Independent Film Companies

Film 4… films that they produced

12 Years A Slave 127 Hours 20,000 Days On

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Of My Sexual Failures A Field In England A Most Wanted Man Amy The Inbetweeners the

movie

Film 4 was established in 1998 and is a British digital TV channel that is available in the UK. It is owned by Channel 4.

Film 4 Awards..

American honey was nominated for 5

different awards and has won British/Irish Film of the Year and

Technical Achievement.

Brie Larson won the best actress and best documentary feature.

Received 4 nominations including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best

Actress for Brie Larson and Best Adapted

Screenplay for Emma Donoghue.

Received 2 nominations for Best Original Screenplay and

Achievement in Visual Effects.

Audience For Film 4, their main audience is a range of

15-25. For example for one of their films that they produced which was The Inbetweeners Movie and this movie was aimed towards TV Series fans. In addition, other films that they have produced such as Amy and 12 years a slave, these films are generally aimed towards those who prefer to watch TV over films; using these films as an example, they are informative and one is a documentary.

Linking with this, the primary audience of American honey is 18-24 as it has mature themes, however their aspirational target audience age is those of 15-40 years old. This shows that those who watch films produced from Film 4 cater for those from different backgrounds and different ages.

BBC FILMS Lady Macbeth Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie A United Kingdom Woman in Gold Bill Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie The Invisible Woman Saving Mr. Banks Walking with Dinosaurs Quartet Made in Dagenham Nativity!

BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It was founded in 1990.

BBC AUDIENCES The audience for BBC is aimed towards those who enjoy watching

insightful, intelligent films and are often fast paced. Therefore these types of films aim towards a primary audience of an older age. For example in Saving Mr. Banks, Billy Elliot and Lady Macbeth.

However, another type of audience that they attract are still an older audience although it is older type of comedy. Such as Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Mrs. Browns Boys and Made in Dagenham. In addition to the genre of comedy, Nativity is also another film within BBC films and this is a film aimed towards families and younger children in comparison to an older family.

MIRAMAX FILMS

Bad Santa 2 Bridget Jones’ Baby Southside With You The 9th Life of Louis Drax From Dusk Till Dawn: The

Series Mr.Holmes

Miramax films is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows. It was founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. It was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993.

MIRAMAX FILMS AWARDS & AUDIENCE

Bridget Jones baby won EDA Special Mention Award and was nominated for Globe de Cristal.

The 9th life of Louis Drax was nominated for both Polikikens audience award and SLFCA award.

Mr. Holmes was nominated for a majority of awards such as Saturn Award, British Independent Film and Critics Choice Award.

Audiences for Miramax films are targeted towards those who enjoy mainstream films and are for a younger audience.

IMAGINE FILMS Shots Fired 24: Legacy The Bastard Executioner

Empire Gang Related 24: Live Another Day Those Who Kill How to Live With Your Parents Made in America The Great Escape The Playboy Club Friends With Benefits Parenthood

IMAGINE AWARDS AND AUDIENCE Audience for Imagine Films are aimed towards those of a younger audience, and those who also enjoy mainstream films, for example friends with benefits and the Katy Perry films primary audience are aimed towards chick flick lovers and joyful films.

They was nominated for Golden Schmoes, Peoples Choice Award and Teen Choice Award.

Parenthood won Critics’ choice Television Award for Best supporting actress.

VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES• Mad Max: Fury Road• The Legend of Tarzan• Collateral Beauty• The Matrix • The Lego Movie• San Andreas• Jupiter Ascending• Edge of Tomorrow• American Sniper• Ghostbusters • The Great Gatsby• Happy Feet• Happy Feet 2• Sherlock Holmes• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

VILLAGE PRODUCTION FILM AWARDS AND AUDIENCES

They won the BMI film music award and came 2nd place for the Golden Schmoes and was also nominated for MTV movie awards.

Collateral Beauty won Hollywood breakthrough artist and was nominated for the image award.

The Lego Movie won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film.

Audience for Village Production Film is a major range of ages, some are for families, some are for a mature audience , for example watching San Andreas.

Box Office

Budget: $50,000

Foreign Total: $527,714UK Total: $1,207,241

Opening Weekend Total: $527,714

Budget: $3.5 million

Foreign Total: $36,000UK Total:£41,800,000

Opening Weekend Total: £13,200,000

Budget: The most expensive films ever to have been made are Pirates of the Caribbean, Tangled, Avengers and Avatar. These budgets are a range between $378 million and $300 million. These budgets in comparison to the smaller budget films are extremely high. For example, the smaller film companies such as Film 4 and Studio Canal produce films with a budget lower of $1 million.