COMPANY RESEARCH

We have conducted a group discussion on what to name our production company and have concluded a respectable name that would suit our production of a thriller opening sequence would be Celluloid Pictures. However, for us to be a company we would need a feel and some knowledge of what sort of production companies, similar to what we want ours to be, does in the process of film production.

WARP FILMS


Launched in 2001, Warp Films leads the way in exciting and original British Filmmaking. The company has been behind an array of critically acclaimed and award winning films, including several BAFTAs. These productions include Rubber Johnny, Dead Man's Shoes, This Is England, Donkey Punch, A Complete History of My Sexual Failures and Four Lions. 

Warp films is an independent company and why I think Celluloid Pictures should be linked with it is because it has a rather vast freedom on what their narrative could institute as it is not burdened with the thought of profit as some mainstream film companies do like 20th Century Fox or Universal. The brilliance of having a niche audience is the fact that it enables such artistic value in the story; there are no boundaries in its narrative.  





Four Lions certainly is a good example as it tackles the issues of terrorism in the UK. This is of course a rather serious and controversial topic which mainstream media would often avoid. However, as Warp Films attracts a small and niche audience, they have more freedom to convey such a narrative. It even goes as far as to veil the controversy of terrorism with humor and slap-stick comedy.

WORKING TITLE

Despite the fact that Working Title is part conglomerate, their aspect of independence is something to aspire to. Their narrative often falls into a feel of sophistication, something we would like to incorporate in our production as the element of sophistication is somewhat significant to a spy-thriller.



Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is our main film of reference and this movie is what I believe is perfect example of how to emulate the feel of sophistication in a spy-thriller. The various aspects of conventions instituted in a thriller is all applied in the film which conveys such a suspenseful and vintage look to the production.