2. WHAT DOES A PRODUCTION COMPANY DO?
The production company might be responsible for fundraising for
the production or sorting out a private investor. It also handles
the budgeting, scheduling, scripting, supplying actors and
props and the production/organization. Production company's
are either owned or under contract with a partner or parent
company or they may be an independent company, for example
Lionsgate.
3. PRODUCTION COMPANY LOGO WE HAVE
CREATED AND WHY
This is our company logo which we created. We have chosen to
use a wolf howling at the moon as we thought it was very
original and stands out form other production company's. We
have called it ‘Luminosity Home Entertainment’ as we thought it
fits the moon in the image and it also stands out from the rest.
We took inspiration from Metro Goldwyn Mayer as they are one
of the only company's to use a animal in their logo.
4. WHAT DOES A DISTRIBUTOR DO?
A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The
distributor may decide the release date of the film and the way it
is to be made for viewing, going straight to DVD or going to the
cinema first. There may be a limited distributor which only deals
with particular products e.g. DVDs, Blu-ray or maybe act in a
certain country or market.
5. OUR DISTRIBUTOR
I think film 4 would distribute our product because film 4 are known for
distributing low budget, English films. They have distributed a variety of
different genre films from comedy to thriller and so they would be a
good company to distribute with. They would be interested in our film
because it is similar to other films they have distributed such as ’28
Days Later’.
6. HOW OUR FILM MIGHT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
We could apply to the BFI because they distribute money to low
budget, English films. They fund script development, film
production, short films, distribution, audience support schemes
and other parts of the film making g process. As said on their
website they ‘support filmmakers in the UK who are emerging
or world class and capable of creating distinctive and
entertaining work’.