adult life skills VS ghostbusters

1. INDEPENDENT FILMS VS
MAINSTREAM FILMS
Adult life skills Vs Ghostbusters

2. ADULT LIFE SKILLS – INDEPENDENT FILM
https://youtu.be/w3ugHP-yZXw TRAILER
This film was produced by creative
England. It was written and directed by
Rachel Tunnard and is the full film of the
BAFTA nominated short film which
premiered at the London film festival in
2014.
When asked how the project benefitted from Creative England’s involvement, Rachel said:
“I am not independently rich so the support of Creative England meant that I was
financially able to ‘have a go’ but equally importantly, the fact that they were willing to take
a punt on me as a relative unknown gave me the confidence to think...'Well maybe…’
Without Creative England the film wouldn’t exist!”
She also won the prestigious Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival awards,
receiving $25,000 – a remarkable achievement for a low-budget directorial debut. Proving
that this film had potential.

3. I myself have never heard of the production company “creative england” however
when researching into it the company it displays a large variety of films it has
produced, which indicates that they have been successful.
For Example:
- Victoria is a newly released drama shown on itv. It is
successful as its well known and widely watched
Ernestine and
Kit
Three women waiting
for death
Audience
Creative England in my opinion has an older mature audience. This is reflected in their films As they have a
meaning or distinctive plot line. This means the younger generation wouldn’t nessasarily be interested or
intrigued into their productions.

4. GHOST BUSTERS – MAINSTREAM FILM
• https://youtu.be/w3ugHP-yZXw TRAILER
Ghostbusters was distributed by
Columbia pictures, one of the big six. It
had various production companies due
to budget being high including:
- LStar Capital
- Village Roadshow Pictures
- The Montecito pictures
The film had a production
budget of $144 million and was
considered a box office boom
when it produced a $228
million income. That’s an $84
million profit!!

5. Columbia pictures is a major distribution company and has produced many top selling films
including:
• The Shallows(2016)
• The Legend of Zorro(2005)
• The Wedding Planner(2001)
• The Phantom of The Opera(1989)
The list dates back to 1924 when the company released a short film called pal o’mine.
Columbia pictures usually produces the
films they know will be crowd pleasers
(mainstream). This is because it is what the
audience is attracted to making sure they
bring in the most profit. They do not have
a specific genre as they change their
marketing(film choice) to what the
audience is looking for. Because of these
factors their films appear to various age
groups and types of audience.

6. THE INSTITUTIONS
The independent film makes you think about
things as it expresses more art and culture.
Adult life skills makes you think what you want
to do with your life… and you question the
simple day to day things that you do. This is
different to a mainstream film as they are
supposed to make you feel good or make you
cry. They almost always have a happy ending
to allow you to be able to relax whilst watching
the film as you know everything will be okay.
Due to its higher budget mainstream films
produce huge marketing ideas getting their
films out there so people want to go and see
them. Plus they are shown at multiplex cinemas
that dominate the film industry. Independent
films have limited distribution and are rarely
shown in multiplex cinemas and therefore the
audience has to look for it.
These films also have
similarities. They both were
written with the idea to be
big, they both wanted to
get their films out there are
be successful.
I feel that success wise Columbia
pictures outperforms creative
England. This is because they bring
in a much larger audience and are
able to produce a huge profit
because of that.