MEST1 Section B: Institution research:

Ill Manors: Funding and production target:

1.) The estimated budget for Ill Manors was £100,000

2.) The funding came from different companies such as:

• BBC Films
• Revolver Entertainment
• Film London
• Microwave Films

3.) Comparing Ill Manors budget to other mainstream Hollywood films, the distinction is almost clear and significant, let alone Hollywood's blockbuster, Skyfall which had a budget of about $200,000,000+, compared to Ill Manor's of only £100,000, so that's a thousand times larger.

A Field In England: Funding and production budget:

1.) The estimated budget for A Field In England is £316,000

2.) The main reason that A Field in England most likely had a higher budget than Ill Manors would probably be due to the fact that the film pitch's were different, meaning the genre, plot, etc was more significant, hence maybe having a gap in the film industry, as opposed to for example, a social realism, non-fictional film that Ill Manors was about.

3.) The budget money for A Field In England came from companies, Film 4 and Rook Films.

 Film London and Microwave Films:

1.) Film London is an institution company that encourages and is in search of talent in Film Arts, particularly amongst young people. Film London's official site extends their support by even offering funds to film makers, as well as offering training and support,

2.) Microwave Film is a programme from Film London that offers funding, as well as training and support from something called Microschool, offering help to film maker's scripts, stories and skills. The programme offers five days of covering all aspects of film making, distribution, etc; essential to each student.

3.) Another film funded by Microwave Film is Shifty. Shifty poses very, very similar conventions to Ill Manors, given that they're both based in the slums of Britain. More similarly, even Riz Ahmed, "Aaron" - the main character in Ill Manors plays also significantly, the main character in Shifty, too as "Shifty". However, obviously the plot is different, yet still has similar connections between the two films such as for example, the association of drugs, friendship and loyalty.

Vertigo Films and Warp Films:

1.) According to Vertigo Films' official site, the top picks are The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Sweeney, Monsters, Spring Breakers, Hawking.

2.) Each of those films listed were completely a different genre to each other, meaning there was a very unique touch to each, also meaning that there was a spot in the market for each of these to have a sale. Also to mention that each film cover looks exciting, and as a result gives a shorthand identification that it reflects the film's quality as well.

3.) Vertigo Films as a film institution would be expected to work with almost every genre, given that it has no specific area that it focuses on. So this includes all comedy. thriller, realism, etc.

4.) Warp Films started in 2001, however a very tragic and unfortunate death was to one of the founders, Rob Mitchell, but despite this, the company still carried on and fortunately led to a successful business.

5.) Probably the most well known universally, not just to Warp Films would be "Four Lions" by Chris Morris, having reached £7 million hits in the box office, which is a really good margin for British films especially.

6.) Warp Films gave films that are low-budget a chance to be premiered by their company, meaning their low distribution costs were accepted on behalf of Warp Films.

7.) Shifty by Eran Creevy was produced by Warp Films, and is very similar to Ill Manors, given the same lead actor played on both movies, similar British, slum, urban conventions, similar plots consisting of loyalty, friendship, drug affiliations etc.