Tangerine $100,000 budget shot on two iphone 5S

How one of the best films at Sundance was shot using an iPhone 5S
(and a couple of lenses and an $8 app)
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/28/7925023/sundance-film-festival-2015-tangerine-iphone-5s

Billericay Cinema - non profit project

http://www.bfi.org.uk/neighbourhoodcinema/billericay-community-cinema

Tortoise in Love - read all about it! and Cabin in the Woods trailer goes viral

What is special about these small films, their financing and their marketing campaigns.

Find out as much as you can about it and write 500 words on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_in_Love

http://www.tortoiseinlove.co.uk/

https://hammynotthehamster.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/cabin-in-the-woods-film-review/

Launching Films and Micro budget list

Go to www.launchingfilms.com - for distributor info and go to uk film release schedule link

Your indie research should take the same form as the ill Manors presentation

Ill manors production, distribution, exhibition from sandraoddy2

Here are the UK recent indie films I have suggested. If you don't like the one you've been assigned choose another and let me know.

• In Fear
• Selfish Giant
• Tyrannosaur
• Anuvahood
• Shank
• Spirit of '45
• Wild Bill
• My brother the Devil
• A field in England
• Locke
• Ill Manors
• Fast Girls
• Starred Up
• Gone Too Far

The UK film with highest global gross (under £1m, Jan 2008 to Aug 2014) was Searching For Sugarman.

§  The UK film with highest global gross (under £1m, Jan 2008 to Aug 2014) was Searching For Sugarman.
§  Between January 2008 and August 2014, there were 1,419 films made in the UK budgeted under £1 million
§  Only 7 of these grossed over £1 million in cinemas worldwide
§  0.17% of the 1,190 UK films made on under £500k grossed over £1 million worldwide.
§  20% of UK films budgeted under £1 million grossed at least £1 in any cinema around the world.
§  That figure drops to 16% for films under £500k and 10% for films budgeted under £150k.
§  Rotten Tomatoes provides data on just 24% of UK films budgeted under £500k and Metacritic only rated 4% of the same group.

• The UK film with highest global box office gross released between January 2008 and August 2014 wasSearching For Sugarman.  This film alone accounts for almost 24% of the combined gross of the top 50 films.

NO.	FILM	YEAR	GENRE
1	Searching for Sugar Man	2012	Documentary Music Biopic
2	Marley	2012	Documentary Music
3	Locke	2013	Thriller Drama
4	Anuvahood	2011	Comedy Spoof
5	Still Life	2013	Comedy Drama
6	Redirected	2014	Action Comedy
7	Weekend	2011	Drama Gay interest Romance
8	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	2009	Thriller Crime Drama
9	The Act of Killing	2012	Documentary Socio-political Drama
10	Tyrannosaur	2011	Drama
11	Tormented	2009	Horror
12	Shank	2010	Crime Action Drama
13	Ill Manors	2012	Crime Drama
14	The Spirit of '45	2013	Documentary Socio-political
15	Of Time and the City	2008	Documentary
16	Kill List	2011	Horror Thriller Drama
17	Papadopoulos & Sons	2012	Comedy Family
18	The Caller	2011	Horror Crime
19	Exam	2009	Thriller Horror
20	Archipelago	2010	Drama
21	Fire in Babylon	2010	Documentary Sport
22	Metro Manila	2013	Thriller Drama
23	Jig	2011	Documentary Music/Dance Comedy
24	Dreams of a Life	2011	Documentary Drama
25	The Summit	2012	Documentary Sport
26	In Fear	2013	Thriller Horror
27	How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?	2010	Documentary
28	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	2012	Drama Period drama Comedy
29	The Pervert's Guide to Ideology	2012	Documentary
30	Sket	2011	Thriller Crime
31	Wild Bill	2011	Drama
32	Leviathan	2012	Documentary Horror
33	Wagner & Me	2010	Documentary Music Biopic
34	No Greater Love	2009	Documentary
35	Offender	2012	Thriller Drama Crime
36	Pusher	2012	Crime Action Thriller
37	McCullin	2012	Documentary War
38	The Shock Doctrine	2009	Documentary
39	DeadTime	2012	Horror Thriller Music
40	The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)	2011	Horror Drama
41	She, a Chinese	2009	Drama
42	Letters to Sofija	2013	Biopic Drama Music
43	Tortoise in Love	2012	Comedy Romance
44	Tonight You're Mine	2011	Romance Music
45	My Brother the Devil	2012	Drama Gay interest
46	The Arbor	2010	Biopic Documentary Biopic
47	Payback Season	2012	Thriller Drama
48	1 Day	2009	Drama
49	A Field in England	2013	Horror Drama Historical
50	Afghan Star	2009	Documentary

