Rank Title Gross Disturbution Week Sites Site Avg Box office week 1
11 This Is England 207,676 Optimum 1 62 3,350 207,676
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Warp X New Company From Warp Films..
Warp X harnesses cutting edge digital technology and low budget production methods to make high value movies that can reach cinema audiences across the world.
Warp X’s first slate consisted of A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILURES, DONKEY PUNCH (both released Summer 08) and HUSH (released March 09). ATP, BUNNY AND THE BULL and LA CHINOISE are due for release this year.
Slate one was managed and produced by Warp X for the Low Budget Feature Film Scheme set up by UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and Film4 to revitalise the low-budget sector of the British film industry. Our other key financial backers were EM Media and Screen Yorkshire. Optimum Releasing were closely involved in the development process and distribute the films theatrically and on DVD in the UK. Channel 4 take UK television rights. The current slate is being funded until the end of 2010 by the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, Film4, Screen Yorkshire and Optimum Releasing.
Warp X is a brand new venture in the British film industry - a sustainable digital studio that is driven by creative talent and a dynamic digital business model that rewards everyone involved in the films. Our financiers have agreed that creative talent should share in the gross revenue of any film once the commission and expenses of distributors and sales agents have been deducted.
Warp X is building on Warp Film’s reputation for combining creative originality with commercial success, with releases like Shane Meadows’ THIS IS ENGLAND and DEAD MAN’S SHOES, Chris Cunningham’s RUBBER JOHNNY and Chris Morris’ MY WRONGS 8245-8249 and 117. Warp Films latest film by Shane Meadows LE DONK & SCOR-ZAY-ZEE will be out on DVD on 26 October 2009. Visit www.ledonk.com for more information.
Warp X’s first slate consisted of A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILURES, DONKEY PUNCH (both released Summer 08) and HUSH (released March 09). ATP, BUNNY AND THE BULL and LA CHINOISE are due for release this year.
Slate one was managed and produced by Warp X for the Low Budget Feature Film Scheme set up by UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and Film4 to revitalise the low-budget sector of the British film industry. Our other key financial backers were EM Media and Screen Yorkshire. Optimum Releasing were closely involved in the development process and distribute the films theatrically and on DVD in the UK. Channel 4 take UK television rights. The current slate is being funded until the end of 2010 by the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, Film4, Screen Yorkshire and Optimum Releasing.
Warp X is a brand new venture in the British film industry - a sustainable digital studio that is driven by creative talent and a dynamic digital business model that rewards everyone involved in the films. Our financiers have agreed that creative talent should share in the gross revenue of any film once the commission and expenses of distributors and sales agents have been deducted.
Warp X is building on Warp Film’s reputation for combining creative originality with commercial success, with releases like Shane Meadows’ THIS IS ENGLAND and DEAD MAN’S SHOES, Chris Cunningham’s RUBBER JOHNNY and Chris Morris’ MY WRONGS 8245-8249 and 117. Warp Films latest film by Shane Meadows LE DONK & SCOR-ZAY-ZEE will be out on DVD on 26 October 2009. Visit www.ledonk.com for more information.
Warp X JOINT OBJECTIVES:
as outlined by the UK Film Council and Film4
To source a diverse range of filmmaking talent and mentors.
To develop a more integrated and cost-effective model for the development and production of low-budget films by accessing a core team of production, financing and business affairs expertise and taking into account the cultural and commercial needs of the UK film industry.
To provide new opportunities to increase participation of groups currently under-represented in the UK film industry such as writers, directors, producers and actors who are disabled, women and/or from black and minority ethnic groups.
To encourage filmmakers to explore social issues of disability, cultural/ethnic diversity and social exclusion through the content and range of individual film projects.
To create much-needed progression routes into the UK film industry for identified filmmaking talent, who may have experienced some success through their first feature film or through short filmmaking, but who need further infrastructural and other support to make their next film(s) a success.
To provide an opportunity for and to encourage established filmmaking talent to reinvest their expertise in the talent of the tomorrow, both in front of and behind the camera.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
The boat that rocked.
How much money did the film take in its first year? Was it considered a commercial/ financial success?
Did it have 'legs', that is did it contue to run in the cinema for some time?
It must of had the legs to run in the cinema because when it come out on DVD not that many people bought it that means that they ever watched it in the cinema or it didnt appeal to them, it was in the cinimas a long amout of time and i thought it would of been a good film because they kept it in there that amount of time.
