2. THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE ESSENTIAL IN
THE FILM INDUSTRY:
• Production – Involves all stages of creating the intended product e.g.
filming, editing, getting sponsors, hiring cast and crew.
• Subsidiary – A small company owned by a better known parent
company such as Universal Music Group (subsidiary) and Vivendi
(parent company).
• Distribution – Dealing with how the company’s product will be
exhibited, whether it be setting a release date for cinema or directly
for home viewing (DVD, On-Demand or TV).
• Marketing – Promoting the film months before the release date so
that they are guaranteed to have as many viewers and make as
much money as possible by things such as trailers, film posters,
billboards, TV adverts, internet and newspaper advertisements etc.
• Exhibition - Producing physical copies of a film for cinema or home
release and finding retailers/exhibitors to sell the film.
• Horizontal Integration – Several companies of the same stage of the
film industry that are owned by a parent company.
• Vertical Integration – Several companies of different stages of the
film industry that are owned by a parent company.
3. WORKING TITLE – DEFINITELY, MAYBE
38-year-old Will Hayes is going through divorce and after his 10-
year-old Maya’s first sex-ed class, she asks about how her parents
met. He tells the story which includes three women and when
telling the story, Will changes their names as well as some of the
events to leave Maya guessing as to which woman turned out to
be her mother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpLWf5tv30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AWvTWG9e8jE
4. PRODUCTION
• The film’s budget was $7,000,000.
• Finance was provided by Tim Easthill of
Working Title.
• Working Titles also produced films such as
Drop Dead Fred, About a Boy and Dead
Man Walking.
5. DISTRIBUTION, HORIZONTAL &
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
• The film was released in the UK on the 14th of
February, 2008.
• Universal Pictures were the distributors.
• Working Title has a partnership with Universal who
distribute their films, making Working Title horizontally
integrated.
• Working Title is owned by parent company, Vivendi,
which owns other companies such as Universal
Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and
Canal+ Group showing that as well as being
horizontally integrated, it is also vertically integrated.
6. EXHIBITION
• Definitely, Maybe received $55,447,968 from Box
Office.
• It would have be shown in smaller cinemas because
it made a lot of money in box office meaning it was
very popular.
• The film is on DVD, Blu-Ray and has an official
soundtrack.
7. WARP FILMS - TYRANNOSAUR
Unemployed widower, Joseph, has a history of violence and rage and
after brutally attacking a dog, decides to change his ways for the
better. He stumbles across charity shop worker Hannah, a wholesome
Christian woman who takes pity on him and befriends him. She may
have a respectable exterior but only time will tell the dark secret she is
hiding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kN5Q8azdxcU&NR=1&feature=endscreen
v=MS8w4ZOK0eM
8. PRODUCTION
• The film’s budget was £750,000.
• The film received a grant of £206,540 from
the National Lottery fund through the UK Film
Council. The remainder of the film's budget came
from Warp X, Inflammable Films, Film4, Screen
Yorkshire, EM Media and Optimum
Releasing (StudioCanal).
• Other films the company produced are Submarine,
This is England and Hush.
9. DISTRIBUTION, HORIZONTAL &
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
• The film was released in the UK on the 7th of October,
2011.
• It was distributed by StudioCanal UK and Strand
Releasing (US).
• Warp Films has a sister company, Warp X, that
specialises in feature films which makes it
horizontally integrated.
• As well as that, it is associated with Warp Records
(Record label) showing that it is vertically
integrated.
10. EXHIBITION
• The Box Office for Tyrannosaur was £244,563.
• It may have been played in small cinemas because
it is an indie type film although looking at the box
office, it wasn’t that popular so maybe not.
• The film was released on DVD, Blu-Ray and has an
official soundtrack.
