Warp Films was created with financial support from NESTA and the BBC to help distribute independent films with budgets between £1-2 million. It relies on partnerships with larger American studios to distribute its films internationally. One of its most successful films was This is England (2006), which made £204,000 in the UK and £5 million worldwide. Warp Films uses techniques like posters, online trailers and newsletters to promote its films through synergy and convergence between different companies. New technologies like digital video have allowed lower-budget films to be produced, but Warp Films still struggles due to limited funding.

2.  Warp Films was created with financial support from
NESTA and secure extra funding from the BBC and Film
4 to help distribution.
 It is very difficult for independent film companies such
as Warp Films to get budgets over £1-2 million because
of the way their films are created, thus making it hard to
become successful films.
 Independent companies reply on bigger American film
companies so that they can help their films get
distributed.
 ‘This is England’ (2006) was produced by warp films
along with 6 others companies and turned out to be
one of their most successful films, making around
£204000 in the UK and £5 million worldwide.

3.  The film Submarine created by Warp Films has a range of
synergy and convergence in order to promote their film.
 Examples of this include: Posters, online trailers on their
website and newsletter’s on the film on their website.
 ‘This is England’ (2006) is another independent film. It was
produced by Warp Films and was then distributed by
Optimum Releasing Warp Films in which the only successful
film they made was ‘Law Abiding Citizen’.
Synergy: Different companies coming
together in order to achieve the same aim
(advertising)
Convergence: When two companies from
the same industry work together to give the
audience the product.

4.  Due to the fact that Warp Films has limited funding, it means
that technologies such as 3D aren’t available to them.
 However, High Definition Digital Video is a new form of
technology that has become available to independent film
companies as it is within their price range.
 ‘Attack of the Clones’ produced by Warp Films only cost
them £15,000 using HDDV as opposed to ‘The Phantom
Menace’ which cost a huge £5.7 million using 35mm film.
 The internet is another helpful piece of technology for
independent films as it is a cheap way to advertise new films
and the fact that almost everybody has access to the
internet means that it has a greater chance of becoming
successful.

5.  In our modern time, media is about finding the newest and
best piece of technology money can buy.
 There is a countless amount of technology that is available to
the audiences of films, these include the iphone, android
phones, laptops, tablets, mp3 players, ipods etc.
 The adaptation of technology means that items such as
phones and tablets have the ability to download films, trailers
and soundtracks to particular films wh8ich ultimately creates
a bigger audience for film producers.
 The advance in technology has served as a great help to
independent film companies as the internet is a cheap way
of advertising.
 People have access to the internet on their phones which are
used on a day to day basis.

6.  The main pieces of technology that I use are the Iphone 5
and the television.
 I am constantly using my phone for twitter, the internet,
Instagram, Youtube etc.
 Social networking sites I believe are a great place to
advertise and get recognised so independent films
companies could make great use of this media as an extra
form of promotion.
 I am always watching the television of an evening or if I have
any spare time. There are always advertisements within the
breaks which are constantly bringing to light the latest form of
technology which prompt people to go and buy it.