What does a Production Company do
- 2. What does a Production Company do ? A production company essentially helps to create the film- its assists in the budgeting, scheduling, scripting, casting and more. The company usually looks over the film from when its just an idea to completion. They are responsible for finding a director and the majority of acting talent required. However they are also responsible if anything were to go wrong on the film, for example and actor being injured or property being damaged.
- 3. Production Company Logo The logo we chose for our production company was one already in use. It is called Cinemanx and this below is their logo. We chose to use this logo because Cinemanx are the producers of low budget, but nonetheless successful films. We felt it would fit our film perfectly. We chose this production company because in the past they have produced and distributed several low budget films and they have a lot of experience in doing so.
- 4. What does a distributor do? A distributor basically sends your film out into the world for the waiting audiences to watch. They decide where and when the film will show and they also promote the film. There are a number of steps that are followed in the process of distribution. Firstly they have to determine how many copies of the film to make. The film is then previewed to prospective buyers- e.g. cinema owners. The film is then sent to the cinemas shortly before it opens. The cinema then shows the movie and after people have seen it, it will get sent back to the distributors and payment is agreed. However in smaller budge films, more steps may be necessary.
- 5. Why have you chosen the distributor to release your film ? We chose the distribution company we did because we thought it would fit our film requirements more than any other we saw. It has handled a lot of low budget films and knows the way in which it is best to distribute them and the scale of the distributing- how many cinemas it will show at. We think that our chosen company will help represent our film the best. In the past, this company has produced films such as ‘Chico and Rita’ which had a budget of roughly $9 million but only made around £81,000 in gross earnings. In the film world this is quite a small budget, so looking at this we thought it would be quite well suited to our film.