We went on a trip to the York film festival, we went to see 2 masterclasses. First a producer from Warp films celebrating there 10th year in business. The company of Warp films have made 18 feature films, 5 TV series and 6 Baftas. so a very successful film company. here is a list of films by WARP:
Barry Ryan
Barry ryan was the first masterclass we saw. he mainly talked about what his experiences have been whilst been part of Warp Films. talking about current issues. the future looks like for film makers(what we are doing now in our coursework). He then took some questions at the end leading to a discussion about how most aspiring film makers will not make it like he has, there is too much competition etc. However he seemed really enthusiastic about young film makers, giving advice on what to do when making your own film. He talked about how you shouldn't set out to make a film to be 'cool' you just need a good idea and work on it. He said he wanted to be a director himself however he realised his skills in production and wasn't skilled enough as a director.
He elaborated on alot of things i didn't know about, for example he talked about changing the cover of some of his movies for ASDA, for example on four lions he had to change the cover because they thought the crow with the bomb on it was encouraging animal cruelty. then he went on to talk about the cover of dead man's shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004) and about how he thought many people may have bought the film due to the axe on the front, thinking its something like the film SAW
He then talked about the time it took to make all the 18 films they have made:
30 days preparation
30 days shooting
150 days post
210 days
10 hours a day
2100 week
18 times 2100 is 37500 hours of making films
Also where the money goes from box office earnings, this was a very interesting concept. now realising that the money the film companies get is very little. which has changed my ideas of the earnings of people like Barry:
- 1 million at box office
- exhibitors take 50%
- distributors take their p and a (200k) to promote
- distributor splits whats left 5050
- the film company then has to pay back all equity finance
- the producers get 50% of total profit still only making half of profit after all these steps.
Danny cohen
The next masterclass was an interview, this interview was between Danny Cohen and Mariayah Kaderbhai. Danny Cohen been the person interviewed (cinematographer for working title)
This masterclass was about how people making a film should make it. Saying things like you're never going too have enough resources or crew and you start small and make mistakes that then become something good, something you can work on. About doing things simple, when asked by someone in the audience about how he did one scene where people were floating off the ground, it was just fishing line. something very complicated made very simple!
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