Sharrison Productions is a small production company that we developed from our first lesson of Media Studies. The name came from one of our former members Shaun Harrison who Sol gave the nickname Sharrison and the name stuck ever since. The logo has been in all 3 of our teams videos with it being developed using Adobe After Effects as the process continued.
A production company is a company responsible for physical production of new media, performing arts, film, radio or a television program. The production company may be either a small company or a larger one, selling its products to a film studio or presenting it at a theatrical venue, or, in the case of film and television, it may be the studio itself.
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing (DVD, Video-On-Demand, Download, Television etc.).
The money to produce this film would have to be acquired from external sources as we are a small production company of students. The best way to go about raising money is to exhaust all possible resources: apply for many grants; pitch the project to many potential producers; and present the project to as much companies for sponsorship opportunities that can be mutually beneficial to both parties. This would take time and effort, especially to such a small company like us who haven't made a name for ourselves yet and those have no connections yet.
Our film could compare institutionally to the film ‘Four Lions’. The project was originally rejected by both the BBC and Channel 4 as being too controversial. Morris suggested in a mass email, titled "Funding Mentalism” that fans could contribute between £25 and £100 each to the production costs of the film and would appear as extras in return. Funding was secured in October 2008 from Film 4 Productions and Warp Films, with Mark Herbert producing. Filming began in Sheffield in May 2009.
Although our film is not going to be rejected for being too controversial we would find it just as difficult to gain funding with Film 4 Productions probably being the most likely to fund our project.
This would have its benefits as if Film4 distributed Rollin’ in the Deep we would have access to their television channel, internet site and their high profile market. Film4 already have an established fan base, and this would allow our film the promotion it needed to attract attention. This film company normally distributes low budget British films; therefore I think this media institution would be more beneficial to our film than a big Hollywood studio such as 20th Century Fox.
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