You will then produce a comparison between your big six and your small film like this one:

Similarities and differences skyfall ill manors from sandraoddy2

Interview with British film producer

At a recent conference ( www.ocrmediaconference2014.weebly.com  scroll down to Michelle Eastwood - film producer) we heard from a really interesting new producer who told us the story of her film from start to finish. Watch the presentation and read the questions I asked her with her responses.

• How much does it cost do enter a film into festivals? How long before registering and knowing whether you're in it? Would someone expect to spend their first year after film production going around the festivals? Who pays for this?

It depends on if it's a short or a feature. If a feature the sales agent would take care of it. If a short the producer takes care of it and should budget for festival entry. You can look at Withoutabox as that is the main site used by festivals to accept entries. Prices range from nothing to maybe $80. I don't know what a first year film is but I would say any decent film should be entered into festivals for exposure as soon as it is finished.

• Who are all the companies who's logos are shown at the end of the trailer, this is what confuses me and the students for example Big Talk made In Fear but Film4 say it's their film etc Is it everyone that's helped finance and distribute the film? It means the film belongs to a lot of people?

Yes, the distributor, sometimes sales agent, the production companies and the financiers can all have logos at the end of a film. In a way the film belongs to a lot of people but as in my presentation they all have very specific functions and roles and all take money from revenues in a different way.

• When you talk about taking risks do you mean doing something very different non genre/high concept? What is a film pitch that a small producer can guarantee interest in for example?

I don't remember what context I said this in but yes, low risk pitches/projects are those with a clear genre, a high concept, a known director and known cast attached. The less of those elements you have the more high risk the project tends to be for financiers. Sometimes financiers are happy to take risks. Film 4, for example. It's part of their remit.

• It's hard to find out how much smaller films cost to make and I've been told most production companies don't want to reveal this and that Ill Manors was definitely not made for £100K which is what is written, is it true the published information is not always true?

Yes, it isn't always true. Ill Manors was about £450k. There isn't really a place you find out this info. Only from talking to the people who made the films.

• At what stage do you know if your production will go straight to dvd or be screened?

You can negotiate this in advance to a degree. E.g. As part of my distribution deal we had a guaranteed theatrical release. However, it is more and more difficult to get distributors to guarantee a certain number of screens because theatrical releases are expensive.

• Do you think audiences being able to access films online (legally as with Curzon) as well as in the cinema is a positive thing for independent filmmakers and will be the norm?

Yes I think so. It's already the norm for films that have been released theatrically and more and more now films are available online at the same time as being in the cinema. It's how people are choosing to view.

• What is in your view the hardest aspect for someone in the UK trying to make and exhibit a film at the moment?

This is quite a big question! Unless a film is a clear commercial prospect it's very difficult to raise money at the moment and even more difficult to get it on a screen, which is why people are turning to Indiegogo etc. to fine their films. People are making films for less and less money which means it is very difficult to make a living from producing films at the moment, you have to make other things as well like commercials, promos, branded content and tv if you are lucky.

• What is the best way they can make their money back? Sales abroad you said? What's the breakdown between box office sales, dvd and lovefilm roughly?

Yes, foreign sales topped up by. Share in box office is the way films make their money back. I don't have those figures off the top of my head I'm afraid. There are percentages distributors work (theatrical, DVD etc) to but I'm not sure exactly what they are. With foreign sales you tend to get an overall figure from a foreign distributor and then they exhibit it on different platforms.