Welcome The initial founders of Working Title are Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe. Working Title has been co- chaired by Tim Bevan and Tim Fellman since 1992. Working Title has worked with the worlds most known film companies, such as: Working Title have produced very popular films since they started, such as: Welcom e Market Position Competitor s Film Analysis Film Review Produc ts Search: Target Audience s Distributi on Advertisin g Legal + Ethical Questionn aire Surve y Analysis of Media Organisation s
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WelcomeThe initial founders of Working Title are Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe.Working Title has been co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Tim Fellman since 1992.
Working Title has worked with the worlds most known film companies, such as: Warner Brothers, Universal and Lionsgate.
Working Title have produced very popular films since they started, such as:
Paul is one of their more recent successful comedy
films.
Director: Greg Motto
Screenplay: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Cast
‘’Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.’’
Director: Brian Helgeland
Screenplay: William Hjortsberg
ProductsWorking Title has helped make some of the worlds best known films. Here are two and some information about them. Legend is one of
the most recent successful films Working Title has worked on.
Cast
The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
Working Title has increased its population mainly by the placement of genre of the films that they’ve helped produce. They’ve then branched out to bigger companies such as PolyGram and Universal.
Without the production of films involving big companies such as Universal and PolyGram, Working Title may not be as well known as they are today, nether making the amount of money they make today.
All of the films that Working Title have helped to produce haven't been a success of some sorts, the majority will have made them a profit but some, not so much.
Film Title Mise en Scene Iconography Semiotics Connotations
Paul
In Paul the arrangement of the props and the chosen scenery of the
film was set out cleverly to add to the narrative of the film. The characters didn’t come across any civilisation through the desert, so this adds the original idea of a desert, with it being empty with
nothing in it.
Struggling writers, making the most of
what they have, as seen in the images below,
their camper van shows their wealth, not very expensive items, food lying around, this all adds to the effect.
The film tries to make you attached to the
character Paul due to his appearance, big
eyes, some audiences may find him ‘cute’ or easily loved so when
the scene comes when dies, people will feel
sympathy.
In the scene where the blind woman comes into the film, seen as though she can’t see
Paul, she acts completely normal, no negativity towards him whereas if she was able to see then she’d most likely have a different
I then asked the participants how often they watched comedy films and if they enjoyed watching them and if so, why. This then gives an indication to what the rest of the
questionnaire is going to turn out like.
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If answer was yes, why?Good to LaughThey’re funny, enlightens the mood and makes me happyBrightens the mood, a lot better than horror/action films Next PagePrevious Page
I then moved off of the generic questions and started to ask
questions about the film specifically to find out their experience. These
questions involve what they enjoyed about it, and if not, what
could've been done to improve the film in general.
Enjoy watching Paul? Why?Enjoyed it - Funny Scenes, loved the charactersCould've been betterIt was alright - My sense of humour, got a bit boring over timeIt was alright - Quite funny, not quite into talking aliensIt was alright - Good concept of the friendship between alien + human
If answer was 'Could've been better' or 'Not at all' what could’ve changed?Could've been better - Not really into talking aliens
Favourite part of film, why?When the guy got shot gunned - Funniest partWhen Paul spins a donut on his finger - Because it’s funnyThe entering of Paul - DramaticDidn't have oneWhere Paul is in the toilet, he comes out then a woman passes out - Funny
ExpectationsAt first I wasn’t sure what quite to expect from this film due to it including some well-known actors but then the storyline is based on an alien. The producer isn’t as well-known as the actors, producing one well known title; Super Bad. As soon as seeing the trailer, which mainly focused on the special FX, the film looked like
just another ‘Pegg and Frost’ comedy leading from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. The trailer left me wanting to see the film instantly due to the action
packed events that took place. With that being said, it was overall an entertaining, humorous film to watch.
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To advertise this film, they went as far as they could with their set budget of $40,000,000 (estimated). By putting it onto buses, in newspapers, websites, and trailers on YouTube, television or even interviews on the radio they received much more publicity and excitement for the release date of the film. They didn’t put adverts in the newspapers as much due to it being a bigger film
so they went for the bigger options. The film made a gross profit worldwide of $101,000,000 (estimate).
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Judging by the rest of the comedy films Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have produced together, this one was expected to be no surprise but to be as funny and entertaining. The film got many
negative reviews due to the film apparently being produced just for the geeky kinds of people, then mentioning how it should’ve made the film to suit all audiences, not just one. In my opinion
the film suits all different audiences, family, comedy, geeky, children, basically anyone, fair enough not everyone will approve to the film, it might not be their sense of humour but there’ll definitely be at least a selection of people from each audience group that approves to the film. On the other hand Paul is a geek friendly film with it involving aliens; it’ll immediately spark an
interest for the alien lovers to go see it.
