section b: Institution research

Ill Manors funding 

The estimated budget for this was approximately £100k.

Institutions that contributed to financing Ill Manors includes Film London's subsidiary group Microwave London which helps finance first time directors and creative lower budget British/London based films. Revolver entertainment (now insolvent) helped cover the cost distribution costs.

Ill Manors budget was significantly lower than to a film such as Skyfall which had a budget of approximately  105-200 million dollars. The Ill Manors budget was around 80-100 thousand pounds so it was significantly lower than the Hollywood production.

A field in England funding 

The estimated budget for a field in England was £300k

A field in England already had an established director Ben Wheatley. Plan B was a first time director so it seemed for fitting that he reside in an institution that supports and would be more likely to support first time directors, unlike film 4's subsidiary Film 4.0 who invest in creative and innovative sort of low risk films.

A field in England raised finance from Film 4's sub business, Film 4.0, which tends to invest heavily in more innovative and creative films that they can offer on their channel.

Film London and Microwave film

Film London's function is to provide assistance in production and distribution of films set up in and around London.

Microwave films is owned by Film London and its main aim is to help finance films in London that are usually from first time directors or innovative and creative film ideas.

Shifty is a film that Microwave London  helped to produce. It is also similar to Ill Manors as they were both set in deprived parts of London and both show a reality there that most people don't get to see, for example with all of the drug deals and violent crime. The two are quite similar in another aspect as the main characters in both (portrayed by Riz Ahmed). Plan B also helped with the soundtrack in both films and produced and directed the other.

Vertigo films and Warp films

Films that Vertigo are most well known for are Football Factory, The Sweeney and Street dance 3D.

Football factory was very successful because at the time the group of people it was targeted at was the majority of people in the country so it appealed to a lot more people. The Sweeney was popular because it was a re-make of a classic film/TV series that a older and younger generation would be able to appreciate. Street Dance 3D was successful as it was aimed at the right audience, specifically families as it included a lot of familiar family names featuring people from Britain got talent which is also aimed at a similar audience.  

More recently vertigo have gotten into genres Such as horror with Its recent movie moments".

Warp films was first set up by Warp records and was founded by two people in Sheffield. They first started getting involved in the production of short films and then with the introduction of a new partner they got involved in producing full length films which still goes on today. They also created a sub division of the company called Warpx which is involved in the assistance of new film makers and artistic ventures.

I think there are two very successful films produced by warp and these include This is England and 71'.

Warp films subdivision, Warpx have had a major impact in shaping certain aspects of the film industry, a lot of their short films and experimental ones have gained various nominations within the film industry including BAFTA nominations.

This is England and the Football factory are probably two of the most similar as the type of genre being urban and location are quite similar, they also portray the same group of people just of different ages and time periods.

BBFC

People within the BBFC are given films to watch in a comfortable, generic environment they are then asked to make notes on the film and judge whether it fits in the applied age bracket or differs, depending on the criteria.

There are some similarities between 15 and an 18 certificate as a lot of the content in an 18 certificate is just the extremes and in higher quantity of that which is in a 15 certificate. However, a 15 certificate usually doesn't include gratuitous violence.

Ill Manors was given an 18 certificate because it showed the harsh reality of living in and around that area and didn't hold back in how graphical it was.

A field in England was given a 15 rating due to the use of strong language and one very strong use of it, incldued violence and gory images.

Advantages: May be to innapropriate for youngsters to watch as it may influence them in the wrong way.

Disadvantages: May not reach in the targeted audience, therefore the film may not make enough money or spread its message..