MEST2: Arthouse film institution research

  Production: Independent film studios

Donnie Darko

1. Donnie Darko was produced by 'Flower Films' 
2. 'Flower Films' have produced other low budget Film like Donnie Darko for example 'Never Been Kissed' ,' Charlie s Angels' & 'Whip It'
3. 'Flower films' most successful art house film was  'Never Been Kissed' 

   Budget	$25 million[1]
   Box office	$84,565,230[1

The Man Without A Past

1.    The Man Without A Past was produced by 'Bavaria Film Studios'
2. 'Bavaria have also produced other low budget films Films like '  (Paths of Glory', 1957),(The Vikings, 1958),
3. However one of their most successful films was 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'

Girlhood

1. Girlhood has a variation of production companies for example 'Arte France Cinema', 'Canal+','CNC','Cine+','Hold Up Films' and Lilies Films.
2. 'Arte France Cinema' 
3. Their most successful film was 'Ghost'

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless 

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless was produced by 'This is that Corporation'
2. 'This is that corporation' made movies such as The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005) A Dirty Shame (2004) The Door in the Floor (2004)
3. There most successful film was The door in Floor

It Follows

1. It follows was produced by  'Animal Kingdom' ,'Northern Lights Film 'and 'Two Flints'
2. The movies produced by Animal Kingdom is Short Term 12
3. Short Term 12

Distribution: Independent film distributors

Introduction

This is where the audience is introduced to the storyline and try to comprehend what will happen throughout the film as it goes along.

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Lord Puttnam on the role of distribution:
Puttnam's part of dissemination is about attempting to make the biggest measure of individuals to view it. In this manner, they attempt make the trailers a blurbs fascinating.
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Distributors is very competitive business of dispatching diverse sorts of movies. However its truly hard so the distributes challenge is to:

• identifying its audience
• considering why they'd go and see it
• estimating the revenue potential across all the formats of its release
• persuading exhibitors (cinema operators) to play the film
• developing plans and partnerships to build awareness of and interest in the film
• aiming to convert as much interest as possible into cinema visits

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The UK has six major distributors and also many independent distributors. And they manage anything that is created outside the major studios. 

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UK distributors get their films using many different techniques for example;

• a third-party sales agent, acting on behalf of a producer
• a continuous flow of new content from a parent studio
• a studio or production company with whom the distributor has negotiated an output deal covering a slate of titles
• a single title acquired at any stage before, during or after production

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Make a distribution deal

This is about specifying the rights they hold in respect of the title. These normally include the right to release it in UK cinemas and promote it in all media before and during its release.

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Planning the release

A plan and an idea has to be created and prepared. 

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• How is the going to be released?
• When is it coming out?
• Where should it first be released?
• What type of film is it?

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• Film Marketing 
• There many different ways the film is marketed for example:
•  Websites 
•  Posters
•  trailers
• online advertising
•  Promotions

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• Licensing films exhibitors 
• This is about trying to see how much the audience enjoyed the film and trying to reach the planned target audience. 
• Through Box office
• Through print or technical management 

Donnie Darko
Metrodome Distribution (2002) 
Metrodome Distribution (2004) 

Film Budget

$4,500,000 (estimated)
$728K(US)

Donnie Darko had firstly screened in the Sundance Film Festival

Girl-Hood

• Film1 Spotlight (2015) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Strand Releasing (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pyramide Distribution (2014) (France) (theatrical)
• $4,500,000 (estimated) 

This Film was first screen played in VUE

It follows
Icon Film Distribution (2014) (UK) (theatrical)
around 21 cinemas released in around the world

Film Budget

$2,000,000 (estimated film budget)
$10,100,000 (This was the budget for Worldwide)

It follows was screen in cinemas such as VUE

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

Momentum Pictures (2004)
around 20 cinemas released in around the world
Budget

Film Budget

$20,000,000 (estimated film budget)

$49MM(This was the worldwide budget)

External sunshine of the spotless mind was in VUE

The Man without A Past

Sony Pictures Classic

Budget	€1,206,000[1]
Box office	$9,564,237

This is another movie that was released worldwide in common cinemas

Exhibition: Arthouse cinemas

The Electric Cinema, it is in Notting Hill, London. 

The Electric Cinema as a rule demonstrates arthouse movies, which are exploratory or low spending plan, for example, The Lobster which will be shown on the sixth of December. It can in this way be contended that arthouse silver screens are gone for the corner business sector as the standard gathering of people are unrealistic to watch test or low spending plan movies like The Lobster. Be that as it may, they now and then do display significant movies, for example, Star Wars which will be shown on the eighteenth of December and Bridge of Spies on the fourth of December which will likewise be shown in film chains, for example, Vue. 

White collar class youthful grown-up/grown-up groups of onlookers would for the most part go to this arthouse silver screen, and an explanation behind this may be a result of the expense of the tickets (entirely costly) and the way that the movies that are typically displayed are for the most part 15 and over. However there are some of the time movies that are PG/U that are displayed, and there is likewise a kid's club segment at the Electric Cinema so a more youthful white collar class group of onlookers are prone t

These film trailers fit splendidly to the Art house profile in light of the fact that they predominantly around an individual or bunch and through the movies attempt to express the feelings made. These have a tendency to be feelings which arent found or completely comprehended by the audience.Also, they all have that hero where the gathering of people incorporate with. I can gather that these are indeed Art House Films as they arent your ordinary mainstream movies these movies are focused upon the quality and the technique of the production rather than the profit.

A case study in independent film production:

• Film London is one of the nine provincial screen offices all through the UK, and has the points of maintaining and adding to the London film industry 

• Microwave Films is a financing plan for UK highlight movies, and the motivation behind Microwave Films is to store and convey movies 

• The London Calling undertaking for Film London is a plan which free film making groups who inhabitant in the capital can apply for to get preparing and tutoring, match financing and if effective be granted a max of £4,000

)  Three things that i learnt from these art-house short clips is that 

•  Use what is around me to make the film interesting
• Think carefully of the camera work utilised
• Think carefully in who you cast 
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