Heyday Films
Who?
Heyday Films is a British film production company founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman in London. Its first feature film production was Ravenous, directed by Antonia Bird. It is most notable for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the novels by J. K.
What have they made?
Warner bros distribute most of their films.
Ravenous (1999)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Threshold (2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Is Anybody There? (2008) Yes Man (2008)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
Page Eight (2011)
Gravity (2013)
We're The Millers (2013)
The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Selma (2014)
(in co-production, logo not shown) Paddington (2015)
Testament of Youth (2015)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
The Light Between Oceans (TBA)
What makes them distinctive?
Due to their success of the Harry Potter franchise, they made a lot of profit and therefore have gained the audience's trust
What genres do they focus on?
Action
Drama
Sci Fi
Although Harry Potter was a huge success, it was not directly used to promote the film Paddington.
Gravity:
- It's American funded, Mexican director
- Has two A list hollywood stars, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock
- The scene which were shot on earth was in Canada
- The film was in NASA
- The reason its British is because of the producer David Heyman who also produced Harry Potter.
- Uses a lot of American terminology and the American Flag.
Harry Potter:
- Identified as British
- Set in oxford- England
What makes a film british?
A charity called the British Film Institute can officially label a film British if it passes a "cultural test".
The cultural test looks at whether the characters speak English, whether British locations are used, and whether the cast and crew are British.
A film has to score at least 16 points out of 31 to pass.
Gravity passes the test if you count director Alfonso Cuaron as British because he lives in London.
The BAFTA rules?
- significant creative involvement
- Whether a film is british or not is tax issues, sometimes british government give tax to film budget up-to 20%
- Also if the producer wants to classify it as a british film or not.
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