Film Industry - Big Talks Productions

This production company produces both film and television productions. There television productions are usually shown on mainstream channels such as BBC one, BBC two, BBC three, itv, channel 4 and comedy central. The majory of the television productions that are produced by Big Talks Productions are comedy sitcoms or dramas and have received BAFTA and RTS award nominations for some of there programmes.

It was established in 1995 by Nira Park and located in London. The current managing director is Matthew Justice, there executive producer is Simon Curtis and there Joint CEO is Kenton Allen. There first production to be released was in 1999 and was a television sitcom called Spaced, written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, aired on channel 4.

In October 2008 the BBC worldwide bought 25% stake in Big Talk Productions, the other 75% is independently owned. 

Big Talks Production have made 5 films;

Attack The Block

This was released in 2011 and had an estimated budget of $13,000,000, within 5 months reached a gross revenue of $1,024,175 and has a 6.8star rating. The film was both written and directed by Joe Cornish and the cast included John Boyenga, Jodie Whittaker & Alex Esmail.

Paul

This was released in 2011 and had an estimated budget of $40,000,000, within 2 months reached a gross revenue of $37,371,385 and has a 7.1star rating. The film was directed by Greg Mottola and written by Nick Frost & Simon Pegg. The cast included Nick Frost, Simon Pegg & Seth Rogan.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

This was released in 2010 and had an estimated budget of $60,000,000, within 10 months reached a gross revenue of $31,494,270 and has a 7.6star rating. The film was directed by Edgar Wright and written by Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright. The cast included Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winsted & Keiran Culkin.

Hot Fuzz

This was released in 2007 and had an estimated budget of $8,000,000, within 3 months reached a gross revenue of $23,618,786 and has a 7.9star rating. The film was directed by Edgar Wright and written by Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg. The cast included Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Martin Freeman.

Shaun of The Dead

This was released in 2004 and had an estimated budget of $4,000,000, within 2 months reached a gross revenue of $13,464,388 and has an 8star rating. The film was directed by Edgar Wright and written by Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright. The cast included Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Kate Ashfield.

All films were distributed by Universal Studios, except from the most recent film Attack the Block which was distributed by Optimum Releasing

Diary Of A Call Girl - Sound Analysis

At the beginning of the clip there is no real sound track it just goes straight into dialogue. The reason for having no sound track is because this could make the situation look less awkward than the program wants it to look, therefore at the beginning all the audience hears is dialogue.The dialogue between the three characters is usually unfinished because the subjects they are talking about are to awkward to talk about for long.


The sound of the locking of the door has been enhanced to show the audience how insecure the boy is about having the door locked. The opera music being played from the car is diegetic and is the opposite to how the dad is feeling. The music is a fast happy beat, but the dad is feeling anxious and not so happy. It reminds the audience of how the dad is feeling about his sons disability and the situation he is in in the flat.


The sound bridge between the non diagetic sound track played from the scene of the dad in his van over to the lad in the bedroom with the girl helps create a mood of seduction. When he mentions hes never been touched like that, the music playing makes you feel sympathy towards him. when the sound track is playing when the dad is in the van it too makes you feel sympathy for him and his sons disability. The harmonica is being used to play this sound track as it makes the scene seem sad and gives the clip a much slower pace.