ill Manors: Funding & Production Budget
- ill Manors budget was £100,00
-the film was funded by 3 different studios; Film London Microwave - Film London, BBC Films and Aimimage. Film London provided some funding to make ill Manors through Microwave Film, their micro-budget film making scheme.
-Skyfall's budget was $150-200 million, which is a substantial amount more than ill Manors.
A Field In England: Funding & Production Budget
-A Field In England's budget was £300,000
-Due to the director of the film, Ben Wheatley, already being a known director, directing other successful films, this would have made companies feel more secure with giving him the funding. Because Ben Drew is a first time director, it makes it a risk for a funding company to provide him with the money to make his film, whereas for a known director the risk is much lower and an easier option to take.
-A Field In England received funding from the BFI Distribution Fund's New Model strand.
Film London & Microwave Film
-Film London aims to ensure the capital is a thriving centre for creative industries sector that enrich the city's businesses and its people. It is a non-for-profit agency supported by national and regional government.
-Microwave films fund films; they also develop and mentor short listed projects.They provide projects with a funding of £100,000 to create their films.
-Shifty is a film that was funded by Microwave film. The film is fairly similar to ill Manors due to the targeted demographic being youths also. It is urban, gritty and involves similar subject matters involved in ill Manors. The protagonist of both films are also the same and Plan B also produced a song within Shifty. The use of synergy is also similar as within the trailer they promote the soundtrack. However the differences are that in ill Manors there is a multi-strand narrative present and much more depth and rawness. The harsh reality is brought to the screen and social comments are portrayed through educating and informing the audience, whilst Shifty aims to purely entertain the audience through quite a comical portrayal yet ill Manors provides a distinct political message.
Vertigo Films & Warp Films
-Vertigo Films most successful films are Monsters, The Football Factory and Streetdance 3D.
-These films were successful with their audience as they involved a narrative structure that follows conventions. The use of the stereotypical thriller conventions involved in Monsters appeals to the audience as they expect to see that narrative. In Streetdance, there is the same sort of typical narrative structure, a romantic comedy that is brought together with dance, it is typical and audiences like this conventional aspect within films.
-Vertigo Films have produced films from a variety of different genres, from Family films such as Horrid Henry, to thrillers such as Monsters.
-Warp Films is an independent film and television production company based in Sheffield and London. They also have a further affiliated company Warp Films Australia, which is based in Melbourne.
-Warp Films have produced some successful films such as This Is England and their first ever film which was called My Wrongs 8245-8249 & 117, which won the best short film award at the 2003 BAFTA Film Awards.
-They produce short films and help were established by Warp Records.
-Warp Films have produced Four Lions, which involves the same protagonist as the one in ill Manors, Riz Ahmed. The audience would be the same as ill Manors too, although the subject matter is different, the younger demographic would be appealed by this also.
Certification: BBFC
-The BBFC is an independent, non-governmental body which classifies cinema films. It's a non for profit organisation, it's income is from the fees it charges for its services.The age ratings for films and TV programmes are reached by a consensus and the examiners watch the films alone - solo viewing however, if it is a foreign film, which requires aid there would be a translator in the room. The examiners watch the films and make notes referring to key scenes, bad language, sexual content, drugs and general cinematography and context. Distributors can also request an age certificate to the examiner and they would take this into consideration but if the decisions by the examiners are not consensual then it would be past down to senior examiners.
-An 18 certification means that the film can contain:
very strong violence
frequent strong language/very strong language
strong portrayals of sexual activity
scenes of sexual violence
strong horror
strong blood and gore
real sex
discriminatory language or behaviour
whilst a 15 certification cannot contain as much content or as strong content than an 18 certification.
-ill Manors was given an 18 certification due to the strong language, prostitution, violence and drugs. The subject matters involved are very derogatory, therefore this would be why the film was rated this certification. The problem with this certification would be the marketing strategy as there would be certain things that won't be able to be shown to an audience, therefore audiences under the age of 18 that would typically want to watch a film revolving around the subject matters that ill Manors is about, could not see it.
-A Field In England was given a 15 certification due to the strong language, violence and gory images.
-The advantages of a film being awarded an 18 certification would be that the correct audience would be able to see the film in the cinema and the content would not be limited, therefore the rawness and gritty reality can be seen accurately. There are no limits or restrictions, therefore it is more realistic.
However the disadvantages would be that the younger audience, who would stereotypically want to watch a film such as ill Manors, would not be able to watch it in the cinema and would lead to piracy and illegal streaming the film instead. Also, the trailer would have to be universal and would not be able to show the actual rawness in the film.
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