Film 4 is a British film institution, owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. Film 4 began in 1982 and since has gone onto be a major part of the majority of films made in the UK, or smaller budget worldwide films. Film 4 had previously tried to break into Hollywood territory by widening their budget to improve the quality of films and propose potential 'blockbusters'. However, Channel 4 had to cut their budget from the £30m, which they wanted to use to break into Hollywood, had to be cut to £10m following a failure to do so.
Film 4 tends to base itself on less expensive and more low key (often British) films which perhaps doesn't require such expensive effects and scenes to make the film effective. I believe that our film would be more likely to suit the criteria of Film 4 as our film too does not use many hi-tec effects and therefore would suit Film 4. Also our film is set in Britain, in generally public places, thus no money is needed to hire out expensive scenes and no travelling is needed. Overall, I believe our film tends to suit the criteria of a Film 4 film, therefore I feel that if we were to adopt Film 4 as our institute it would advertise our film well.
UK film council
UK film council was set up in 2000 by the Labour government in the hope of the development and promotion of the film industry in the UK. It is a private company limited by guarantee governed by a15 directors and was funded through the National Lottery. Since it's formation there has been than £160m of lottery to over 900 films.The Development Fund aimed to broaden the quality, range and ambition of film projects being developed in the UK. With £12 million of Lottery funding to invest over three years, the fund aimed to build a talent-driven home for writers, directors and producers. It helped filmmakers of all experience levels develop their ideas and screenplays into viable feature films, be they fiction, documentary or animation, up until the moment they were ready to get production finance.
