Film Four Productions Factfile

Film Four Productions Factfile

 

What are Film Four Productions?

Film Four Productions is a film company that was made and founded in 1982.The company produces films and its owned by channel which is its parent company who exhibits the film.Film four is behind some of the most well known and significant British films in the last 20 years.film four doesn't distribute the films another branch called film four distributor, distributes the films on DVD to shops and markets across the country and other ways of media.Film four also has partnerships with Sky and virgin, the leading film broadcasters of tv in the Uk.

The parent company for Film Four is called channel four who is in charge of film four and also gives them guidance and support for any projects that film four needs help with.Channel four is also in control of management and and helps in influencing with board directors and film four is a subsidiary of channel four.Channel four also holds most of the voting stock of film four.They are a tv channel were they exhibit a range of films and shows that are just released. 

The parent company doesn't just own film 4,the own various other companies too.For instance they own a company called More 4 which is a digital television channel which was launched in 10 october 2005.Another company is E4 which is also a digital television channel that is funded by advertising and the 'E' in E4 stands for entertainment and they have a primary audience at aged 15-35 year olds. Finally they also own 4seven which was apparently made due to a response of viewers missing out on shows because there was so much choice.

 

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Since Film four is owned by the parent company, Channel Four, it does gain in advantages of their films being owned by channel four.For instance when the films are in pre-production or production channel four would help and invest into those films which would give film four more access to facilities and equipment.Another bonus is that film four also gain a boost in popularity since channel four have fairly huge base audience, they will exhibit their films which will increase their viewership.It also allows film four to take new ideas and try new things as they have the budget to try, if they were separate they wouldn't always have that option.

Film Four has partnered with the BFI also known as the British film institute and their aim is to help promote new actors and filmmakers in a business. Film four has partnered with them to help find new people such as directors and actors for their new upcoming films that they will produce.This helps people start new careers and also helps a new generation of people start in the film world.This is also a clear representation of people being accepted to the big film industry helping people to aspire to them and be like them.

What do Film Four produce?

Film Four has made many films over the years and they have made some fairly well known films too.Usually the company aims to fund around 20 films a year.These films can range from all sorts of types such as sci-fi and even Dramas.This amount of films that they fund is an advantage as it increases the viability.This also increases their footprint in the film industry as they have many films they have made and this can help make them more known in the industry.

Film Four do fun themselves with the support of other companies such as channel. They also do support other external companies to help them get started in the film industry. For example they helped an American independent film makers.Which shows not only interest in British film makers but also international as well shows can help them in the future is they need any more partners to work with or any new talent that they are ambitiously aiming for

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Film Four has had some fairly successful films over the years but there's one film that stands out of the rest that made film four very successful, the films called Ex-Machina.The film had a
budget of $15million and had grossed over $36.9million, this made this film critically acclaimed by he national board of review as one of the top 10 best independent films of the year. The film also went one to wind more than 88 academy awards and it was honored the film with the best visual effects.This helped to boost film fours popularity and income by a dramatic rate which would serve to help future projects that they will make.

Film Four makes a lot of films since they make a lot they have also fun them and this means the budget for each film will be less if theres more films planned to be made.Usually film four contribute to around 15-15% of a films budget.They invest around about $500,000 for their films and the rest of the money is supported by other companies and channel four since they are the parent company. In 2002 channel four did cut its budget of $30million to $10million due to mounting losses.

Film Four are a very creative and diverse company that have existed for a decent amount of time but one thing they are known for and have built a reputation for is BSR films. They have contributed so much into the BSR film industry as a lot of the films they produce and make are BSR films. They have made a film called 'The Selfish Giant' which has a very dark and gloomy story which basically all BSR Films are about or contain within them. They have also made a BSR called 'this is England' which was too very successful at the time of its release.

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Since they are a film company that has a very large presence in the BSR industry, but they do also have a foothold in over markets too.Which helps broaden their viewership and helps them spread out to different interest's other than the same stuff. They have made Science fiction films such as 'Ex-Machina' which was a big success for them, they have also made a film called '12 years a slave' which is about slavery and racism showing the true horrors of real life and 'The killing of the sacred deer' that is set in the past. This can all validate their reliability and that they do have inquisitiveness's in other genres.
 

Where is the company based?

 Film Four are company that was made and created in the Uk, and they primarily film in the Uk aswell.They do mainly fund their films Uk but they do go aborad to other countries to film what is necasary for their film.They rarely alos do fun their films in Other countires such as America but they tend not do due to their films mainly filmed in the Uk since its based around British lives.Its not just the Uk they fund out epsecially if the films mainly set out in another country for instance 'American honey'

 

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Just stated above film four don't just fund their films in the Uk and they are also helping fund the BFI so they are looking for new talent all the time.Since this is the case they are helping Filmmakers internationally aswell to help kickstart or fund their films which is a good thing for these independant companies.One company they helped to fund a film called 'American Animals'.This is a great thing and helps inspiring people start up a film production and get into the world of film.

 

Since Film Four made the film called Ex-machina that i explained above it did have various film locations that were set in many places.They filmed in the Uk such as Buckinghamshire but for some scenes they also went to Bloomberg for the offices enviroments.Through out of the film they filmed in Norway and such as the Valldal, Which is a very beautiful location.There was also scenes in the film of the Juvet Landscape which is sureal to many people which is where Nathans mountain retreat scene occurs.

Why is the company Important to the Uk film industry

Film Four Productions has an ethos and they want to help invest in many films that they make and many other companies too such as the independant ones.They also want to help support international companies and co-invest and innovate in interesting foriegn films.They offor a platform for British independant cinema on terrestrial television.They distruibute one of their films on Channel Four and its sister station Film Four.

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Their key successes in the film industry is due to many important factors and conventions.For instance they invest into many of their films including other filmakers making them have access to a lot of facilties and equipment and they also backed by their parent company.They have a wide range of themes that are set throughout their films such as Depression and deprived and poverty.They have lots of connections to other companies to help develop the films they make and exhibit them out onto other channels.They use a lot of good cmaerawork and angles to show a particular mmode or setting to give the films a certain feeling in the atmosphere.The are also widely known for many good films so it helps boost their reputation and helps them to become more known nad maybe one day they may become mainstream.

 From all the new people they have decided to hire for roles in directing and actors they have helped many people luanch a career of filmmaking due to this.They have helped launch the career of Alex Garland who was the director of the Ex-machina which won over serval awards.They have made a film called 'Attack of the Block' which helped start John Boyega's career which later on in his career in 2013 he was hired to be in the 'Star wars the force awakens' which is known as one of the most selling films of all time.This shows that they have a crtical role in the film industry making unkown actors turn into mainstream actors for the latest blockbuster films of all time.