MEST 1 SECTION B : Institution Research

MEST 1 SECTION B : Institution Research

Ill Manors: Funding and production budget

1.  £100,000
2.  BBC Films, Revolver Entertainment, Film London Microwave.
3. There is a huge difference between the budget of Skyfall ($200m) and Ill Manors, due to the stunts and equipment needed to produce quality videography for a franchise that is globally known. 

A Field In England: Funding and production budget

What was the estimated budget for A Field In England?

Why did A Field In England manage to secure a higher budget than Ill Manors?

Where did the money come from?  

Film London and Microwave Film

1. Film London is film agency which discovers and promotes film making talent through short and feature film production — the platforms on which it is based is film, print and e-media. It is a not-profit organisation and is supported by the BFI and Mayor of London. 
2. Microwave is Film London's feature film making scheme and it helps produce films. 
3. List three other films funded by Microwave Film and embed their trailers in your blog

Three films that were funded by Microwave Film are:

Mum and dad

Shifty

Freestyle

1. Choose one film funded by Microwave film and explain how it compares to Ill Manors (similarities and differences) 

Freestyle is a film about how a boy and girl fall in love in an unforeseen way. By both competing against each other for the same dream they end up finding more and more of themselves in the other. The narrative is similar due to it being about council estate and as the costumes are urban and the music is too.Also another factor is that the main character sells drugs to maintain paying for his lesson to get better at basketball so its sort of different than usually drug film as it being for getting the girls and fancy and clothes.

Distributor: Vertigo Films and Warp Films

1. Vertigo Films are well known for three particular films:'Football factory' 'The Sweeny' and 'Spring Breakers'
2. The core target audience is British and 55% Male and 45% Female due to the fact that most of the films that are distributed by vertigo is predominantly male and would like these films because they are set in Britain. 
3. Mainstreamers and explorers would watch these films because these films are fit to the stereotype of what the international audience would expect of British Culture.
4. Vertigo Films have worked on comical films, sports related films and even dance films such as 'Street Dance'.
5. There are two very notable successful films produced by Warp Films these include 'Deadmans Shoes' and 'Southcliffe'.
6. Warp Films has created and found new talents by creating a subdivision, Warpx. Warpx have had a significant impact in shaping the British Film industry as it is. A significant amount of the projects have gained various nominations within the film industry including some gaining  BAFTA nominations.
7. The two films that have the most similarities between each distribution company are 'This is England' and 'The Football factory'. These are probably two of the most similar films because the type of genre and the year that both films are spoken about are roughly around the same time.

One final aspect of institution is the certificate the film was awarded for exhibition. This is decided by the British Board of Film Classification.

1.  The BBFC examine each film in depth,in a generic comfortable environment,  looking at the extent of which nudity, sex, drugs, violence etc are presented in the production. Through this they determine the age certificate of the film.
2.  The BBFC would give a film a 15 certification if the explicitness of the film would be on a low-scale compared to how explicit a film would be if it was an 18 certificate. If the production is hugely explicit then it would result in an 18 certificate.
3.  The advantage of having an 18 certificate is that explicit cinematography is not available for immature audiences who can suffer from the hypodermic needle issue, this theory suggests that the audience is passive and they they are vulnerable to the manipulation of the media. On the other hand, an 18 certificate can hold financial disadvantages as distributors would struggle to maximise their profits.