What does a production company do?
They assist in the making process of a film; they overlook the whole process from the beginnings and idea, to the final completion. They also handle the money coming in and out of the film, and the scripts they will use for the project, and finding the directore, actors, producers etc. Importantly they also work on the marketing and advertising of the finished product. The institutions also hold the role involving legal responsibilities.
What is a distributor and what does their role entail?
A distributor is an individual or organisation who represents films at festivals and markets around the world and who will attempt to sell it to television (including terrestrial, cable and satellite), airlines and other companies that could be interested in showing it.
Our production company name and logo;
Our production company name is 'Cobble Productions'. We simply named it this as it went with the theme of our Victorian style film opening. It also is not a very outlandish name, and does sound more modest which suits the scale of the company. We incorporated a simple style to the logo so it doesn't look too 'busy', the golden colour we chose and the contrasting grey/silver both denote an upper class nobility and wealth which does suit the film opening we had created; it also contrasts well so it does draw the eye.
We also knew that our film would not have been picked up by major companies like, MGM or Warner Bros as it is an independent British movie, made in England, with British actors all of whom anonymous. Working Title although a British company I believe also wouldn't want to invest in our film as they are best known for their romantic comedy genre films and very popular through them. And to take on a gothic horror thriller genre, would be too much of a leap and too much of a risk to waste quite a decent amount of money.
So I believe that our film would most likely be picked up by a company such as Film4. They are small and independant but still are building a good reputation for themselves. They are not specifically catering to one audience like Working Title so that would work well as our genre of choice is not that common.
To get the money for our film we would go to the UK Film Council as on their website it states that: "We give audiences more choice by awarding Lottery funding to widen the release of films in the UK. We also develop the export oppurtunities for British films by providing funding to promote them at major international festivals". With the support of the BFI on our project the film distribution could be successful. The BFI have £15 million, to invest in feature and short films- so as our film wouldnt cost that much compared to some due to the lack of special effects, funding and promoting could definitely be possible.
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