Distrubution & Production Companies

Warp films are a film production company that works mainly in Britain. Warp films was founded in 2001 with it's first feature film production in 2004; Dead Man's Shoes directed by Shane Meadows. It's more famous productions are This Is England [2006] directed by Shane Meadows, Four Lions [2010] directed by Chris Morris and Submarine [2010] directed by Richard Ayoade. Warp films has a coverage into the music industry with their record company Warp Records. Warp films helps the production of media including music videos, short films, animation and feature films. Some of it's later productions have even won BAFTAs. Warp films mainly has works on dramas or films that just tell the story of someone's fictional life.

Momentum Pictures are a major distrubution and production company in the film industry. Many of their films have had a global release, with some of those films winning Academy Awards and BAFTAs. Their most successful production  The King's Speech, won a total of 7 productions, including Best Film and Best Actor. It's upcoming productions include the film adaption of the play The Woman In Black, Daniel Radcliffe's first film since the Harry Potter franchise. Momentum Pictures also helps the production of Indy film, with the 2011 film Hobo With A Shotgun. The different range in actors and production teams that Momentum films work with really shows how invested Momentum Pictures want to help every type of film maker and production team. Many of their films aren't in English, showing the international distrubution of their films. Still providing film for all countries and distrubuting them to other countries.

Univeral Studios have a logo and name that suggest that they cover the entire world, the logo of the world, with their name orbiting around it suggests that their films cover the entire world and are visible to everyone. Which most of the time, they are. The logo is very simple but with a lot of detail, allowing the audience to make it recognisable as to what it is.

Relativity Media have a more complicated logo, that shows a galaxy with the font of their name in a line through the middle of the galaxy. There are planets and stars in the fore and background. The logo suggests that their company is the centre of the galaxy or around it but avoiding the galaxy's gravity showing it's uniqueness. There is more detail in this logo which will most likely amaze the audience with it's detail of the other world's. The thing that gets me is that it's pretty!

Timing Title Sequences

Title sequences can be used in different ways, some films use them to create an emotion towards a character or what the film will be, others to introduce the characters and other films just to tell the audience who has made this film.

I've chosen two title sequences and have time lined them.

Moon - 

0:00-1:05 - Story introduction

1:05-1:18 - Production companies

1:25-1:30 - Main character actor

1:35-1:42 - Movie title

1:54         - Story location

1:57-2:24 - Rest of cast

3:00-5:25 - Casting, Make-up, costume, Conceptual design, Production design, VFX, Post  Production, Cinematography, Music, Editing, Line Producer, Executive Producers, Co-producers, Story, Writing, Producers, Director.

Reservoir Dogs - http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/17/reservoir-dogs/

0:22         - A film by
0:37-1:14 - Main character cast
1:20-1:27 - Movie title
1:33-1:39 - Rest of cast
1:41-2:22 - Casting, Music, Costume, Editing, Production Designer, Cinematography, Co-Producer, Executive Producers, Producing, 

The Coen Brothers

These two have worked together on pretty much all of their films. Winning 4 Oscars together, 3 for No Country For Old Men (2007) and another for the script of Fargo (1996). Besides these two films they have made some very iconic or just great films.

• Blood Simple. (1984) was their first film which they both directed and wrote, about a jealous man who hires a private investigator to kill his wife and her second man. Budget  $1,500,000 Gross $2,150,000

• Miller's Crossing (1990) was their next team effort of both screenplay and direction. A story about an advisor for a mob leader, trying to stop the wars between two gangs, who becomes stuck in the loyalty between both gangs. $14,000,000 Gross $ 5,080,000

• Barton Fink (1991) next. Their first film to be nominated for an oscar. Three in fact. This brought the Coen Brothers to the attention of the world, even though they weren't nominated for the direction or screenplay, it meant they would have the attention of bigger production companies and a larger distrubution. Budget $9,000,000 Gross $6,150,000

• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). First comedy/fantasy, but was a box office failure. Budget $30,000,000 Gross $2,820,000

• Fargo (1996). One of their more well known films, gaining a lot of attention and some great crits (Five stars on Empire, 8.3/10 on IMDb). Not to mention winning an oscar for the screenplay and another for best actress, also nominated for Best Supporting actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Picture. The amount of noms for this film show that by this point the Coens were getting somewhere in Hollywood. Budget $7,000,000 Gross $60,000,000

• The Big Lebowski (1998). One of the best character films in my opinion, 'Dude' Lebowski's 117 minute fiasco has given Jeff Bridges a name for all time, with him being known to many people as 'The Dude'. Although it wasn't an oscar winner or a box office blowout, it still captured the attention of many people, and created a new genre of film, followed by the likes of Dude, Where's My Car and The Hangover. Budget $15,000,000 Gross $17,450,000

• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Originally based on a poem by a greek author, Homer, it bagged them yet another nomination screenplay oscar and another cinematography nomination for Roger Deakins. Also their fourth film with actor John Turturro (Little fact for ya). Budget $26,000,000 Gross $45,500,000

The next few films were just the usual Coen Brothers. Nothing special, but just the usual. So onto more important matters...

• No Country For Old Men (2007). One of my favourite films of all time, scoring 4 more oscars (Directing, Motion Picture, Best Supporting Role and Screenplay) and 4 more nominations (Sound, Sound Editing, Editing and Cinematography). Their biggest grossing film yet, compared to it's budget. A great original idea of one word, discovery. The entire film evolves from that one word. Budget $25,000,000 Gross $74,270,000

• True Grit (2010). The latest Coen Brothers production, which may possibly have been the most pointless remake ever, being exactly the same as the original. Just thought I'd give my opinion of it. But still a great achievement for the duo, coming joint place for the most oscar nominations without wins with Gangs Of New York. Whether or not this is punishment for not being able to understand Jeff Bridges without subtitles, I don't know.