Film 4

Film 4

Film4 was started in 1982 as Film4 Productions, a film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation and has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom, and around the world. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. 

Film 4 Production Film's

I have chosen to use Film 4 as my distributor/production company. I have decided to use Film 4 because it produces inspiring British Films such as Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire which are two of the films that I looked to for inspiration when it came to creating my own opening sequence. For example I looked at the way that the chase scene with the children in the opening sequence of Slumdog Millionaire was shot and applied that to my own video in hope that my own video would have the same impact as Slumdog Millionaire does through the use of low and high angle shots etc. When taking inspiration from Trainspotting I also took inspiration from the shots used within the opening sequence. For example the shot of the feet panning up.

Another reason I chose to use Film 4 was because the films they produce aren't high budget Hollywood blockbusters they focus on more realistic and believable stories. The films are more relatable to British people as Film 4 films focus a lot on regional identity and how that location and the people there are represented.

My opening sequence is set in Gateshead and focuses on working class children. So I thought that it would be appropriate to chose Film 4 as this is the type of film that they would be likely to make.