Possible Distributor for our Psychological Thriller Project - Warp Films
- Warp Films are an independent UK film company that are based in Sheffield as well as London and have a sister Company based in Melbourne, Australia.
- They have created many films such as submarine, Four lions, This Is England and 71’
- Warp Films were established by Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett and after the death of Rob Mitchell in 2001, Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films and enlisted the expertise of his Sheffield friend, Mark Herbert .
- The film company is known for attracting smaller demographic, which is more appropriate for our film as Psychological Thrillers are not a mainstream film. They have a limitation to potential target audiences unlike comedy or action films.
- As a group, we felt a ‘Big Six' Company such as Warner Brothers would be inappropriate for our film as they target wide audiences with significantly large budgets, as a result, investing into our film may be too risky. This is considering the limitations to the age and preferences of the audience that Warner Brothers would normally target. Therefore, a large budget wouldn’t make sense as the same volume of revenue may not be made.
- If Warner Brothers were to allocate a smaller budget, they would be less familiar with lower budgeted films than an independent company who regularly work with smaller budgets
- Warp Films, for example, produced Four Lions with a £2,500,000 budget and 71’ with a £8,100,000 budget which are both relatively low considering the high costs of production, distribution, marketing and exhibition. As a result, this means they would have higher levels of familiarity concerning smaller budget films name any of the 'Big Six' film companies.
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