Friday 15 November 2013

Kill List Research

WARP X-
  • Brittish film production company
  • Based in sheffield, with furthur offices in Nottingham and London
  • Founded in 2005
  • Produces feature films
  • Its a digital film studio, that produces feature films in the UK with budgets usually between £400,000 and £800,000
  • Serves as a format for new directors to create movies for the first time on a lower budget scale
  • It began with support from organisations such as Warp Films, Film Four, the UK Film Council etc.
  • Its filmography includes "Donkey Punch", "Kill List", "Hush" and "For Those in Peril" 

STUDIO CANAL-
  • French based production and distribution company
  • Owns the third-largest film library in the world
  • Owned by the Canal+ Group and Universal Studios
  • Founded in 1988 by Pierre Lescure
  • Has strong links to Universal Studios
  • Its film library includes Terminator 2:Judgement Day, The Carry On series, The Ladykillers, Total Recall etc.
  •  It acquired UK-based distributor Optimum Releasing in 2006
  • Also acquired german distributor Kinowelt in 2008, who distributed their films up to that point
  • Both these companies have now been renamed as StudioCanal#
FILM YORKSHIRE-
  • Its a registered charity
  • It finds, preserves and provides public access to moving image made in or about the Yorkshire region.
  • Their growing collections currently contain over 50,000 titles
FILM FOUR-
  • Digital television channel available in the UK and ireland
  • Owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, that screens films.
  • Offers films in standard definition free of charge
  • Viewers must have a paid subcription with Virgin Media or Sky
  • Started in 1982
  • Has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the UK
  • Costs £5.99 a month, eventually rising up to £7
  • Spin-off channels include Film4 +1 and Film4 HD
UK FILM COUNCIL-
  • Was a non-departmental public body set up in 2000 by the labour government to develop and promote the film industry in the UK
  • Was constituted as a private company
  • Was funded through sources including the National Lottery
  • The Chief Executive Officer was John Woodward
  • On 26th July 2010, the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition abolished the council
  • It closed on March 31st 2011, with many of its functions passing to the British Film Institute
  • The councils distribution and exhibition department worked to make non-mainstream films more widely available to cinema audiences
  • The UKFC also funded the Skillset Film Skills Fund, nine regional screen agencies, the British Film Institute
ROOK FILMS-
  • Film production company

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