The controller of Fim4 is Tessa Ross.
It's a production house and a channel that produces and broadcastrs alternate films.
In 2006, the channel moved from pay TV to being free-to-air allowing more free access to home grown and blockbuster films.
It used to be a subscription-only service, mainly available to UK cable networks, costing £5.99 or £6.00 monthly, eventually going up to £7.00. It ended on 19 July 2006. Due to the changes, the channel's availability increased from 300,000 subscribers to around 18 million households. The broadcasting hours had changed too (12:45 - 08:45), and commercial breaks were added during films for the first time.
Channel4.com/film - Users can find a wealth of reviews, listings and interviews.
Film4 philosophy - "Commited to enhancing the British film making industry by nurturing and funding new talent." It offers a distinctive range of mainstream and independemt films "encouraging audiences to broaden their horizons" and by making and showing alternate films.
2002 - Big change. Financial worries lead to a need to boost annual investment through a third party. Film 4 announced that it would no longer be distributing its own films.
Channel 4 budget rise of 50% from 2011 to £15 million per year, guaranteed for the next five years. (Used to be £7.5 million per year).
The increased budget will provide the the domestic film industry with a financial boost following the governments decision to close the UK film council.
"At a time when funding is increasingly difficut to access it will allow us to extend our reach further towards new voices and new audiences" - Tessa Ross.
Film4 make 6new films a year.
In addition, they have set up a low budget studio with a film council and distributors optimum (Subsidiary) - warpx (a digital production house)
Working access TV and film drama also allows for economies of scale and cross-fertalisation.
Tessa Ross ees Film4 as part of a wider creative community working with, e.g. working title, the BBC and BBC film, and partnerships with distribution companies as essential.
Success:
Film4 have won 5 oscars in 4 years, and 3 BAFTA awards in 2007 alone.
28 nominations for its films for this year’s British Independent Film Awards, (2011)
Reaches 8.3 million ABC1's a month, with an upmarket(42%) and male(55%) profile.
Since 1982, Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years.
- My beautiful Laundrette,
- Trainspotting,
- Shallow grave,
- East is East,
- The motorcyle Diaries,
- Touching the void,
- This is England,
- The last king of Scotland,
- Slumdog Millionaire,
- 127 hours,
- In brudges,
- Hunger,
- Another year,
- Never let me go,
- Four lions,
- WEDS.
Latest/Key Directors
- Danny Boyles
- Martin Mcdonagh
- Steve Mcqueen
- Mike Leigh
- Mark Romanek
- Chris Morris
- Peter Mullen
Digital initiatives under the brand nanner of film 4.0 - Film 4.0 - it's aim will be to find new talent, discover neew ways of making, marketing and distributing films and engaging news audiences online in a multi platform enviroment.
Monday 5 December 2011
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