2. • Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as
a independent production company in 1983. It has produced many
light entertainment shows and is best known for ‘Who Wants to be a
Millionaire?’ and co producing the film Slumdog millionaire
• Celador also owns eighteen Uk radio stations as of march 2013 last
year.
• Celador was formally taken over by complete communications which
brought out many shareholders including Paul Smith CBE and Jasper
Carrott. Under the ownership of complete, Celador expanded its
fledgling radio film and worldwide businesses
• So then Celador became so successful they brought their Selves out
and are now an independent company
Celador introduction
/Ownership
3. • Celador is a relatively small production company it makes films on a
project by project basis, contracting with some freelance staff ranging
from directors and actors to lawyers and caterers to make sure a
project gets made.
• Celador are set up with a fund to use in production. That fund may
come from initial investors bank loans or even personal finance there
might be matching finance available from official bodies like screen
west midlands or the uk film council.
• Celador will do deals with other similar small companies lots of
independent uk filmed are co productions with small companies from
more European countries
• Celador might fund a project by selling the project to a distributor
before its been made and the distributor is guaranteed a final product
Operating Model
4. • Celador are famous for co producing the film Slumdog Millionaire
which collected seven BAFTAs four golden globes and eight Oscars
including best director and best picture in 2009
• Celador have various products in there company such as radio like
the breeze FM in many places like north Dorset Andover Newbury
and may more Celador is heavily committed to the establishment of a
network of quality music stations across the south and south west of
England. Films such as separate lies theatrical like Slumdog
Millionaire the Musical is currently launched in London's West End
in 2012. And even music by Lusam Music which is an international
music publishing company, primarily representing the works of a
variety of composers of television and film music of the highest
quality
Products
5. • Celador are in-fact an successful but fairly small-scale production
company they have produced seven films in ten years one company I
can link this with is DNA films are another independent uk based
company.
• Even though Celador produced the descent with a budget of £3.5
million and made a profit of £57,051,054
• But then Sony having the amazing spider $230 million and made a
profit of $757,930,663
• And film 4 making Shaun of the dead having a budget of £6 million
and making about £30,039,392
• Its obvious that Sony made the biggest profit with $757,930,663 its
its acceptable for a Hollywood film to have a profit like that but
surprisingly the descent did good for a low budget film
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