Carry out some primary research of your own to establish who in your age group has seen the film and the reasons why?
How old are you? 17
Have you seen the film the boat that rocked? If not why? Yes
Did you enjoy it? Yes
Who did you go with? Watched it for media. Would of watched it if i didn't.
Would you recommend it to someone? Yes because it was funny and it was easy to get in to.
How old are you? 16
Have you seen the film the boat that rocked? If not why? No, Because he hasnt thought about watching, you would watch it if it was there, because i have heard good stuff about the film.
Did it have 'legs', that is did it contue to run in the cinema for some time?
It must of had the legs to run in the cinema because when it come out on DVD not that many people bought it that means that they ever watched it in the cinema or it didnt appeal to them, it was in the cinimas a long amout of time and i thought it would of been a good film because they kept it in there that amount of time.
Carry out some primary research of your own to establish who in your age group has seen the film and the reasons why?
How old are you? 17
Have you seen the film the boat that rocked? If not why? Yes
Did you enjoy it? Yes
Who did you go with? Watched it for media. Would of watched it if i didn't.
Would you recommend it to someone? Yes because it was funny and it was easy to get in to.
How old are you? 16
Have you seen the film the boat that rocked? If not why? No, Because he hasnt thought about watching, you would watch it if it was there, because i have heard good stuff about the film.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
The boat that rocked.
When was the film released; also where and on how many screens?
Was there a particulare strategy attached to increasing the number of prints and available?
Were there any other special restrictions placed on the exhibtion of the film?
What were the reactions of the critics to the film? Was it considered a critical success? has it been re-assessed since then?
This film had people thinking because, some people thought that it was too long ans that people would get bored by the end but however, some people thought that it was alright and they shouldnt of edited it, they edited after people said it was too long, down to a little shorter but however they thought that it was too long but that didnt bother them they still put this film out there and made a little money on it.
Find several good film reviews and make notes on common features consider the publics response to the film, read and make notes on fetures from reviews on amzon.
This has to go down as a missed opportunity for Richard Curtis. Because, for a man whose writing talents engendered some of the most beloved TV programmes and films of the last 20 years (Spitting Image, Blackadder, Notting Hill, Four Weddings...), The Ship That Rocked is surprisingly scant on laughs. There's the odd guffaw, granted, but for a film which has to rely on music to stay afloat, it doesn't say much about the quality of the gags.
Loosely based around pirate station and the original boat which rocked, Radio Caroline, TBTR is the story of a group of DJs sitting on a skiff in the North Sea broadcasting music and acting like rock stars. The BBC isn't playing any popular music so for much of the population of the UK (some 20 million or so souls) this boat music is their best bet for a daily fix of The Kinks et al.
Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Philip Seymour Hoffman keep the turn-tables turning and for a time all is good at sea. Every day is party time and they're loving it.
However the government is out to kill the DJs' fun, seeing them as anti-establishment and therefore dangerous and a plan is hatched between the evil Kenneth Branagh and his minion Jack Davenport (the English officer off Pirates of the Caribbean) to bring their broadcasting to an end.
Unfortunately, as sprightly and as enthusiastic as the cast of sailor-DJs are, Curtis stops short of providing any real belly laughs an it's a pity because the premise for the story seem perfectly suited to his canon of work. This time there's more of an emphasis on plot than laughs and in the end the humour is sacrificed to the greater good (or bad, as the case may be).
TBTR is ridiculous in a good way (crazed DJ groupies and dance scenes during on-shore leave) but with as much great music that we hear, the film ultimately overstays it's welcome by about half an hour. By the end you're half hoping the baddies will just torpedo the boat and put everyone out of their misery.
Yet more annoying because it's such a great idea, TBTR has plenty of great tunes but is leaky on the laughs.
I live in the US but ordered this from the UK site because the UK version puts back about 20-25 minutes of the film that are just priceless! They stupidly changed the title of the movie in the US to "Pirate Radio". The original title is quite obviously more clever and appropriate. I was born in 1964 (In N. Ireland!) and so all of this was happening while I was in diapers but the soundtrack is still sublime! The acting is brilliant - once again each actor perfectly cast as with Curtis' other films (Love Actually and 4 Weddings and a Funeral).
The deleted scenes are hilarious and almost constitute another mini movie unto itself! I hope one of these days Curtis just says to hell with time constraints and just throws everything into the main movie. His films are so good that no one would notice if they are 3 and half hours long.... you completely enjoy hanging out with his characters.
