A production company works on producing a film for all audiences to watch.They supervise the filming process from beginning to end of a film. They contain sole legal and financial responsibility for the film. The company is in charge of hiring, from makeup to costume designers, actors and directors. In post-production, the production company is approached by the director for advice. The director will start again if the production company does not agree or like what the director has done.
A Production Company that might be involved or eligible to produce our film will be indie production companies.It is unlikely we will be approached by one of the big four(Warner Bros., 20th century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios) as we are industry amateurs and film makers with a low budget, therefore aren't able to produce the film to a high standard.An indie production company such as Coffee Films, Wicked Indie Productions and Flower Films.They produce lower budget films that don’t have enough money within the companies be as big and successful as the films Paramount pictures produce.
A distributor who would possibly distribute our film product would be a small indie distribution company such as Dogwoof Indie Distribution, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation and Apparition.Our film wouldn’t be able to be distributed by one of the Big Four due to the low budget and amateur status.
Money is a major factor in the film making process. Our budget was low, however we could have used a loan or maybe applies for a grant to up our budget which would have helped create a professional end product. We then could have purchased and used professional equipment and better editing software. A production company that would possibly consider giving our film funding indie company such as Coffee Films. We would have present the idea with storyboards and scripting etc in meeting with the company in order to persuade them to fund the film.
The people who helped in the making of the film were named in the title sequence. We named all three of our main actors, Michayla Oglesby, Grayce Collis and Tom Suchoruczka and the directors of the film Lucy Skerritt and Maria Schiavone. The reason for naming the main people, is to ensure the advertisement of their names in case people would want to contact them for information about the film or to be involved in their film/production.The names were ordered in the Directors first, then Actors in the order of appearance in the film.
In a film, the opening titles might possibly include roles such as:
Name of the production company,name of main actors , the film title, featured actors, casting director, composer of music, production designer, set designer, costume designer, make-up artist, hairdresser, visual effects director etc. Our film was very low budget, and therefore we didn’t have anyone else involved in the film apart from the actors who did their own makeup and wore their own costumes after we advised what we needed from them.
Some films that have been released similar institutionally include:
Echoes of the Rainbow - a low budget film from Hong Kong, which gained popularity and was distributed by Mei Ah Entertainment, a major media distribution company
Primer - an independent film made on a tight budget of just $7,000 back in 2004. It’s on TV today after a limited release in theatres a few years ago. It’s become a cult classic and is recommended by critics.
Primer was made almost entirely by Shane Carruth, a former mathematician and engineer who used his technical know-how to write, direct, produce, and edit a movie which avoids belittling and patronising the audience. It was distributed by ThinkFilms, a privately held production and distribution company situated in New York City.
Both films are low budget similar to "The Occurrence". They were also produced and distributed either by themselves (like The Occurrence) or an indie company.
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