Commissioner factfile

Who is the company? 

Film 4 have produced many, many films in the past such as '127 hours' and 'Attack the Block' These are just two examples of the many films they have made. The films they have made have dated back to 1985. Also some of their films have been huge hits such as 'Slum dog Millionaire.'

Film 4 have distributed a lot of films onto DVD and worldwide such as 'Trainspotting' and 'My Beautiful Launderette.' As well as distributing it on DVD they have distributed worldwide on all types of media. They've exhibited a lot of films that are globally big hits. Films such as Taken are shown on this channel and that film received near $25m on the opening weekend. As Film 4 does all these three things they are vertically integrated

Film4 have the benefit of having Channel four television company limited as their parent company. Channel 4 own so many things such as E4 and More4. This is a benefit to Film4 as they can now show all their productions on all the channels that Channel 4 own to make all their productions more well known and more diverse to grab the audience's attentions on more channels.  As this happens more people tune in to watch their productions on the vast array of channels and then Film4 and Channel 4 start making much more revenue. As all these channels are free to watch it doesn't limit the amount of people that want to watch it so pretty much everyone can tune in to watch.

What do the company produce?

Film4 co-fund their productions most of the time. They also co-produce their own productions. They have said they aim to produce a certain amount of films per year and it is said on the Film4 FAQ page. under the question 'What are your tariff prices?' They have said: 

"We aim to fund eight feature films a year with a mix of license fee and equity and all our films are co-financed with other financing partners"

http://www.channel4.com/info/commissioning/4producers/film4-faqs

It is also said from the same source that Film4 develops and co-finances feature length films:
"Film4 develops and co-finances feature film length films for theatrical release in cinemas. Although ultimately we are looking for films that we will eventually both play on Channel 4 and Film4."

Film4 has a lot of successes in the past such as 127 hours and Slumdog Millionaire. These movies were  a global phenomenons. They have also made other good films such as The Inbetweeners Movie. Film4 is a British company and is also owned by a British company therefore you can safely assume that the majority of the films aired on the channel is going to be British. Also some of them are going to be a British Social Realism films. Film4 have taken part in such BSR films like Trainspotting. As well as creating drama films, Film4 make other genre films such as horror films like Donkey Punch or comedies like The Inbetweeners.

Where is the company based?

This industry is based in Britain and they do mostly only make British films as they want to attract the UK audience. They sometimes go onto contribute with american films such as 127 hours but their main focus is the British audience.

Why is the company important to the UK film industry?

Film4 are here to develop new British Talent and be a leader of innovation in the British Film industry.  It is important to the UK film industry because this is one of the ways the UK can be known to be successful i because of the fact that Film4 funds and produces British films and it gets all this publicity globally. 

A success in the British Film industry is the Inbetweeners movie and Film4 launched the careers of the cast of Inbetweeners.