If you've loved Curtis' other movies you'll love this one - and if you even remotely love the music from the 60's, the sampling in this movie is brilliant.
If you don't buy this, it will be a "spectacular mistake" - to quote Billy Nighy's character at the beginning.
By the way, for anyone worried about region coding - this disc played just fine in my region 1 player here in the US.
-Karl
Did the film creat a particular media debate, or create news headlines?
Was there a particulare strategy attached to increasing the number of prints and available?
Were there any other special restrictions placed on the exhibtion of the film?
What were the reactions of the critics to the film? Was it considered a critical success? has it been re-assessed since then?
This film had people thinking because, some people thought that it was too long ans that people would get bored by the end but however, some people thought that it was alright and they shouldnt of edited it, they edited after people said it was too long, down to a little shorter but however they thought that it was too long but that didnt bother them they still put this film out there and made a little money on it.
Find several good film reviews and make notes on common features consider the publics response to the film, read and make notes on fetures from reviews on amzon.
This has to go down as a missed opportunity for Richard Curtis. Because, for a man whose writing talents engendered some of the most beloved TV programmes and films of the last 20 years (Spitting Image, Blackadder, Notting Hill, Four Weddings...), The Ship That Rocked is surprisingly scant on laughs. There's the odd guffaw, granted, but for a film which has to rely on music to stay afloat, it doesn't say much about the quality of the gags.
Loosely based around pirate station and the original boat which rocked, Radio Caroline, TBTR is the story of a group of DJs sitting on a skiff in the North Sea broadcasting music and acting like rock stars. The BBC isn't playing any popular music so for much of the population of the UK (some 20 million or so souls) this boat music is their best bet for a daily fix of The Kinks et al.
Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Philip Seymour Hoffman keep the turn-tables turning and for a time all is good at sea. Every day is party time and they're loving it.
However the government is out to kill the DJs' fun, seeing them as anti-establishment and therefore dangerous and a plan is hatched between the evil Kenneth Branagh and his minion Jack Davenport (the English officer off Pirates of the Caribbean) to bring their broadcasting to an end.
Unfortunately, as sprightly and as enthusiastic as the cast of sailor-DJs are, Curtis stops short of providing any real belly laughs an it's a pity because the premise for the story seem perfectly suited to his canon of work. This time there's more of an emphasis on plot than laughs and in the end the humour is sacrificed to the greater good (or bad, as the case may be).
TBTR is ridiculous in a good way (crazed DJ groupies and dance scenes during on-shore leave) but with as much great music that we hear, the film ultimately overstays it's welcome by about half an hour. By the end you're half hoping the baddies will just torpedo the boat and put everyone out of their misery.
Yet more annoying because it's such a great idea, TBTR has plenty of great tunes but is leaky on the laughs.
I live in the US but ordered this from the UK site because the UK version puts back about 20-25 minutes of the film that are just priceless! They stupidly changed the title of the movie in the US to "Pirate Radio". The original title is quite obviously more clever and appropriate. I was born in 1964 (In N. Ireland!) and so all of this was happening while I was in diapers but the soundtrack is still sublime! The acting is brilliant - once again each actor perfectly cast as with Curtis' other films (Love Actually and 4 Weddings and a Funeral).
The deleted scenes are hilarious and almost constitute another mini movie unto itself! I hope one of these days Curtis just says to hell with time constraints and just throws everything into the main movie. His films are so good that no one would notice if they are 3 and half hours long.... you completely enjoy hanging out with his characters.
If you've loved Curtis' other movies you'll love this one - and if you even remotely love the music from the 60's, the sampling in this movie is brilliant.
If you don't buy this, it will be a "spectacular mistake" - to quote Billy Nighy's character at the beginning.
By the way, for anyone worried about region coding - this disc played just fine in my region 1 player here in the US.
-Karl
Did the film creat a particular media debate, or create news headlines?
The boat that rocked.
Find film poster and analyse them for how they reach thier audience targeting british audiences to see the film?
This was the DVD cover of the boat that rocked, i thought it was good because it has all the main people in the film in there and the boat. I think it looks like the characters are going down in the lickness of them, it looks good because the sky blends in with the see and the contrast between the blues, i tink that the red works well with it because it stands out and it will jump out into people faces.
What outlets were used for advertising?
Were TV spots used?
Nope no TV spots were used
Were there any merchandsing tie-ins?
