- Pathe
- StudioCanal
- Film Four
Pathe
Pathè films is both a French and international film production campany which has been included in many acclaimed movies such as "Slumdog Billionaire"2008 and Aardman's "Chicken Run" in 2000. We chose Pathè as we wanted to gain a mainly European audience,as the film features a German foreign exchange we believe this will appeal to people in mainland Europe and the UK, as the film is set in London. Eventhough this particular film studio does not have any explicit films it has been involved in that could be shown to be alike ours, it could be believed that because of its previous successful films and the audience it attracts (European) it would still be a very viable option to gain co-production with.
StudioCanal
StudioCanal is a branch of the European televsion channel, Canal+ amajor networking company which is also a French based production company. The studio was founded in 1988 has made notable films such as "Mullholland Drive" that was released in 2001 and was directed by the acclaimed David Lynch. We chose this company for the same main reasons as we did for Pathe, it is French based and already has a good reputation in inland Europe and in the UK and therefore will bring in our target audience.
StudioCanal over the years have collected a large DVD back catalogue due to buying other studios such as British Lion Films and Embassy Films. An example of a film acquired by StudioCanal that can be shown to be similar to our own could be 'The Wicker Man' (1973), this film is alike our own as a man is thrown into an alien surrounding and discovers that things are not as they seem in the island he has been flown too, the film has strains of religious and pagan clashes and this accumulates to a gruesome ending scene. This film is like our own as Tomos also travels to a foreign location, the house in London, and alike The Wicker Man the setting, which appears to be normal, is not.
StudioCanal over the years have collected a large DVD back catalogue due to buying other studios such as British Lion Films and Embassy Films. An example of a film acquired by StudioCanal that can be shown to be similar to our own could be 'The Wicker Man' (1973), this film is alike our own as a man is thrown into an alien surrounding and discovers that things are not as they seem in the island he has been flown too, the film has strains of religious and pagan clashes and this accumulates to a gruesome ending scene. This film is like our own as Tomos also travels to a foreign location, the house in London, and alike The Wicker Man the setting, which appears to be normal, is not.
Film Four
Film Four is a British production company and was launched only in 1998 and therefore is still considered to be a very young film business. It has produced very successful and critically acclaimed films such as the new "127 hours" directed by Danny Boyle and starring James Franco to hard hitting topical dramas such as "This is England" directed by another great British director Shane Meadows who has been a large contributor to films produced by Film4. We chose this company as it already has an extremely good track record in terms of hard hitting, tense thrillers and dramas and therefore will bring in an audience for our film which fits into this category. As the film company is British this will hopefully attract a British audience.
A more recent thriller from the production company FilmFour would be 'Brighton Rock' (2011) which is a remake from a previous British thriller released in the late 1940's. The film is similar to ours as its focused on one main character and also their relationship with other main characters, for example in Brighton Rock the main character played by Sam Riley and the girl he loves played by newcomer Andrea Riseborough have a troubled relationship due to Riley's character having serious social issues and paranoia. In our film the narrative also focuses on one central character, Tomos, but instead of having a twisted romantic plot the narrative contains an obscured relationship between him and the couple in their house.
The film 'Brighton Rock' would have want to target an audience between 15-24 the main cinema target audience, they would have done this by using various techniques such as the introduction of fashion, time period and also the cast.The fashion included in the film is from the 1960's and focuses on the mod trend of the day, this included suits and mopeds and was very popular in Brighton, where the film is set, people would be attracted by this style as it is shown to be iconic in a way. The time period would also attract an audience for people who are interested in the era of the 1960's such as its pop culture including the music that was played. The young cast would also attract an audience as it would allow the target audience to relate to the characters, the main character 'Pinkie' is supposed to be 18 years old in the film
A more recent thriller from the production company FilmFour would be 'Brighton Rock' (2011) which is a remake from a previous British thriller released in the late 1940's. The film is similar to ours as its focused on one main character and also their relationship with other main characters, for example in Brighton Rock the main character played by Sam Riley and the girl he loves played by newcomer Andrea Riseborough have a troubled relationship due to Riley's character having serious social issues and paranoia. In our film the narrative also focuses on one central character, Tomos, but instead of having a twisted romantic plot the narrative contains an obscured relationship between him and the couple in their house.
The film 'Brighton Rock' would have want to target an audience between 15-24 the main cinema target audience, they would have done this by using various techniques such as the introduction of fashion, time period and also the cast.The fashion included in the film is from the 1960's and focuses on the mod trend of the day, this included suits and mopeds and was very popular in Brighton, where the film is set, people would be attracted by this style as it is shown to be iconic in a way. The time period would also attract an audience for people who are interested in the era of the 1960's such as its pop culture including the music that was played. The young cast would also attract an audience as it would allow the target audience to relate to the characters, the main character 'Pinkie' is supposed to be 18 years old in the film
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