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There are plenty of camera shots used in the film Paul. In the scene where Paul is entered into the film and meets Frost and Pegg, close up camera shots are used on Paul, Frost and Pegg to
emphasise the shock on the 2 humans’ faces and then the calm expression given by Paul. An extreme close up is used where Pegg and Frost have their first sighting of Paul and the extreme
close up is to then show their immediate reaction and emotions. The two shot and the over-the-shoulder shot is used here also to capture more than one reaction at once, for example when the
camera is looking over Paul’s shoulder at Frost and Pegg, this shows their reaction but then emphasises the size difference between Paul and the humans. The wide shot is then used in the scene right at the beginning of the film where Frost and Pegg are driving their RV down a long
road through the desert, this sets the location where the film is set.
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With the main storyline and the audience already being discussed, the cast was very well chose, no doubt a lot of time was taken to think out the right actors for each part to play and then one
of the most important roles – the voiceover for Paul. If I had to choose the cast and have different actors in any scene I wanted, I don’t think I could fault a single one of them. Something that
surprised me was the fact that Pegg and Frost both worked together to create the screenplay for the film, so I then found out that was the reason for all of the references to other films and then the other clever gags. At the start of the film the characters create small jokes between them or
share them with everyone whom they then end up repeating endlessly throughout the film which becomes funnier as the film goes on, they do this with a collection of different jokes.
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Going off on a bit of a tangent, the release date of this film was on Valentine’s Day. I wouldn’t suggest going to see this film on Valentine’s Day as it isn’t the most romantic film I’ve ever seen but it sure is an entertaining film to watch. Another surprise was the fact that it was released on
Valentine’s Day and it was still a big box office hit.
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All in all I enjoyed watching Paul, it’s my sense of humour and it’s the kind of film you can watch over and over and still find funny. I’d definitely recommend this as a film to watch with the family,
or with friends.
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Legal + Ethical Exclusivity and ConfidentialityA non-disclosure agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that
outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but with to restrict access to or by third parties.
Intellectual PropertyThis refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. It’s divided into two
categories: Industrial property, this includes inventions. The second category is copyright which includes literary.
Copyright and TrademarksThis applies to work that is recorded in some way. Rights exist in items such as
literary, artistic, musical or even dramatic work, as well as films. Trademarks are registered at a national or territory level with an appointed government body and
may take anywhere between 6 and 18 months to prepare.
Public LiabilityPublic liability insurance is crucial when filming in public
locations due to it paying out in the event of a mistake which causes an injury to a member of public, or which damages their
property.
Employers Liability InsuranceEmployers are responsible for their health and safety of their
employees during the working hours, this applies to any workplace. Employees may be injured at work or may become ill as a result of attending work. If the employee feels like the
employer is responsible then they can attempt to claim compensation.
Employees RightsThe rights that an employee has to be treated in a fair, morally
acceptable, or legal way: There has also been an increase in the level of awareness of issues such as health and safety and
employee rights.
RacismIn the past many films have had racist scenes or the nature of the
whole film is seen to be racist. It stopped in many films due to them being banned in certain countries because of their religions or cultures that they had or some even get banned completely from being showed
to the public because they’re seen to be that offensive.
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SexismThis is similar to racism in the fact that it does still happen
in filming subtly but not as often as in the past due to more people being aware of it now and the fact that a lot of people believe in equal rights and so they stand up for
choices were made to be very simple so then people can quickly answer them when they had to. The age range I went for was teenagers, 13-20 due to teens been more likely to watch the film.
If answer was yes, why?Good to LaughThey’re funny, enlightens the mood and makes me happyBrightens the mood, a lot better than horror/action films
Enjoy watching Paul? Why?Enjoyed it - Funny Scenes, loved the charactersCould've been betterIt was alright - My sense of humour, got a bit boring over timeIt was alright - Quite funny, not quite into talking aliensIt was alright - Good concept of the friendship between alien + human
Next PageIf answer was 'Could've been better' or 'Not at all' what could’ve changed?Could've been better - Not really into talking aliens
Favourite part of film, why?When the guy got shot gunned - Funniest partWhen Paul spins a donut on his finger - Because it’s funnyThe entering of Paul - DramaticDidn't have oneWhere Paul is in the toilet, he comes out then a woman passes out - Funny
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Number of Partic-ipantsWhat would you rate Paul? Participant No.
With the responses I got from my desired questions, I can now determine whether the person answering the questions was part of an active or passive
audience.With this being said, the
responses I received on the first 2 questions were more in depth and showed that the person had an answer. Whereas question 3 showed that there might not be
