Laura uobson

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Who ls Lhe conLroller of fllm 4?
1he conLroller of fllm 4 ls 1essa 8oss
Who owns fllm 4?
lllm 4 ls owned by Channel lour 1elevlslon CorporaLlon
1he blrLh of fllm 4
fllm 4 was flrsL launched on Lhe 1
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november 1998 lL orlglnally cosL Lo waLch fllms
buL nowadays lL ls free Lo waLch Lhe fllms 1hey dld noL orlglnally focus on
broadcasLlng blockbusLer fllms buL Lhey have now declded Lo screen many
Pollywood blockbusLers Lo boosL raLlngs 1he LargeL audlence for fllm 4 ln general ls
more llkely Lo be male Lhan female
PlsLory
lllm 4 was orlglnally called lllmlour buL Lhey Lhen rebranded and launched as fllm 4
because Lhey were maklng Lhe channel free Lo alr 1hey used well known celebrlLles
Lo help Lhem wlLh Lhelr campalgn and Lo help Lhe publlc know LhaL Lhey were
changlng Lo a free channel Lhey creaLed adverLs on Lhe 1v Lo help geL Lhe message
across Lo Lhe publlc
Some of Lhe fllms LhaL Lhey are mosL known for ls 'whaL eaLlng gllberL'' 127 hours'
and also Lhe mosL popular one Lhls year ls 'Lhe lnbeLweeners movle' 1he mosL
famous currenL fllm LhaL has been coproduced ln recenL years ls Slumdog
mllllonalre
lllm 4 'commlLLed Lo enhanclng Lhe 8rlLlsh fllm maklng lndusLry by nurLurlng and
fundlng new LalenL'
arLnershlps
some of Lhe slsLer channels of fllm 4 lnclude channel 4 whlch ls Lhe flrsL LerresLrlal
channel from Lhe company of fllm 4 oLhers lnclude L4 More 4 4muslc also klss and
smash hlLs whlch are boLh muslc channels Powever some of Lhese channels such as
Channel 4 and L4 are more popular Lhan fllm 4
lllm 4 also own a lower budgeLed fllm company called Warpx who produced Lhls ls
Lngland '86
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ln 2002 Lhey announced LhaL Lhey would no longer dlsLrlbuLe Lhelr own fllms whlch
Laura uobson
lead Lhe publlc Lo belleve LhaL Lhey were havlng flnanclal problems Powever ln 2011
Lhey ralsed Lhelr annual budgeL Lo 13 mllllon per year for Lhe nexL 3 years whlch ls
30 more Lhan prevlous years
news
As of SepLember Lhls year fllm4 announced LhaL Lhey would make a new producLlon
company fllm 40 whlch would provlde news audlences wlLh an onllne mulLlplaLform
envlronmenL
When fllm 4 makes Lhelr fllms Lhey llke Lo use 8rlLlsh acLors and reflecL on hlsLorlcal
evenLs Lo educaLe Lhelr audlence 1hey also reflecL on realllfe slLuaLlons whlch
lnclude gang warfare and age Lhey also ofLen reflecL on conLroverslal evenLs
1hey cover a range of genres and mosL of Lhelr fllms LhaL Lhey have made are noL
sulLable for chlldren and are Lherefore almed aL an older audlence Some of Lhelr
fllms have Lo have an educaLlonal lnpuL as Lhere slsLer channel (channel 4) ls almed
aL a younger audlence by lncludlng programmes such as Lhe Slmpsons and
documenLarles ln whlch Leenagers and younger people can relaLe Lo
lllm4 offers a dlsLlncLlve range of malnsLream and lndependenL fllms Lo broaden
Lhelr horlzon
Some awards LhaL fllm 4 has recelved lnclude 3 Cscars ln 4 years also 3 8afLas ln 2007
alone
Some of Lhe key dlrecLors LhaL fllm 4 has worked wlLh lnclude
uanny 8oyle
MarLln Mcuonagh
SLeve McCueen
Mlke Lelgh
Chrls Morrls
eLer Mullan
An advanLage of belng parL of channel 4 ls LhaL Lhey can adverLlse fllm 4 releases for
free on Lhelr oLher slsLer channels

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