Belstone Pictures- Film Industry Research

 

Belstone Pictures

Belstone pictures  is an independently owned British film company which was set up in 2012 by Finn Cardigan Bruce. 

Finn studied at Hurtwood house where he found his love for film through joining their film academy, here he learnt to direct and produce documentaries. Following his exit from Hurtwood House, he set up and founded Belstone Pictures due to his desire to produce films.

He went on to work on varies films and tv shows eg- Top gear, Downton Abbey, X factor and a few others. Moreover he went on to become the executive assistant in Los Angeles to Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield, and then returning and spending two years working for the film financier Nicola Horlick.

After developing all these production skills and working in the industry he made over 1 million independently through his working which enabled him to start Belstone Pictures in 2016. To this date Belstone pictures have released 3 films- Tank 432 (2015) and tucked in 2018. 

Furthermore Belstone have 1 film in post production and 1 film in pre production as well as 13 films/ tv in development.

Belstone pictures is based in London, Chelsea, this being their headquarters and only destination.

The studio Started with corporate filming events,  now being  moved into motion pictures. Their films have a small cast with breakout performers- talent which is discovered; unknown before the films. The budget is very small therefor having a small cast and no A list actors is crucial. 

Their films usually appeal to a smaller audience due to the subject genre and subjects being about love/ drama as well as a niche topics.Another way in which they save money is by the writer and director being the same person (Finn Cardigan Bruce).

Belstone pictures has achieved eight awards throughout the entirety of 2018, majority being for their film 'tucked', and few for their film named 'tracks'. examples being winning the best narrative feature at Naples international film festival and winner of the grand jury prize for Outstanding narrative feature at Outfest LA in 2018. 

Disney- Film industry Research

Disney

Waltz Disney was first introduced and has been around since 1923, and was started in the rear of a small office inhabited by Holly Vermont Realty which was based in Los Angeles. Here Walt Disney and his brother (Roy) constructed several Short live, action, animated films called the Alice Comedies. It was this series of films that started Walt Disneys success as he managed to get a contract from the distributer M.J. Winkler on October 16th 1923. Here the success began..

Moreover, Walt Disney studios global headquarters is based in Burbank, California (51- acre studio). However, there are 45 countries across the world with over 195,000 employees which operate within Walts Disney.

Walt Disney studio was founded by Walt Disney himself and his brother Roy. However today it is Bob Iger who is the executive chairman and Bob Chapec having the role of being the CEO.

Companies Disney has bought:

marvel studios- $4B

Star wars- $4B

Pixar- $7B

20th Century Fox- $71 B (by in order to have other content for Disney plus)

By owning theses companies it enables Disney to grow and consequently making more money.

Disneys biggest box office successes:

1. Avengers Endgame- $2,797,501,328

2. Star Wars The Force Awakens- $2,070,828,263

3. Avengers infinity War- $2,070,828,263

4. The Lion King- $1,670,719,887

5. The Avengers- $1,518,815,515

6. Frozen 2- $1,450,026,933

 These were so successful due to reaching an international audience. Many ways Disney do this is by:

- Using A list world wide celebrity

- World wide Marketing

- Having film in different languages

- World wide locations 

- Brand films- franchise films (well recognised)

- Hybrid genre 

Disney made 69 billion dollars in 2020 despite the global pandemic!



Disney tend to have a few A list actors in most of their movies due to this helping the movie become a success due to people trusting it ‘must’ be good and their-for reaches a wider audience. Moreover Disney have 238 new films that are either in preproduction, production, or post production and hope to be released in 2021-2023.

Due to Disney being a big institution it allows the company to take large risks as well as spend money on things that may be considered a risk or ‘not worth it’; This is due to them having so much money as well as having lots of media ownerships. They have money coming in from a wide range of things, examples being the cinemas, theme parks, Disney +, merchandise and music.

Disney plus itself makes a large amount of money due to it:

Costing - 7.99 per month

Having almost 95 million subscribers

Having a large range of content- star wars , marvel, Pixar, fox, Disney, national geographic and star.

 Having a profit of an estimated 10 billion in 2021 alone.

Genre

Opening sequence (IT)

Love Kills- How tension is created in an opening thriller

This was created by both myself and Grace Ramsay.

 

A film I enjoyed (Woman In Black)

A Film I Enjoyed recently

A film that I’ve watched, appreciated and enjoyed was the Thriller and drama, Woman in Black. This thrilling film was directed by James Atkins, with Jane Goldman having wrote the screen play. Actors that starred in this well-known film includes, actor Daniel Radcliff playing the role of Arthur Kipps. The film, play and book follow the story of Arthur Kipps who is a lawyer grieving his wife who tragically passed. He gets sent to an isolated, remote village to put someone’s deceased eccentric’s affairs in place. Here, he discovers his clients house is haunted by a ghost that mirrors a rejected woman who is terrorising and hurting the locals including kids consequently because of someone she sorrowfully lost. 

The reason in which I enjoy this film so much is I think it portrays that everything is not what it seems and that there is a reason behind everyone’s actions. Furthermore, the people in the town surrounding Eel marsh house do not understand that the ‘Woman in Black’ had lost her son. I believe the use of suspenseful music, throughout the film, allows the audience to build up a thrilling fear, as well as making a suspenseful atmosphere which leaves the audience questioning what will happen next. This created a feeling of anticipation throughout the movie and left me longing to find out what happens next.

Moreover, although this is not my all-time favourite movie, I still find that it is a film that I could watch on repeat because of the continuous suspense and shock. Using different camera angles at different speeds allows the tension to flow throughout the movie. 

As well as this, the angle of the camera is crafted extremely well in order to fulfil and capture shots that are at different angles.  

Furthermore, I took note in the editing techniques used within the film. I picked up on a lot of jumps from one scene to another which are used in horror film to create suspense and tension within the audience and helps create the mood and atmosphere the director wants to create for the audience. 

Carrying on, the Sound used in the film helped to draw me in and create a sense of shock. There was a large use of pace and speed within the sound and movie as a whole which I believe was awfully successful as it helped carry the suspenseful longing atmosphere throughout the entirety of the film.

 I believe the use of costume design for ‘the woman’ being wearing full black which is effective as we link the colour black to things such as depression, evil, danger and gothic. As well as James Atkins deciding to keep her face hidden until the end which ones again helps to create a thrilling, unknowing atmosphere and an ongoing feeling of being on edge due to the uncertainty of where the story will unfold.