Celador Entertainment

By Denis Lanor

Celador introduction/ownership

• Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. it has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for who wants to b a millionaire? And co-producing the film slum dog millionaire which collected seven BAFTAS, four golden globes and eight Oscars including best director and best picture in 2009. Film 4 productions are, and have always been owned by channel 4 television in the uk. They were formed in the c4s opening night

• Rebranded as film 4 productions in 1998 to tie in with the launch of the film 4 digital channel.

• Integrated withy channel 4 TV drama department in 2002.

Operating Model

• Companies are set up with a fund to use in production. That fund may come from initial investors, bank loans or even personal finance and credit cards from the film makers. Small independent production companies in this country like celador films have a number of strategies they follow to make the money that enables them to make films. The company might fund a project by selling the project to a distributor before it’s been made the distributor is guaranteed a final product and the producer gets the budget up front. Film 4 productions use a range of different funding strategies.

• They are part of channel 4 and some of their funding comes as subsidiary from their parent company

• Their films are specifically funded projects with their own budgets they hire creative and technical production staff on a project by project basis, only employing administrators.

• Often their films are financed by deals with bigger distributors(never let me go with fox searchlight)

Products

• Film 4 is a British film production company owned by channel four television corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the united kingdom. Film 4 productions have been making films since 1982, and have produced 79 films since 2002 under their current name. Highlights since then include:

• Slum dog millionaires • This is England• The inbetweeners movie• Submarine• Small independent production companies in this country like celador

films have a number of strategies they follow tomake the money that enables them to make films.

Market Position/competitors

• Caldor films started off as an small independent business where they started of great but having being bought out and then buying back there own company back after hard work and creating their own radio shows, music, TV and films.

• There are three main companies that rivals with celador such as Sony, dna and film four. By comparing the biggest movies in their work to celador with:

• The descent having£ 3.5 million as budget and making over $757,930,663• Dna making 28 days later and having a budget of £15 million and making

over $64,238,440• And film 4 making Shaun of the dead having a budget of $6 million and

making over$30,039,392• When comparing all of the companies and seeing who who made the most out

companies when considering how they spent compared to the actual marketing results.