There was no merchandsing for this film because it was such a fail, and it got so many bad reviews.
Was any additional publicity gained and if so, how?
How did the disturbutors market the film bu utilizing 'the talent' to appear on TV and radio shows?
What kinds of press stories were released as and before the film came out?
Before this film come out it was looked at to be a good film but when it come out it was a epic fail but it still become a made as much money as they wanted to be.
This was the DVD cover of the boat that rocked, i thought it was good because it has all the main people in the film in there and the boat. I think it looks like the characters are going down in the lickness of them, it looks good because the sky blends in with the see and the contrast between the blues, i tink that the red works well with it because it stands out and it will jump out into people faces.
What outlets were used for advertising?
Were TV spots used?
Nope no TV spots were used
Were there any merchandsing tie-ins?
There was no merchandsing for this film because it was such a fail, and it got so many bad reviews.
Was any additional publicity gained and if so, how?
How did the disturbutors market the film bu utilizing 'the talent' to appear on TV and radio shows?
What kinds of press stories were released as and before the film came out?
Before this film come out it was looked at to be a good film but when it come out it was a epic fail but it still become a made as much money as they wanted to be.
The boat that rocked.
Who were the distributions? How well known is/was the company? what is their track record as distributors? (other films they have distributed)
Who was the target audience for this film? How do you know?
I couldn't find anything on the boat that rocked target audience but however, i think that it would be all different kind of people because of the music that was used in this and the kind of people that were in here, because if it was full of teenagers and no old people, it would be for teenagers but however this film has got more of a mixture of people in the film.
How did the film makers decide where to release the film and when? What was the eventual
release patter nationally and locally?
What deals were made for distribution abroad? How easily were these deals secured?
Why did they at any stage change their planes for the release pattern, and if so, why?
I think that they changed there planes because they didn't expected it to get bad reviews.
What was the marketing and advertising strategy for the film?
There marketing and advertising strategy, was to send the movie abroad and have them look at it and promote it out there because they didn't think it would be big out in this country, but they thought it would be in others.
Was there a premiere and if so where?
Yes there was a premiere and it was in Leistear square
Was your film distributed to digital cinemas?
Yes the film was out in digital cinemas, like ciniworld and odeon.
When did it go to DVD, HD- DVD and what are the sales figures?
It come out all at the same time on these and it was 07 sep 2009
How important are Internet downloads and YouTube?
Yes the Internet downloads were important because it would give them more ratings and it would look better if more people were downloading and watching it that's why they will still be making money.
How dose the official film website market the film? Are there any official and blogs ect?
There is no certain websites for this film but however there is a lot of articles on blogs and information on sites that is useful for this research.
The distributors for this film was workingtitle, this company if well known for distribution of films like this because of there reputation. They have got the rights to distribute 'Nanny McPhee' 'Green Zone' these are two of the big films that are coming out soon.
Who was the target audience for this film? How do you know?
I couldn't find anything on the boat that rocked target audience but however, i think that it would be all different kind of people because of the music that was used in this and the kind of people that were in here, because if it was full of teenagers and no old people, it would be for teenagers but however this film has got more of a mixture of people in the film.
How did the film makers decide where to release the film and when? What was the eventual
release patter nationally and locally?
What deals were made for distribution abroad? How easily were these deals secured?
Why did they at any stage change their planes for the release pattern, and if so, why?
I think that they changed there planes because they didn't expected it to get bad reviews.
What was the marketing and advertising strategy for the film?
There marketing and advertising strategy, was to send the movie abroad and have them look at it and promote it out there because they didn't think it would be big out in this country, but they thought it would be in others.
Was there a premiere and if so where?
Yes there was a premiere and it was in Leistear square
Was your film distributed to digital cinemas?
Yes the film was out in digital cinemas, like ciniworld and odeon.
When did it go to DVD, HD- DVD and what are the sales figures?
It come out all at the same time on these and it was 07 sep 2009
How important are Internet downloads and YouTube?
Yes the Internet downloads were important because it would give them more ratings and it would look better if more people were downloading and watching it that's why they will still be making money.
How dose the official film website market the film? Are there any official and blogs ect?
There is no certain websites for this film but however there is a lot of articles on blogs and information on sites that is useful for this research.
The boat that rocked.
How important was new technology such as CGI, blue or green screen, ect. Important for the film and it audiences?
How important is digital technology for the disturbution of the film?
How important is digital technology for the disturbution of the film?
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