Warp Films, Heyday Films, Lucasfilms, and The BFI are film production companies with different specialties and levels of success. Warp Films focuses on distinctive British films and has seen success with films like 71. Heyday Films produces big budget films and has generated billions from the Harry Potter franchise. Lucasfilms is known for Star Wars and Indiana Jones and has profited over $2 billion from Star Wars alone. The BFI is a British organization that provides funding for independent films and aims to promote diversity, with 12 Years a Slave being one of its most successful supported films.

2. GLOSSARY
Conglomerate- a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass
media enterprises, such as television, radio, publishing, motion pictures,
theme parks, or the Internet.
Subsidiary company- a company controlled by a holding company.
Vertical integration- the combination in one firm of two or more stages of
production normally operated by separate firms.
Horizontal integration- the process of a company increasing production of
goods or services at the same part of the supply chain.
Independent company- a business that is free from outside control. It usually
means a privately owned establishment

3. ROGUE ONE- 2016
Fact File:
Production company: Lucasfilm/ Walt Disney studios
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Budget: 200 million USD
Revenue: $988,132,599
Funding: overall majority of funding for this film was supplied by Walt Disney, this is because they are one of the
largest institutions and have released and funded all of the other star wars films.
Marketing: This production decided to use many methods of marketing. such as posters, 3 types of Trailers, as well
as social media and online and advertising and cross promotions with companies such as Nissan, Gillette, Uber
and Duracell.
Distribution: So far this film has only been distributed to the cinema. This means that in order for audiences to watch
they must visit the cinema, generating a larger box office profit. However, this film will soon be released on Blur-
ray and DVD on websites such as amazon.
Exhibition: IMBD claim that this production was released worldwide, including countries such as Britain, America,
France, Italy, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Spain and many more.
This film is also displayed in multiple ways, such as IMAX, 3D and 2D.
Synergy:

4. FANTASTIC BEATS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM-
2016
Fact file:
Production company: Warner Bro’s/ Heyday Films
Distributor: Warner Bro’s
Budget: 180 million USD
Revenue: $807,622,943
Funding:
Marketing: There were various methods of marketing for this film. including : posters, Trailers, social media-
Facebook, twitter and Instagram pages. As well as hashtags. And cross promotions with companies
such as twitter
Distribution: This production is currently released within the cinema, meaning this is where majority of
profits are generated from however will be released on DVD on March 7th.
Exhibition: This film was released in many different countries, particularly in Europe. Examples such as
Portugal, Ukraine, Turkey, South Korea, Hungary, Denmark, Chile, Brazil and other main countries such
as the UK and USA.
Overall cinema was the main platform in which the film has been shown on, with features such as Imax and
3D.
Synergy:

5. THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS- 201
Fact file:
Production Company – Poison Chef, BFI Film fund, Altitude Film Sales
Distributor: Warner Home Video (UK DVD)/Warner Bros (UK Theatrical)
Budget: $4,000,000 (estimated)
Revenue: $1,894,773 (Worldwide)
Funding: BFI Creative Film Funding
Marketing: Star Appeal – Gemma Aterton
Trailer shown in cinemas, prior to movies of a similar genre/storyline
‘Exclusive unseen footage’ promised on DVD cover
Distribution: Theatrical distribution in UK, USA, Singapore, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Spain etc – individual distributors for
each
Distributed to DVD in the UK only, via Warner Home Studio
Exhibition: Primarily exhibited in 2D, in cinemas (countries listed above)
Released on DVD in the UK
Synergy

6. FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS-
Fact file:
Production Company – Qwerty films, Pathé Pictures International, BBC Films
Distributor: Paramount Pictures (USA, Theatrical), 20th Century Fox (UK, Theatrical),
Budget: $29,000,000 (estimated)
Revenue: $44,272,267 (Worldwide)
Funding: Funded by EU’s ‘Creative Europe MEDIA Programme’, which ‘supports the audio-visual sector during a time
of transformation by digital technology’
Marketing: Aimed towards upper classes (i.e A/B socio-economic groups), due to iconography (costumes, setting etc)
on poster/in trailer. Aimed towards British Audiences – strong accents used in trailer/typical British setting.
Audience identification – idea of being bad at something/having a dream to do it. Star Appeal – actors and their
names displayed on poster (Meryl Streep/Hugh Grant)/cast interviews, and ‘From the director of The Queen and
Philomena’ promises a degree of quality (names of these films are more recognisable than the directors name).
Social media celebrating/promoting the actors. TV Spots – show short clips, using star appeal and humour
Distribution: Theatrical distribution in UK, USA, Argentina, Canada, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Philippines, France,
China etc – individual distributors for each
Exhibition: Theatrical exhibition in countries listed above
Exhibited in cinemas/on DVD

