Evaluation Question 3

Saskia Calliste

Our Production Company!

Name: Pandora's’ Box Productions

Summary: We specialize in the

production of supernatural thriller films. We seek to entertain our audience and to also inform them of the true mythological legends behind all the supernatural films that have been made.

What A Production Company Does?

A production company is a company responsible for the development and physical production of new media, performing arts, film, radio or a television program. The company may also be directly responsible for the raising of funding for the production.

https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=production+company&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=I2lsT8DzBYPv8QPU7a2_DQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=766c3b4af1a134f3&biw=1024&bih=641

The tasks a production company has to carry out;• Budgeting – How much they can spend on the product• Schedule Scripting- getting the production and learning of script on schedule• Organisation of Staff- making sure all staff know what they are doing• Talent Spotting- finding necessary candidates for the production• Gathering of necessary resources- all resources needed for the production• Marketing –making people aware of its existence• Distribution- getting the product out there• Post Production- evaluate decision making etc.• Completion – overseeing the final product and making sure its on time

DreamWorks is an example of a production company as they produced films such as Kung Fu Panda although they were distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Initial Ideas For Distributors! A film distributor is usually a company that releases films once

they have been made by the production company. Is it the production companies duty to find the right distributor depending on certain factors of the film e.g. The distributors preferred genre.

The distributor we should use is Hammer Films, a UK based

distributor who specialises in thrillers and horrors whilst embracing its sub genre. Hammer films has recently paired with Warner Bros. A well established American distributor which will allow our film to reach a wider audience.

‘Where's The Money At?’

Different films get funding from various organisations which would be organised by ones production company.

For a film like ours, the UK Film Council could’ve funded our film as they financially

cover a wide range of factors needed to make a film successful.

They fund script development, film production, short films, film export and distribution, cinemas, film education, culture and archives, festivals and audience support schemes.

(http://industry.bfi.org.uk/funding)

Hierarchy Of The Titles?These are natural order for the opening credits of a film. • PRODUCTION COMPANY presents

a NAME LASTNAME productiona NAME LASTNAME film"TITLE"Lead CastSupporting CastCasting DirectorMusic ComposerCostume DesignerAssociate ProducersEditor(s)Production DesignerDirector of PhotographyExecutive ProducerProducerWriter(s)Director

http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=14862

• Alongside this we also researched it in action by using http://www.artofthetitle.com/and watching various openings to see how it coincides with this.

More Like Me!

As our film is based on a myth which is open to interpretation, there is no film that has direct similarities but films with similar factors of spiritual sacrifice, witchcraft, religious imagery and evil omens. For example, The Craft, The Omen and The Reaping.