide Distribution (2014) (France) (theatrical)
• $4,500,000 (estimated) 

Donnie Darko
Metrodome Distribution (2002) 
Metrodome Distribution (2004) 

Film Budget

$4,500,000 (estimated)
$728K(US)

It follows
Icon Film Distribution (2014) (UK) (theatrical)
around 21 cinemas released in around the world

Film Budget

$2,000,000 (estimated film budget)
$10,100,000 (This was the budget for Worldwide)

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Momentum Pictures (2004)
around 20 cinemas released in around the world
Budget
Film Budget
$20,000,000 (estimated film budget)
$49MM(This was the worldwide budget)

Whats is film London and why does it exist? 

1)Film London is the capitals film and media organization. They support, advance and create London as a noteworthy global film making and film social capital.

2) Microwave does more than fund films; we give development and mentoring support to all of the shortlisted projects, as well as production finance and distribution support to the final commissioned films. 

3) Both initiatives offer far more than production funding. The schemes also deliver a comprehensive programmer of training and expert mentoring.It is open to all new and emerging film makers and runs across nine months. 

Freestyle film trailer- 

Borrowed Time film trailer-

Lilting film trailer- 

All of these three movies fit perfectly to the art-house profiles because they mainly about an individual or group and through the films try to express the emotions created. These tend to be emotions which arent discovered or fully understood by the audience.Also, they all have that protagonist where the audience synthesize with. 

5)  Three things that i learnt from these art-house short clips is that 

•  Use what is around me to make the film interesting
• Clearly communicate what you are trying to say