- Money - funding and spending
- Ideas - script/treatment
- Organisations - cast/crew, location
Distribution is responsible for:
- Release of film - where, when, cinema, DVD
- Marketing of film - publicity and promotion; trailers, posters, TV spots
- Delivery to cinema - actual transportation to cinema locations
There are two types of distributors:
- Major studio
- independent
Major studio
These usually have the money, resources and equipment to produce and distribute a high quality film. They can reach audiences on a global scale and can produce a Hollywood film or work with independent companies in Britain. An example of a major studio would be "universal studios".
Independent
These produce small scale, lower budget films and rely on funding from major companies to release films. An example of an independent distributor would be "working title".
Films from Universal studios and Working title make great British films such as: Hot fuzz, Love actually and Bridget Jones. The British film funding usually comes from three main areas which are: - equity investors - they give money in return for profit in completion
- Distributor - share profit
- Broadcasters - such as the BBC and sky, they negotiate deals
THE BBFC
They decide through a board of members who listen to the publics opinion on the contents of a film. Here is a short clip (right) of tony blair speaking about the BBFC and laws of the age restrictions applied to the films. When the BBFC rate their films, they consider:
PG - Parental Guidance, this is general viewing (unaccompanied children of any age may watch the film but some scenes may upset under 12 year old)
- Discrimination
- Drug use
- Horror
- Imitable behaviour ( copying the film, e.g. Jackass)
- Language (swearing)
- Nudity
- Sex
- Theme
- Violence
The more explicit a film is, the higher the age rating will be. In general, an 18 certificate allows for the above and considers the adult viewing in the film has the right to decide what they watch, (within reason to the law). So your wondering what all the logos mean? here i will guide you through the ratings.
U - Universally suitable for everyone.
PG - Parental Guidance, this is general viewing (unaccompanied children of any age may watch the film but some scenes may upset under 12 year old)
12 - Suitable for 12 year olds and older
12A - Suitable for 12 year olds and older, however, under 12 may watch the film if accompanied by an adult
15 - Suitable for 15 years and over
18 - Suitable for 18 years and over
R18 - Suitable for 18 years and over, however, this is distributed to specially licensed shops such as the cinema and sex shops.
My group and i have decided that we are going to name our production company SGG Productions. The age rating we are going to give our film is a 15, this is because our film will contains mild scenes of murder/violence. Because we are college students, we have thought about budget and star appeal, obviously, we wont have any celebrities in our movie! so we have chosen an independent company called Ace Films Ltd. Our film will appeal mostly to teenagers and young adults.
Ace Films Ltd.
ACE Films is Anthony E. Cabral and a full service production and production support company. They can develop, produce, shoot and edit projects completely in-house and work with a great team of freelancers and industry associates to accomplish their goals. ACE Films also can assist your projects with specific production services including: Script Breakdown & Scheduling, Assistant Directing, Shooting, Glidecam work and over all production assistance.
Mr. Cabral graduated from Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Media: Film Studies and Production. He began his career working on local access cable television programs and working his way up to nationally syndicated television, local and regional commercials, & short and feature length films.
Since graduating from college, he has worked as a production technician, director, and as the commercial photographer at KSPR TV - Springfield 33. He has volunteered at the Sundance Film Festival and in 2000 attended the Sundance Producer’s Conference. Since moving back to St. Louis in 2002, he has worked on a variety of projects and started volunteering for the St. Louis International Film Festival.
In 2003 he officially formed his production company, ACE Films, and has produced several short films for the 48-Hour Film Project, one of which won Best Directing for the 2005 48-Hour Film Project - St. Louis.
Over the past several years he has worked on numerous shorts, feature length films and several national television programs in St. Louis, as well as around the country. Production opportunities have taken him to projects in Chicago and several cities throughout Central, Illinois; Grand Rapids and Northern, Michigan; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Northern California; and even the New York and New Jersey area. He continues as a Volunteer Manager for the Sundance and St. Louis International Film Festivals, while working on a variety of projects around the country.
Aside from working in the film and video production industry, Mr. Cabral has been working as on-air talent on several radio programs. Most Recently, he has been a Co-Host on The Morning Jolton KCFV FM 89.5 in North St. Louis County, which also broadcast online. The Morning Jolt won the Best Music / Entertainment Program Award from the National Broadcasting Society in the spring of 2009.
- Spiral
Feature Film (In Post-Production)
- A Fire Set on Fire
- A 48-Hour Film Project Mockumentary Short Film
- S.A.M.
- A 48-Hour Film Project Sci-Fi Short Film
- All Tied Up
- A Comedic Short Film
Here is a video from Anthonys work.
Anthony E. Cabral's Demo Compilation Reel
- A Comedic Short Film
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