7. 71- 2014
Fact File:
Production company: Warp Films/Creative Scotland
Distributor: Studio canal/Studio Canal UK/Roadside attractions.
Budget: £8.1million
Revenue: $1,268,760
Funding: This film was funded by the BFI (British film institution) meaning the film would have be rewarded their
production budget by the BFI. This could mean the production is more likely to be aimed at those within the UK
as the BFI is a UK based company
Marketing: Overall this film was marketed through many different ways, such as posters, trailers, and social media
platforms such as Facebook pages.
Distribution: This film can be seen on platforms such as YouTube, google play, DVD and Blu ray, As well as film 4
and the BFI player. However this film was originally shown within the cinema. This means that the film can be
seen on multiple different platforms enforcing technological convergence.
Exhibition: This film was shown within the BFI film festival 2014. This means it was perhaps a more independent film
as film festivals are for more niche audiences. The film can be seen within multiple countries such as Germany,
France, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Norway, Spain and Australia. Overall showing that this film was particularly
aimed at those within Europe
Synergy:

8. WARP FILMS
Fact file: This type of company is an independent British company.
Films:
The Last Panthers: Warp films are the production company of this film – no box office figures released
This is England: Production company - $327,919
71: Production company - $1,268,760
Submarine: Production Company. - $466,702
Overall I believe 71 is their greatest success, this is because it is the most popular film as shown by the box
office figure of $1,268,760 , with the others reaching no more than half a million at the box office.
Values/aims: Distinctive, amusing and thought provoking content.
Makes films and TV drama’s
Win awards or cause controversies
Keep audiences intelligently entertained
Working relationships: working towards prestige shows about to launch on channel 4, sky Atlantic and
canal +

9. HEYDAY FILMS
Fact file: This film is a private British film company.
Films:
All of the harry potter franchises: production company-$2,389,858,728
Gravity: Production company-$274,086,615
Fantastic beasts and where to find them: Production company -$721,605,251
We’re the millers: Production company-$150,368,971
The boy in the striped pyjamas: Production company-$9,030,581
I am legend: Production company -$256,386,216
As we can see Heyday films has generated a large amount of profit from it’s most popular films. Although it
may be a franchise, I believe the harry potter films have generated the most profit as seen by the total
of all the box office figures, however if it was one independent film it would be fantastic beasts and
where to find them as it has the highest box office figure for one film.
Values/aims:
Working relationships: currently working on projects with potter director David yates,
Developing film adaptation of the curious incident of the dog in the night time

10. LUCAS FILMS
Fact file: An American subsidiary company
Films:
Chicken little: Production company - $135,381,507
Stars wars franchise: Production company- over $2.4billion
Robots: Production company - $128,200,012
Indiana Jones franchise: Production company- $697,258311
Zombieland: Production company- $75,590,286
Overall the star wars franchise generated the most money however, robots generated
a large amount of profit from the one film.
Values/aims: they specialize in work that ‘spans the entire entertainment spectrum’
They guide projects through all the evolutionary phases, including creative
development, psychological production, post productions, and technological
enhancements
Working relationships: Owned by Disney, so in a working partnership with them.

11. THE BFI
Type of company – British Independent
Films Contributed To (i.e through funding):
Carol (2015)
12 Years A Slave (2013)
The Girl With All The Gifts (2016)
Overall I think 12 years a slave was the most successful film
Values/Aims:
Support high-quality, British independent releases/new creatives – i.e by investing funding into projects, for production,
distribution or exhibition
International strategy – aim to help films achieve ‘maximum economic growth and cultural reach’
Aim to be representative and diverse, and to reflect changing attitudes/people- i.e Steven McQueen became the first
black director to win Best Picture, for 12 Years A Slave
Working Relationships:
Award funds from the National Lottery
Funding Partners include – British Film Commission, Creative England, Creative Skillset, Film London
Partnership with Arts Council England