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Shifty (2009)“  24 Hours to Deal Yourself Out ”  

Directed by: Eran Creevy

Produced by: Rory Aitken & Ben Pugh

Written by: Eran Creevy

Starring: Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Ganatra and

Francesca Annis

Studio: Between the Eyes & Film London Microwave

Distributed by: Metrodome DistributionRelease date: 26 April 2009

Running time: 86 min

Country: England, United Kingdom

Production Distribution and Marketing

  The whole film was delivered after a shooting schedule

of just 18 days.

  Production budget was £100,000.

  The film was mostly shot in Borehamwood,

Hertfordshire.

  British film!

  Picked up by the microwave scheme – where they take

producers with small budgets and pay for their

production and marketing. Then they get picked up by a

distributor Metrodome. 1st

to go into the scheme.

  “I think cinema, great British cinema, can be about a

place that you might live about some people you mightknow… it’s telling a real story, that it’s not just a bunch

of anecdotes strung together to make a film” – Jezz

Vernon (Head of Marketing at Metrodome)

Exhibition and Consumption Popular and Critic Reviews

  Gross revenue was $244,579.

  Opening weekend it got $90,658 over 51 screens.

  Dazed & Confused said it will restore your faith in

British film. 

  “Creevy eschews the woozy, arthouse ambience of 

Duane Hopkins' Better Things for naturalistic dialogue

and performances within carefully framed and

composed shots; properly cinematic, grown-up

direction.” (Ali Catterall: Film4)

  “The production values are lo-fi but spirited

performances, matey humour and an edgy authenticity

carry the story.” (Wendi Ide: Times) 

Production Companies Trailers, DVD Sales, Awards & General Facts

  Studios involved in the production process where BBC

Films, Between the Eyes and Film London.

  BBC Films is a feature length film part of the BBC. It has

made several highly successful British films over the last

few years, such as StreetDance 3D, Stage Beauty and ACock And Bull Story. The company produces around 8

films a year. Christine Langan is head of BBC Films. 

  Film London is the capital’s main Film and Media not for

profit agency that aims to promote and develop London

as a major international film making capital. This agency

includes all of London’s screen industries – film, TV,

video, commercials. It receives significant support from

the Art Council England London, the Mayor of London

and Skillset. Other notable short and features that have

been produced with support and funding from FilmLondon include Derek by Isaac Julie, Daisy’s Last Stand by

Gary Grant and Cubs by Tom Harper.

  Short trailer (0:49) and long trailer (1:49)

  Released on DVD on 24th August 2009.

  DVD sales figures not available.

British Independent Film Award (2008)

  Best Achievement in Production  Best Actor (Riz Ahmed)

  Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Mays)

  Best Technical Achievement (Harry Escott, Molly

Nyman - for music)

  Douglas Hickox Award (Eran Creevy)

Stockholm Film Festival (2009)

  Bronze Horse (Eran Creevy)

  The soundtrack was released on the 20th of April 2009.

It was nominated for Best Technical Achievement at theBritish Independent Film Awards 2008.

  The single “Shifty” featured Riz MC, Sway & Plan B and

was released on 11th

 May 2009 on 12” vinyl and digital

download.

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The Boat That Rocked (2009)

Directed by: Richard Curtis

Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Hilary Bevan Jones

Written by: Richard Curtis

Starring: Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, 

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Talulah Riley, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys

Darby, Ralph Brown, Jack Davenport, Kenneth Branagh 

Cinematography: Danny CohenEditing by: Emma E. Hickox

Distributed by: Universal Pictures & Focus Features

Release date(s): 1 April 2009 (UK) & 13 November 2009 (US)

Running time: 135 minutes (UK) & 116 minutes (US)

Country: United Kingdom, Germany, United States, France

Production Distribution and Marketing

  Filming took roughly 3 months.

  Production budget was over 30 million pounds.

  Filming took place on the former dutch hospital ship

“Timor Challenger” while moored in Portland Harbour,

Dorset – “North Sea” shots where filmed often Portland

Bill, and interior shots where films inside a warehouse in

Osprey Quay in the Isle of Portland and at Shepperton

Studios. 

  Under 2 different names: The Boat The Rocked (UK) and

Pirate Radio (US)

  Own website is under the Pirate Radio name, not TBTR.

  Advert is random, voiceover included to add extraexplanation and invite the viewer in to the experience.

  Posters are very colourful, so you can immediately see

this is not set in the modern day, and instead back in

the 60’s. 

  Some characters have their own individual posters.

Exhibition and Consumption Popular and Critic Reviews

  Gross revenue is ($) 36,348,784.

  In the US it made 3 million dollars in the first weekend.

(Half the following weekend)

 The film is long 2 and a quarter hours – potential why itgot mixed reviews. 

  Was a commercial failure at the British box office,

making only £6.1 million in its first twelve weeks, less

than a quarter of its over £30 million production cost.

  Curtis deleted approximately twenty minutes of footage

from the original UK version to address complaints from

several critics that the film's running time was excessive.

  Generally mixed reviews.

  60% approval rating on Rotten Tomatos (149 Reviews)

  Daily Telegraph said the film had “some magical

moments” but called it “muddled” and critised itslength.

