lllm 4 has been creaLed by Channel 4 Lhe very popular 1v channel 8ecenLly

Lhey have made very successful fllms such as 1he lnbeLweeners movle" Lhls
movle ls an off sprlng of channel fours very successful show called 1he
lnbeLweeners" Lven Lhough lL was an exLremely successful fllm lLs budgeL was
a very low 33mllllon
MosL programs whlch channel 4 produce are some sorL of documenLary whlch
wlll be LargeLed Lowards Lhe Leenager or adulLs Lhey wlll provlde you wlLh a
cerLaln amounL of educaLlonal lnpuL ln Lhe program here ls an example of a
channel 4 produced program

O lllm 4 ls owned by 1he Channel 4 Lelevlslon CorporaLlon
O 1essa 8oss ls Lhe head of fllm 4
O lL was launched on Lhe 1
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november 1998
O lsLer Channels are Channel 4 L4 More 4 4 Muslc kerrang klss
Maglc C mash PlLs 1he 8ox
O 1hey normally have low budgeL
O 1hey produce around 73 fllms per year
O 1hey have lncreased Lhere budgeL Lo 13mllllon per year for fllms
O 9revlously lL was only 10mllllon so lL has rose 30
When Lhey produced 1he lnbeLweeners movle Lhey were ln parLnershlp
wlLh oLher companles Lhls ls because Lhey dldn'L have enough money Lo
spend ln order Lo make Lhe oLher fllms Lhe companles whom Lhey were
parLnered wlLh were 8wark 9roducLlons and ?oung lllm 8oLh relaLlvely
unknown 8wark helped publlsh Lhe 1v show Lhe lnbeLweeners also
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1hls ls Lhe Lraller for Lhe lnbeLweeners movle lL shows a dlsLlncL sense of
whaL channel four and fllm four offers people comedy and Lhls ls almed aL
Lhelr LargeL markeL of Leenagers
8efore 1998 Lhe company was called Channel 4 fllms or lllmlour
lnLernaLlonal
1hey have recenLly creaLed lllm 40 and Lhey have made Anna Plggs Lhe
head of lL fllm 40 wlll be Laklng a ploneerlng role ln explorlng Lhe dlglLal
onllne arena lLs alm ls Lo flnd new LalenL and dlscover new ways of maklng
markeLlng and dlsLrlbuLlng fllms and engaglng new audlences 1hey wlll be
looklng aL people on Lhe lnLerneL as up and comlng acLors lor example
Lhey may browse youLube Lo flnd LalenL

ln 2006 Channel 4 wenL from havlng Lo pay money Lo waLch Lo belng free
Lhls ls because Lhere was noL enough flnanclal lncome whlch meanL Lhey
had few vlewers so Lo geL more vlewers Lhey made lL free
1he flnanclal worrles began ln 2002 Lhls meanL LhaL Lhey could noL
dlsLrlbuLe Lhelr own fllms anymore meanlng LhaL Lhey had Lo parLner up
wlLh oLher companles Lhls was noL helped by Lhe facL LhaL Lhe uk fllm
councll was cuL
lllm4 llke worklng LlLle Lend Lo keep good relaLlonshlps wlLh cerLaln
dlrecLors Lhls means LhaL Lhey can undersLand who wlll be Lhe besL dlrecLor
for whaL fllm and Lhls provldes Lhem wlLh an easler cholce of dlrecLor Lo
choose lL also cuLs ouL Lhe cosL of searchlng for a dlrecLor for example
Lhese are a shorL llsL of dlrecLors
1 uanny 8oyle
2 MarLln Mcuonagh
3 Leve McCueen
4 Mlke Lelgh
3 Mark 8omanek
6 Chrls Morrls
7 9eLer Mullan




O 1hey make a loL of dlfferenL Lypes of genres
O A ma[orlLy of fllms are based ln Lngland
O 1hey parLner up wlLh oLher companles
O LoLs of dlfferenL ploLs
O Pandful of dlrecLors as sald before
O A loL of fllms are seL ln Lhe pasL
O LereoLyplcal vlews
O lllms are reallsLlc because Lhere are no real blg speclal effecLs
O 1hey focus on real lssues such as conLroverslal lssues gangs Lerrorlsm
raclsm human donaLlon age
O LoLs of 8rlLlsh acLors used
O 1here ls noLhlng Lhere for chlldren
O ldeology LereoLypes are explored and challenged
Cne of Lhelr subsldlary companles ls a small fllm buslness called Warp x