Launching Films and Micro budget list


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


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.FILMYEARGENRE
1Searching for Sugar Man2012Documentary Music Biopic
2Marley2012Documentary Music
3Locke2013Thriller Drama
4Anuvahood2011Comedy Spoof
5Still Life2013Comedy Drama
6Redirected2014Action Comedy
7Weekend2011Drama Gay interest Romance
8The Disappearance of Alice Creed2009Thriller Crime Drama
9The Act of Killing2012Documentary Socio-political Drama
10Tyrannosaur2011Drama
11Tormented2009Horror
12Shank2010Crime Action Drama
13Ill Manors2012Crime Drama
14The Spirit of '452013Documentary Socio-political
15Of Time and the City2008Documentary
16Kill List2011Horror Thriller Drama
17Papadopoulos & Sons2012Comedy Family
18The Caller2011Horror Crime
19Exam2009Thriller Horror
20Archipelago2010Drama
21Fire in Babylon2010Documentary Sport
22Metro Manila2013Thriller Drama
23Jig2011Documentary Music/Dance Comedy
24Dreams of a Life2011Documentary Drama
25The Summit2012Documentary Sport
26In Fear2013Thriller Horror
27How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?2010Documentary
28Cheerful Weather for the Wedding2012Drama Period drama Comedy
29The Pervert's Guide to Ideology2012Documentary
30Sket2011Thriller Crime
31Wild Bill2011Drama
32Leviathan2012Documentary Horror
33Wagner & Me2010Documentary Music Biopic
34No Greater Love2009Documentary
35Offender2012Thriller Drama Crime
36Pusher2012Crime Action Thriller
37McCullin2012Documentary War
38The Shock Doctrine2009Documentary
39DeadTime2012Horror Thriller Music
40The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)2011Horror Drama
41She, a Chinese2009Drama
42Letters to Sofija2013Biopic Drama Music
43Tortoise in Love2012Comedy Romance
44Tonight You're Mine2011Romance Music
45My Brother the Devil2012Drama Gay interest
46The Arbor2010Biopic Documentary Biopic
47Payback Season2012Thriller Drama
481 Day2009Drama
49A Field in England2013Horror Drama Historical
50Afghan Star2009Documentary



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




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