Working Title and Warp Films
Who are working title?
Working title films is a film production company based in London.
Who are warp films?
Warp films Is like a sister based company to ‘Warp Records’. It is based in Sheffield.
Are they independent or part of a conglomerate?
Warp films is an independent film company. Working title is part of universal.
How does the ownership of the company affect the budgets for film?
With warp films, they would have less of a budget because they are completely on their own, although companies like working title would have more of a budget because they have backup from universal.
Create a list of films that both institutions have produced?
Warp films have produced films such as; Dead man’s shoes, This is England and Rubber Jonny. Working title have produced films such as; About a boy, Drop dead Fred, Burnafter reading and Four weddings and a funeral.
Choose one from each list and compare the budgets for these films and howmuch they made?
The film’s created from Warp films, eg This is England, are nowhere near as big and famous as the ones from Working Title’s, such as Four weddings and a funeral. Theworking title film’s also have big stars in, where as the warp films do not.
Now choose a Hollywood Blockbuster and research the budget?
Chicago. The budget for this film was
$306,403,013.
Where do Working Title and Warp Films get their funding from?
Working Title - Universal StudiosWarp Films - NESTA
In the case of Warp Films, how does the budget affect the genre they use?
They can’t afford big action style films and stick to more realistic dramas.
What is the main appeal of this genre? Give examples.
The main appeal is that the films are all social realism and the audience can relate moreto the style of films they make. For example This Is England is set in 1980’s, England where people can relate to their life growing up then and the problems they face arerealistic situations.
Who are the target audience for Working Title and Warp Films?
For Working Title the target audience are a wide range of people in all different ageranges.For Warp Films it is a smaller audience and more limited sticking to a particular group.
What is the main genre of the films Working Title produce?
They generally make big Hollywood films that star well known actors.
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