Independent Vs Mainstream

Oliver Loom

Submarine Love ActuallyProduction and Distribution

Submarine Love Actually

£1.2 million

£30 million

Budget

Submarine Love Actually

£2.03 million

£246, 942, 017 million

Money Made

Submarine Love ActuallyHow well known are the production companies?

For Submarine most of the production companies are not very well known. The only one I was familiar with was Film Four Productions, who are an English company and aren’t very well known around the rest of the world.

Love Actually has a couple of very well known production company's including one of the big six ‘Universal Studio’s’. Studio Canal are also a very well known company. I can see where the outrageous budget for this film comes from.

Submarine Love Actually

One of the main differences between these two films are the amount of stars in each of them. Love Actually has world class, star actors such as Liam Neesan, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Kira Knightley, Emma Thomson and unbelievably, many more. Another difference between these films is that ‘Submarine’ has one story throughout the whole film, however ‘Love Actually’ has at least five love story's which run along side each other throughout the film.

Differences

Submarine Love Actually

There are several Similarities between these films. They are both set in England during modern day. Both of the films are based on books. The films are both of the same Genre’s. It is interesting as the films should be similar but are completely different all together.

Similarities

Submarine Love ActuallyOther Films the Productions companies made.Production

CompanyFilms

Warp Films This is England (2006)Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)Snowtown (2011)

Film 4 Productions

12 Years a slave (2013)127 Hours (2010)20,000 Days on earth (2014)

UK Film Council The Kings Speech (2010)The Iron Lady (2011)The Woman In Black (2012)

Red Hour Tropic Thunder (2008)Dodgeball (2004)Zoolander (2001)

Production Company

Films

Universal Studios Jurassic Park (1993)The Fast and the Furious (2001)E.T. (1982)

Studio Canal Paddington (2014)Terminator 2 (1991)Hot Fuzz (2007)

Working Title Les Miserable (2012)Notting Hill (1999)Everest (2015)

DNA 28 Days Later (2002)Dredd (2012)Ex Machina (2015)

Submarine Love ActuallyWhat Genre do the film companies usually produce?Production Company

Main Genre’s

Warp Films Mostly Horror and Thriller.

Film 4 Productions

Drama

UK Film Council Political, Drama

Red Hour Comedies

Production Company

Main Genre’s

Universal Studios Family, Comedy, Drama

Studio Canal Thriller, Drama

Working Title Romance, Drama

DNA Horror, Comedy

Submarine Love ActuallyWho do the films by the film companies appeal too?Production Company

Main Genre’s

Warp Films Late Teenagers.

Film 4 Productions

Teenagers and middle aged adults.

UK Film Council Middle aged adults.

Red Hour Teens, families.

Production Company

Main Genre’s

Universal Studios Families.

Studio Canal Middle aged men.

Working Title Middle aged women.

DNA Late Teenagers.

Submarine Love ActuallyWhich institution do you feel outperforms the other and could claim to be more successful?

Universal Studios could claim it is the most successful out of all the films company's that produced both of these films because it has the widest range of films. Universal has produced films that appeal to all groups of people, they have also made classics which even appeal to children today even though the films are 20-30 years old. E.T. and Jurassic park are examples of this. Universal also has theme parks all over the world and are arguably the best theme parks there are with film themed rides and worlds. Universal Studios were founded in 1912 just over one hundred years ago and are proud to call themselves one of the big six.

By Oliver Loom