2. Paramount pictures- why would they release our film?
• Paramount Pictures is a very successful production company that has produced lots of
films including many of the latest and highly popular films like Interstellar, Mission
impossible Ghost protocol and also one of my favourite thriller film Shutter island
• I think that they would release our film, Recollection, because we think that it is a very
interesting, yet confusing, psychological thriller, that in many ways is a similar style to
Shutter Island.
• Also I think that Paramount pictures has taken many risks in taking on big films that could
have been a disaster for them, and with that being said, I think that they may well take a
risk in producing our film.
• In my opinion Paramount hasn’t failed to make a good film, so for them, producing our
film may be worthwhile to them as our thriller has a lot of potential.
3. LastCard Productions
Mission Statement
• Our company aims to produce high quality thriller movies that appeals
to all thriller movies fans.
• We will mainly be known for producing psychological thrillers, this
should be established when we first launch our first thriller movie,
Recollection, fans of Hannibal and Shutter island will especially enjoy
that film.
• With the launch of our first film and the production of many others, we
want our company to be internationally popular and be able to work
with many famous actors and directors, to grow our company as much
as possible and be recognised as a famous film production company
amongst the big ones, like Paramount, Lionsgate and Universal.
• Above all we want to create appealing films that are worth going to the
Cinema for and buying on DVD, not just to be watched online through
internet streaming sites and regarded as bad films.
4. Our production company
• Production company name
• Last Card Productions
• Logo
• Role of your company
• The main role of our company is to produce clever, psychological
thrillers that appeal to all fans of the thriller genre.
5. • Story
We were required to produce a thriller
To be different we decided on a Psychological Crime Thriller
Took some ideas from the Hannibal series as it had clever twist on the thriller
genre we wanted to adapt
• Team roles
The story only required 2 main actors
Camera man, director and post production editor were decided based on
individual skills and interests
• Story board
We firmed up the plot and created detailed scenes on a story board. This
helped firm up the story and intricate story and ensured we were prepared for
filming
• Costumes
As part of the work we did with the story line we decided on the costumes
• Locations
We visited a potential location and agreed it was perfect for our story
• Filming
Decided on the equipment to use and tested it.
We needed to do several retakes and reshoots to get it right as some parts
were not up to our production company standards
• Editing
We produced a rough cut to check the continuity and decide on what music
and sound effects best suited the footage.
The LastCard Production Company tasks…
6. Idea of a distributor
• Distributers role…
Distributors are the companies that market a film.
They set the release date and method of viewing.
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
One of the “Big 6” distributers
We chose them to potentially help with production so it may be
beneficial to also have them distribute our film
They are distributors of many high profile and successful films and
film series
They have lots of experience as they have been distributers since
the early days of films
7. Funding…where do film producers get funds?
• There are many ways in which film company's find funds to
produce and release their films for example:
Government funding
Pre-sales and co-productions
Product placement (for example Heineken placing their lager for
James bond to drink in the Highly budgeted Skyfall movie.)
Allow artists to produce a song to go with the movie and put their
name in the credits, like Adele with her song “Skyfall”
Self-finance- A lot of the bigger film companies tend to do this,
like with the transformers films, the producers where able to
make more movies due to the massive amount of profits from the
first movie, this meant that they could use a lot of that profit to
make the other movies
• Because our production company is making their first ever film,
although the film is low budgeted, we may need some
government funding to ensure that we can fully produce and
distribute the movie
8. Title sequence
• Why? Title sequences are used in every film to
provide the names of all the key production
companies/people and their roles in making the film,
also distributor and then Key actors in the film.
• The order is normally…
Name of the production studio.
Main production companies.
Primary artistic credits.
Principle actors/starring…
Film title
Other titles can be shown like music composer,
what the film is based on, book authors, editors.
etc.
9. • We had a look at some real title sequences used in films and decided on
how we should input these title sequences into our opening
• We went with a narrative title sequence as it was more effective within the
limited time that we have, and it also links in well with the footage
• We decided on a neutral white font for our title sequence which seemed to
go best with the screenplay, and also the white font works well with our
flashback and gives the right atmosphere while it is happening.
• Title sequence starts after the film starts, Whilst the detective is
introduced, and then when we see the flashback
• The first title to appear is Last Card productions followed by distributors,
and then key actors, followed by cameramen, then finally title of the film,
however we chose to place the title of the film ‘Recollection’ at the end of
opening to make the ending more tense
Our title sequence.
10. What your film is similar to ‘institutionally’?
• Films such as Paranormal Activity that had a very low budget but
made lots of money is similar to ours
• we are not well known as of yet, and we want to ensure that if
our film turns out to be unsuccessful we can move on without
making too much of a loss
• However we would expect our film to be a success like
Paranormal Activity which has become a globally recognised and
very popular film series, bearing in mind that the Movie was
made for just $15,000 and delivered a massive 434,000 percent
return on investment
• Another example is the Blair Witch Project, which was another
low budget film which grossed $248,639,099 worldwide but was
budgeted for in-between $500,000 and $750,000
• This shows that if our movie turns out to be a big success, we
have a very high chance of making a large amount of profit
11. Selling Point of our film
• An international film company would buy and sell our film because…
Low budget film, so they wont have to pay out a large amount of money for our
film
History of our type of film being very successful for example paranormal activity.
British films are very popular at the moment, in many different countries and
within the UK
• What our the main selling points of our film?
British produced thriller movie
Some of the British special effects are some of the best in the world.
Our film is more of a clever twist to the thriller genre rather the common horror
stories which is our USP (Unique selling point)
People such as myself are getting bored of films mostly based around CGI effects
and brutal horror, and I am much more interested in character building and films
with a good and unique storyline, such as the recent big hit, the Babadook
12. Ways of releasing the film
• The intention for our film is to release it globally to cinemas.
• After a set time or perhaps when the film is out of the cinemas,
we would allow streaming companies to publish the film online
and also bring out a DVD copy
• Streaming companies will be interested in our film because if
our film is popular, the streaming sites are mainly interested in
gaining profit from the films they publish, we would only
consider a well known streaming service like Netflix or Amazon
instant streaming as other can be unreliable
• Also we could potentially bring out a Blu-ray copy for an
increased price
• This will ensure that we make the most profits out of our film
even after cinema release
