Celador Films, founded in 1989 and known for the successful TV show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?', underwent ownership changes and was taken over by Complete Communications. The company produces films on a project basis, securing funding through various means such as bank loans and partnerships, with notable productions including 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Descent'. Competing with larger firms like Sony Pictures, Celador has managed to achieve success with a modest budget compared to major studios, showcasing its ability to generate significant profits despite limited releases.

1. Media-unit 1 celador
production

2. Ownership
 What is the history of celador films?
Celador was taken over by Complete Communications which brought out share holders
such as Paul Smith CBE and Jasper carrott. The company celador was created in 1989.
Then in 2006 celador’s who wants to be a millionaire? Was brought out by a Dutch group
called 2waytraffc.
celador is most know for the TV show who wants to be a millionaire? This show Has been
one of the most successful TV shows for 10years and is still watched by millions most of the
company's profits where made off of who wants to be a millionaire? And the film slum dogs
millionaire was one of celador’s most successful films.
Celador also make successful radio stations which bring in a large amount of money.
 What larger company are they part of?
Celador’s larger part of company is complete communications. Which also make a lot of
money they also buy out a lot of company's. this was until celador made enough money to
buy them selves out.

3. Operating Model
 How does the company go about making films?
Celador is a small production company which makes films on a project by project basis.
They contract a freelance staff to get their films made, which means that they are only there to
make that certain film.
Small production companies like celador often get their funding through initial capitalization, this
can be through bank loans, investors or even personal finance. There could also be matched
finance. There could also be matching available from bodies like screen west midlands.
They could also be founded by their parents company, although in celadors position this would not
be the case.
Co-founding and partnership could also be an option, usually lots of smaller companies get
together to make a film and put together their funds.
They could operate through distribution fees by selling the project to a distribution before its made.
They could also license the project to a big production company.
The company celador used founds from other films and profits they have made to put in to making
new film and making bigger profit.
When creating the decent, celador films used profit and co – founding's to keep the film funded so
they could continue production. The distribution company pathe brought a distribution in the
making of the decent so the film could actually be released, celador used the money that they
gained from pathe as production money for the decent . They also used their own funding during
the creation so they could use funds later on during the production time of the decent.

4. Products
Products produced by celador
Celador has produced a range of films and other products such as TV programs one of the
first films made by celador is Dirty pretty things this film was made in 2002. there where also
more such as the decent and one of the most popular was Slum dogs Millionaire won four
Golden Globes and received eleven BAFTA nominations. The film grossed £6.1 million in its
first eleven days of release in the UK. This was one of celador most successful productions.
In its third week it had earned £14.2 million.
Celador was also very well known for making who wants to be a millionaire? One of the
most successful quiz shows on TV its also the reason for the company making slum dogs
millionaire.

5. Market position
 Market position
The different between films made the same year as the decent and the different between the box-office.
One of the films is batman begins.
Batman begins was both critically and commercially successful. The film opened on June 17, 2005, in
the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters. It grossed $48 million in its opening weekend in
North America, eventually grossing over $374 million worldwide.
It has also won Academy Award for Best Cinematography and three BAFTA awards.
Batman begins was made and edited by DC comics, legendary pictures and syncope films.
The budget for this film was $150 million.
The next film is spider man 3 it was released on the 16th April 2007 and was 139 minutes long and
was long awaited for it also cost a whopping $258million and made a huge $890million in the united
states It also grossed more than $43.76million on DVD/Home Video Rentals in 11 weeks as it is really
popular with kids and family’s.
28 days later is a 2007 British-Spanish I is a post - apocalyptic science fiction horror film. This is a
sequel to the 2002 critical and commercial. It was released in the united kingdom and the united states
on the 11 may 2007. the budget of this film was $15million and made a big $64million. This film is
watched by adults as it is classed as a horror.
As you can see they all make a range of different depending on the amount that was used to found the
films. You can see the different between the money made from the decent and the films made around
the same time. The decent was made off of a budget of $3.5million and made a profit of $57million.

6. competitors
 Competitors of celador
Celadorfilms are in competition with ticket sellers and film release dvd sale.
Celador is only a small production company although they are actually quite successful.
They have only released seven films in ten years.
Celador although is a small company has big competitors and one of there bigger
competitors is Sony pictures entertainment as they make a lot of films at high quality and
have big sales. Sony have released films such as the smurfs and after death. smurfs is
really popular with younger people which means they earn a lot of money from parents
buying it for there kids and family's. The biggest different is that making these films cost
100+ millions were the budget for celadors films such as the decent are much cheaper to
make and still make a huge amount of money. One of sonys biggest best sellers is spider
man which has made the a huge profit as it is popular with kids and people who like spider
man films and comics.
Sony also release several Films every year as celador have only released 7 films in10
years which means that even though they play less they have less films out and make less
money than Sony. As you can see celador only paid $3.5million to produce their film.
From the data from the other slide as you can see going from the most made money
industry to the smaller amount.
1. Sony with spider man 3.
2. Syncope with batman begins.
3. Celador with the decent.
4. DNA films with 28 days later.