film4's remit is to allow directors that havent had recognition for some time, to once again have recognition and get people to watch their films again and start watching more films by those directors.
2. What types of films are green-lighted by Film4? Give examples of films and genres.
The types of films that are green-lighted by Film4 are ones which are very British, set in Britain, e.g. This is England is a British film set in Sheffield and the Full Monty, also set in Sheffield. They also green-lighted Slumdog Millionare set in India, however it fits in with the British Culture of the UK having a large Asian population. The genres for these films are Crime, Drama, Comedy, Music.
3. Why is Tessa Ross regarded as "the mother of British film-making" and therefore instrumental for Film4's success?
The reason Tessa Ross is regarded as the mother of british film making is because she is seen as the one nurturing new talent and nursing more established directors who might be feeling unloved. Danny Boyle and the rest of the Slumdog Millionaire team went up on stage to collect its four awards at the Golden Globes this month, it was Tessa who was responsible for making this remarkable film project happen and with Slumdog winning 8 Oscars, proves that she instrumental in the success of Film 4. It was Ross who brought all the ingredients together and had the vision to imagine what might result: the originality of Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A, and so from this she is seen as the mother.
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4. How much is Film4's yearly budget and how much of it did "Slumdog Millionaire take up? ( Be careful with this one as co-productions, UK Lottery money and deals with Pathe, etc. helps make Film4's budget stretch further!)
Film4's yearly budget before slumdog millionare was £10 million, but becuase slumdog millionare took $15 million to make the budget has now been increased by 10% to £15 million because of the sucess the film brought to them.
5. Why does Film4 form partnerships with other companies/individuals?
Film4 forms partnerships so that they can obtain more money for their projects as they cannot afford to fund films on their own as they are a small company, and so if they hadnt formed a partenership, they would not have been able to fund Slumdog millionare.
6. What is the future for Film4 - budget and film-wise?
the budget has increased by 50% from £10 million to £15 million and in 2011 Film4 is hoping to boost the budget to a massive £50 million.
7. What problems did Film Four face in the naughties?
the first problem they faced was in the year of 2001 when due to Charlotte Gray's film that was the most expensive film they had ever made, Film4 lost £5.7 million. In 2006 they were struggling a lot and so they announced a change which was, as there original business model of a pay TV on a subscription basis was failing, they decided to change this and bring in adverts. this was a way in which they thought they would be able to get money.
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