Natalie Ralph
The Film Industry
Nowadays films are very expensive to produce. You need a producer, cast, crew, cameras, sfx, locations etc. All of these cost a substantial amount of money. To get a film certified alone it can cost a company anything between £800 and £1100 and this is compulsory. Films aren’t only made for the enjoyment of the audience; it is a money hungry business. They are there to make a profit and a big film= big money. But for a company to make a big profit it needs to make nearly two and a half times its production cost because little things, which help the production of the film, amount up to big prices. For example: if a film costs £1000 for just one alone film print and it wants to send a copy out to 204 cinemas it needs at least £24000 for it to go out for people to even see the film. That is without all the other expensive on top of making the film. It all comes down to whether the film hits the big time at the box office. If a film flops, it not only looses some respect and admiration of the cast or crew, it looses a lot of money in the long run and if they have a loss instead of profit they go into major debt which may cause them to abandon future film prospects as they didn’t come up with the subsequent fee in last time.