  Time Out was critical of the films length.

  Hollywood Reporter – “Rock n Roll movie Boat just

barely stays afloat” 

  Channel 4 – “touching”, “heartfelt” and an “enjoyable

 journey”. 

  Andrew Neil from The Observer remarked that he was

disappointed in the "contrived" storyline and the

"unnecessarily perverted" history.

Production Companies Trailers, DVD Sales, Awards & General Facts

  Studios involved where StudioCanal & Working TitleFilms.

  StudioCanal (founded in 1988 as CANAL+ Production) is a

Paris based filmmaking and distribution company that

owns the 3rd

largest film library in the world. Early

creations include Terminator 2: Judgement 2, Free Willy,

JFK, Basic Instinct and Under Siege. It acquired UK based

distributor Optimum Releasing in 2006. Parent company

is Vivendi International.

  Working Title Films (founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan andSarah Radcliffe) is a London based film production

company that produces feature films and TV

productions. They have a subsidiary company in 1999

called WT2 which produced Billy Elliot, Shaun of the

Dead and more.

   Released on DVD and BluRay on 7th Septemeber 2009 in

Region 2 and April 13th 2010 in the US.

  Sold 71,057 DVD copies.

  At the Sanyo film festival it was nominated for Best

Actor: Philip Seaman Hoffman (The Count)

  Nominated for Best Director and Best Production

Design… but didn’t win anything!

  A soundtrack was released on March 30th 2009 that

featured songs from The Kinks, Rolling Stones, Jimmy

Hendrix, Duffy, The Who and more.

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The Dark Knight (2008)“Welcome to a World Without Rules” 

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Produced by: Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Benjamin Melniker and

Michael Uslan

Screenplay by: Christopher and Jonathan Nolan

Story by: David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan

Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart,

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman.Music by: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard

Cinematography: Wally Pfister

Editing by: Lee Smith

Distributed by: Warner Brothers

Release Date: July 14th 2008 (New York City) and July 18th 2008 (U.S)

Running Time: 152 minutes

Production Distribution and Marketing

  Budget was $185 million.

  Filmed in UK, US, Hong King, Chicago.

  Filming took roughly 9-10 months.  An IMAX camera was used to film certain sequences

(e.g the Joker’s introduction) 

  Location scouting began in October 2006.

  Principal photography began in April 2007.

  For the film's prologue involving the Joker, the crew

shot in Chicago from April 18, 2007 to April 24, 2007

  Filming took place in Hong Kong from November 6 to

November 11, 2007, at various locations in the CBD,

including the International Finance Centre, Hong Kong's

tallest building.

  Distributed to 4,366 theatres in the US/Canada.(94

IMAX)

  In May 2007, 42 Entertainment began a viral marketingcampaign utilizing the film's "Why So Serious?" tagline

with the launch of a website featuring the fictional

political campaign of Harvey Dent, with the caption, "I

Believe in Harvey Dent."

  On October 31, 2007, the film's website morphed into

another scavenger hunt with hidden messages,

instructing fans to uncover clues at certain locations in

major cities throughout the United States, and to take

photographs of their discoveries.

  They made an online alternate reality game (ARG)

  The Dark Knight' s opening sequence, (showing a bankraid by the Joker) and closing montage of other scenes

from the film, was screened with selected IMAX

screenings of I Am Legend which was released on

December 14, 2007.

Exhibition and Consumption Popular and Critic Reviews

  IMDB rated it 8.9 out of 10.

  Budget was estimated at 185 million dollars.

  Opening Weekend:

$158,411,483 (USA) (20 July 2008) (4,366 Screens) 

£11,191,824 (UK) (27 July 2008) (502 Screens)

  Revenue was $1,001,921,825

  US box office was 533.3 million.

  Critics said that Chris Nolan is much much smarter than

your average filmmaker. (Larry Legel from film.com)

  Adam Neynam from Reverse Shot said it was flawed and

over-rated.

  The Dark Knight was ranked the 15th greatest film in

history on Empire’s 2008 list of the “500 Greatest Movies

of All Time"

  Based on 277 reviews by Rotten Tomatoes, the film

received a 94% approval rating.

Production Companies Trailers, Awards, DVD Sales & General Facts

  Studios: Legendary Pictures and Syncopy Films

  Legendary Pictures is a California based film production

company, that was founded by by Thomas Tull. It is well

known for such films as Batman Begins, Superman

Returns, The Hangover, Sucker Punch and more.

  Syncopy Films is a British film production company that

was founded by Chris Nolan in 1998. It is well known for

releasing “Following”, the Batman series, “The Prestige”

and “Inception. 

  A theatrical teaser was also released with non-IMAX

showings of I Am Legend .

  Nominated for 8 oscars. Won 2. / Won 5 Saturn awards /

Nominated for 9 BAFTAS, won 1.

  Released on DVD on 9th

December 2009:

  One disk edition DVD, 2 disk “special edition” DVD & Blu-Ray and a Special Blu-Ray package with Batpod statuette

  Sold 513,000 units on its first day of release. 107,730

(21% were blu-rays)

  In the US The Dark Knight set a sales record for most

DVDs sold in one day – 3 million. 600,000: BluRay’s. 

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