Research into a film production company: WARP FILMS
Warp are an independent film production company based in Sheffield & London with another company Warp Films Australia based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded by partners Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett and was initially created with financial support from NESTA and had a remit to produce a number of short films.
It has produced films such as: Submarine, Dead Man's Shoes, Tyrannosaur etc. Films Tyrannosaur, Kill List and Submarine were nominated for a total of 18 awards at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards.
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Tyrannosaur
1. Tyrannosaur received a grant from grant of £206,540 from the National Lottery fund through the UK Film Council. The remainder of the fund came from Warp, Film4, Inflammable Films, Screen Yorkshire, EM Media and Optimum Releasing (StudioCanal).
2. - UK Film Council aimed to broaden the quality and range of film projects being developed in the UK. With £12 million of Lottery funding to invest to build a talent-driven home for writers, directors and producers.
- Film4 was started in 1982 and is owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation and offers films in standard definition free of charge.
- EM Media raises finance from a range of public and private sources to invest in creative digital companies.
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- Director and Writer: Paddy Considine
Paddy is an English actor, screenwriter, film director and musician. He has starred in films such as Dead Man's Shoes, The Cry of the Owl, Hot Fuzz etc.
- Actor: Peter Mullan
Peter is a Scottish actor and filmmaker whose appeared in films like Trainspotting, My Name I Joe and Harry Potter film series. My Name Is Joe one him the Best Actor Award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
-Actress: Olivia Colman
Olivia is an English Actress best known for her roles supporting roles in comedy shows as Alex in Rev and Sophie Chapman in Peep Show. She played DS Ellie Miller in the hit TV show Broadchurch. Colman also played Carol Thatcher in the award winning film The Iron Lady.
-Actor: Eddie Marson
Eddie is an English actor best known for his roles in the films Gangster No. 1, Mission Impossible III, Sherlock Holmes. Marsan also won the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best supporting actor for his performance in Vera Drake.
4. The opening weekend of the film at the cinema made $7,635, showing in 5 screens in the USA
5. The genre is social realism as its set on a council estate in the midlands.
6. The target audience for this film is adults and young adults- certificate 15. Paddy wrote it as a way of demonstrating what living on a Council Estate is like. Its a film to relate to its audience.
7. An American film critic and blogger Jeffrey Wells was so taken with the film after seeing it at the L.A. Film Festival that he had the idea of raising $2,000 to cover the rental of a screening room to get Hollywood's recognition for the film.
Tyrannosaur is a distinct British film as it had a small budget to work against and well-known actors in the UK but not in the USA. Tyrannosaur also shows the realism of lower class and serious authenticity of the violence that happens in some areas unlike the fake idea of life that Hollywood films portray. Another difference between British Independent films and Hollywood, is the distinguishable title sequences. Because of a low budget, Tyrannosaur has a very simple beginning sequence- white credits against a black background. In comparison, a film with a big budget could have extreme graphics- demonstrating again the simplicity and realism British Independent aims to represent.