The film Wild Bill was directed by Dexter Fletcher and stars Charlie Creed-Miles and Will Poulter Dean as unknown actors. It focuses on two boys who are left to fend for themselves after their mother abandons them and their independence is threatened when their father is released from prison. The low-budget film of around £700,000 was produced by 20ten Media and STS Media and filmed in locations in London and the Isle of Wight. Though it performed poorly at the box office, making less than 10% of its budget, it became more popular after its DVD release.

1. Wild Bill
Ben Griffiths

3. Wild Bill
The Genre is Drama and was directed by Dexter Fletcher.
It stars Charlie Creed-Miles and Will Poulter Dean who are unknown
actors.
The main focus of the film is two boys living parentless after their
mother abandons them, find their independence threatened when
their father is released from prison drawing the attention of social
services to the family.

4. Production Companies
• 20ten Media
They produce both films and TV shows, most notable for producing
popular morning football show ‘Soccer AM’.
• STS Media
Famous for producing other films such as ‘Dead Man Running’ and
‘Harrigan’

5. Funding
The film had a budget of around £700,000 and so it was a low budget
film. All of the money was provided by the two production companies.

6. Filming Locations
Isle of Wight, England, UK.
East London, London, England, UK.
Stratford, Newham, London, England, UK.

7. Production Influences
The director stated that the film had many outside influences directors
such as Emir Kusturica, Franklin Schaffner, Gerard Johnson and films
like Black Cat, White Cat, Tony and Underground as influences.

8. Advertising.
The trailer was released on February 20th 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACb9wbXtUVo
However there was only 1 movie poster advertising the film.

9. Behind the scenes and reviews
Behind the scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO2fKFQonPo
Reviews:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_bill_2011/
It received a staggering 100% satisfaction rating on Rotten Tomatoes
from top movie critics and a general audience satisfaction rate of 82%.

10. Exhibition
• Wild Bill was released on March 23rd, 2012, but was premiered much
earlier on 21st October 2011, at the London Film Festival in the UK.
However it wasn’t released until the 9th August 2013 in the
Netherlands.
• The DVD premiered in the Netherlands on the 5th November 2013.

11. Blu-Ray 5th November 2013 DVD 5th November 2013

12. How well did it do at the Box Office?
The movie did terrible at the Box Office, with a Budget of £700,000 it
only made £60,430, not even 10% of the budget was earned during the
Box Office.
However the film become much more popular later on after the release
of the DVD and is said to have surpassed the cost of production.