Warp Films

Warp Films - British independent film company

Division: Warp films Australia
                 Warp X

Warp X is a digital film studio and therefore produces all films digitally. The budgets for the films are usually around £400,000 to £800,000

Digitally producing films is a lot cheaper.

Genre of films Warp Films produces:
Horror, action and comedy are the main genres.
They produce thought provoking, challenging and sometimes controversial films that larger companies would not produce due to not generating much profit or appeal to a global audience. 

These films are targeting British audiences because they are British actors and set in British locations. They represent British culture. 

Fact of the week

28th-30th March box office statistics:

28th - 30th March 2014		Weekend total (£)	Cumulative total (£)
1	Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Walt Disney)	£6,037,850	£6,037,850
2	Muppets Most Wanted (Walt Disney)	£2,214,906	£2,214,906
3	The Grand Budapest Hotel (20th Century Fox)	£870,423	£7,968,357
4	Non-Stop (Studiocanal)	£360,226	£8,745,562
5	Need For Speed (eOne)	£337,943	£4,399,097
6	The Lego Movie (Warner Bros)	£323,397	£31,636,562
7	300: Rise Of An Empire (Warner Bros)	£237,879	£7,449,264
8	Starred Up (20th Century Fox)	£201,822	£1,062,827
9	The Legend Of Hercules (Lionsgate)	£189,881	£189,881
10	A Long Way Down (Lionsgate)	£107,538	£741,524

Fact of the week

Top three expensive movies of 2013

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: $250 Million

2. Man of Steel: $225 Million

3. The Lone Ranger: $215 Million

Film fact of the week

Top 10 most pirated films ever

Fact of the week

UK film shared 15% of the global box office in 2012.

UK films accounted for 25% of releases in 2012.

Film Industry Fact - FACT OF THE WEEK

What percentage of people view films (videos) on smartphones

• Over half (52%) of smartphone videos are watched at home. 
• Each week 29 million people watch video from their smartphone.
• The average person watches five hours of video from their smartphone.

What percent of people view films online?

Up to 30% of people view films on websites such as Netflix. 

Sightseers Case Study

Sightseers is a British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material from Amy Jump. 

• It is produced by Edgar Wright and Nira Park
• The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival 

Distributed by: 

StudioCanal UK (UK) IFC Films (USA) Rialto Distribution(Australia, New Zealand)

The characters came together seven years before the film came out as Lowe and Oram swapped stories based on their common background and childhood holiday experiences. However, the pitch kept getting turned down for being too dark

Production - 
Where did the idea of the film come from?
The idea of the film originated from characters common background and childhood holiday experiences.
What is the genre? Provide a brief overview of the narrative (story)
 The genre of the film is comedy. It is light hearted at times but the majority is fairly dark, tense and serious.
Who else financed the film besides the studio?
StudioCanal
Big Talk Pictures
Film4 Productions
BFI Film Fund
Rook Films
What was the budget for the film? 
The budget for the film was £9.3 million
Any noticeable stars / writers / directors / producers involved with the film from the outset?
A producer of the film was Edgar Wright who also directed previous hit films such as Hot Fuzz and The World's End.