Film Production Companies

Working Title films

Working Title Films is a London Based, British film production company owned by Universal Studios The Company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983.

Their most globally recognised film perhaps is Billy Elliot which achieved worldwide fame in 2000 and was then later adapted to the stage due to its success.

They also produce the popular Simon Pegg and Nick Frost movies such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

DNA Films

DNA Films is a British film production company founded by Duncan Kenworthy and Andrew Macdonald In 1997. They produce a number of primarily British films and have had success with the thriller genre in particular

The Film that has received the largest amount of praise is 2006’s ‘The last King of Scotland’ which gained one of the lead actors Forrest Whitaker an Oscar. Some other notable films include;   28 Days Later (2002), Love Actually (2003), Dredd (2012).

Vertigo Films

Vertigo Films is a British film production and film distribution company based in London, England. It was founded in 2002 by producers Alan Niblo and James Richardson.

They are most known for the Film Street Dance 3D, which was release in 2010. The majority of Their films are British Based.

Differences in Production Between Quentin Tarantino & Spike Lee

                                                                                                                    

Title: Miracle at St. Anna

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: James McBride

Producer: Spike Lee

Production Company: 40 Acres and a Mule

Budget: £30,226,701

Box Office: £5,319,291

Year: 2008

Title: Inglorious Bastards

Director: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth ( Uncredited)

Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Producer: Lawrence Bender

Production Company: A Band Apart, Studio Babelsberg

Budget: £50,395,944

Box Office: £80,988,253

Year: 2009

Quentin Tarantino is most likely a wider known director in modern Hollywood and as such his movies are likely to receive more funding and as a result they appear to 

make more money, Tarantino has had widespread commercial successes with his films despite their odd presentation.

The subject matter of Tarantino’s films, often appeal to the dominant ideology and as such are likely to attract a larger amount of people based upon this. In contrast to this Spike lee’s films often go against what is normally commercially successful, the majority of his films are from a black point of view and as such gain less global attraction as less people feel that they can relate to the piece.

This is shown by Miracle at St. Anna as despite its £30m budget it only made a fraction of that. This can possibly be attributed to the subject matter of a World War 2 film set from the perspective of black Americans, or other factors including Lee’s beef with the film industry as a whole and poor critic reviews which meant people were less likely to go and see it.

Quentin Tarantino is also an Oscar winner which furthers his fame brining him into the public eye.

As we can see from the table the budgets of the two films were not that different yet Tarantino managed to almost double the budget, and win an academy award for the piece.

In all Quentin Tarantino and Spike lee are similar directors in that they have unique ideas of filming and screenplays. How they differ is that Tarantino has the support of the film industry as a whole and also makes more globally likeable films in contrast to Lee.