TASK 1 – MEDIA INSTITUTIONS Celador Films

Matthew Hillary

Ownership• Celador Films was taken over by Complete Communications,

Originally it was Paul Smith CBE and Jasper Carrott. This happened In 1983 originally it was suppose to be a TV show.

• They have now became their own independent company as they have bought them selves out. They are now a British company.

• Disney started to show some of their products in the US and went to court and won £177Million.

• They was going to be brought by two way media but again Celador Films was able to buy them self's out.

Operating Model• They set themselves a project and when who wants to be a millionaire?

Was out they could use there own money. • Celador would use project capitalisation and also private funding to

produce there films as a lot of money is needed. they could also get money from the BAF.

• They would often thank the people who gave the money to fund them at the end of the film.

• They don't have no technical crew due to them hiring freelance crew by giving them a 6 month contract. The benefits of signing a freelance crew is that it is cheaper.

• They sold the distrubution rights early to pathe. Which they then used to produce the film.

• The signed on products (Sponsorships) for example like Land rovers.

Products• Dirty Pretty Things (2002)• Separate Lies (2005)• The Descent (2006)• Slumdog Millionaire (2009)• The Descent Part 2 (2009)• The Scouting Book for Boys (2010)• The Simpsons Fox (TV) • You Are What You Eat (Channel 4) (TV)• Commercial Breakdown (TV)• All About Me (BBC) (TV) • Richard Digance’s Greatest Bits (TV)• They also make radio channels and also theater productions so they are expanding

their company. • They also produce radio and theater.

Market Position and Competitors • Celador films are often compared to DNA Films, Film4 Productions and Sony

Pictures Entertainment. • Sony produced Spiderman 2 their budget was $200million and their box

office was $238Million• Celador however produced The Descent cost £3.5Million to make and they

earned $57,051,053.• DNA Films produced a film named 28 Days Later and their budget was

$8Million while there box office was $82.7Million.• Film4 Productions made a film called Shaun of the Dead and their budget

was $6.1Million and their box office was $30Million.• American like company's like Sony are more successful due to the fact that

they put more money into films and the fact that they are Hollywood films. • Celador is more successful than film4.