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1. Mainstream vs Independent
Questions
Avengers vs ‘71

2. 1)What are the main institutions used for each of the
films? (in terms of production and distribution?)
Avengers – were distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture and the company which
produced were Marvel Studios
‘71 – this film was distributed by StudioCanal which are a French-based company and the film was
produced by multiple companies: Crab Apple Films, Warp Films, Film4, BFI Film Fund, Screen
Yorkshire, Creative Scotland

3. 2)How much money was used to produce each film? And
3)How much money was made from each of the films?
Avengers had a budget of $220 million and at the box office it gained
$1.520 billion in return
‘71 had a budget of £8.1 million and at the box office it gained $2.9
million. Unfortunately the film made a loss because it didn’t have the
best distributor like the Avengers did.

4. 4)How well known are the production companies
for both the high-budget and low-budget film?
Disney is well known over the whole world. Originally it produced
cartoons which people fell in love with. It is now one of the big six
production companies and probably the most powerful out of the six.
Even though CanalStudios is smaller, it owns the third largest film
library in the world. The original function was to focus on French and
European productions, but later made strategic deals with American
production companies. StudioCanal's most notable productions from
its early years include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, JFK, Basic Instinct,
Cliffhanger, Under Siege, Free Willy, and the original Stargate movie. In
those days, it was known as Le Studio Canal+. It has strong links to
Universal Studios (Studiocanal and Universal Studios were owned by
the same company between 2000 and 2004, hence StudioCanal co-
produced a fair number of Universal's films).

5. 5)List the differences between the high-budget film and
the low-budget film in terms of the institutions.
The difference is that the Avengers had huge names to their names like
Marvel Studios which produce films only from their comic book and
Disney have the money to distribute the film.
‘71 have a lot of small companies producing the film which is not
necessarily a bad thing. Each company have their own way of doing
things and when they were producing the film, they each had a
separate task to do and when they put them together, they created a
very good with each feature done very well

6. 6)List any similarities that exist between the high-budget film
and the low-budget film in terms of the institutions.
The only similarity I could find was that both films wanted to produce a
high quality film which they both did. Both distributed their films at
film festivals and both had very good reviews.

7. 7)What other films has the production company
made? Were these as successful? Why/why not?
Marvel studios have made the whole series based on their comic
books and have related all of them to lead up to the Avengers. At first
they produced a couple of films from their comic books such as
Fantastic Four to see if the people who enjoyed their comic books
would enjoy them. They had a positive reaction from the fans and
continued to make blockbusters.
The most successful producers from ‘71 were Film4. Film4 have their own
channel which show films onto the TV when the films have stopped
producing money out of sales. They also make small British Indie films
which they distribute to smaller cinemas and then on their channel.

8. 8)What genre of films does the company usually produce? Is
this important when considering who could produce your film?
Why?
Marvel is owned by Disney. Marvel only produce films using inspiration
from their comic books and Disney are the ones who distribute. Marvel
will not be suitable unless you’re making a movie based on their comic
books.
Film4 normally produce British Indie films because it is a British based
company. This will be more suitable for low budget films who are
looking at British culture.