1. FILM RESEARCH – INSTITUTIONS
By Sophie Adams

2. LOW VS. HIGH BUDGET FILM.
 The low Budget film that we got given was ‘Another
Earth’. The film is an American science
fiction/drama film which was first screened in 2011.
 The high budget film I decided to do was ‘Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2’. This is the
last film of 8 and has a very large following of fans
as the books and films have been around so long
and therefore people have grown to love the
characters.

3. MAIN INSTITUTIONS. – LOW BUDGET
 The main institution of ‘Another Earth’ is Fox
searchline pictures. Fox searchline pictures,
established in 1994, is an American film division on
Fox entertainment along side the larger Fox studio,
20th century fox.
 Fox searchline pictures specializes in independent
and British films, which means that most films that
they produce are low budget.

4. MAIN INSTITUTIONS – HIGH BUDGET
 Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part two has
two main institutions. Heyday Films is the institution
that produced the Harry Potter film series. Heyday
films is a British film company which was founded in
1997, the films that Heyday films produce are all
similar to Harry Potter.
 Warner Brothers is the distribution institution which
has distributed all the Harry Potter films. Warner
Brothers is a very respected name in the film
industry and is used by many companies. Warner
Brothers is an American producer of film, TV and
music.

5. MONEY -LOW VS. HIGH BUDGET.
Low budget High Budget
 Production – $200,000  Production -
 Gross 1st weekend - $125million.
$77,740  Gross 1st weekend -
 Played at – 4 screens $169,189,427
 Gross - $1,316,074  Played at - 4375
Screens
 Gross -
$1,328,111,219

6. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Similarities Differences
 Both films had  Another Earth has one
institutions that are institution that does the
specific to the type of production and
film they were creating. distributing whereas
Harry Potter has an
institution for each.
 Harry Potter has well
known institutions
whereas Another Earth
has an institution that
isn’t very well known.

7. OTHER FILMS BY INSTITUTIONS – LOW
BUDGET
 127 Hours –
Budget- $18 million, Gross - $57,335,230  These are some of the films that have been
 Black Swan – produced by the institution that produced
Another Earth. Some of these films are
Budget – $13 million, Gross - $329,398,046
very well known and had quite a high
 Cedar Rapids – budget. 127 hours, Black Swan, Just
Budget – Unknown, Gross - $6,861,102 Wright and The Descendants are all films
which had a large budget therefore creating
 Conviction –
a big gross.
Budget - $12.5 million, Gross - $9,710,055
 However other films like Margret, which
 Cyrus had a budget of $6.2 million only ended up
Budget - $7 million, Gross - $9,923,855 with a gross of only $46, 495.
 Just Wright –  The Genre of film that Fox Search line
Budget - 12 million, Gross - $21,570,263 pictures produce are quite different, it
seems to have a wide range of genres in
 Margret –
films and there is no pattern on which films
Budget - $6.2 million, Gross - $46,495 are more successful.
 Never Let Me Go  The audience of the films all seem to be
Budget - $15 million, Gross - $9,455,232 12A’s which means that the company
 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
produces films mainly for teenagers and up.
Budget -$6 million , Gross - $1,645,327
 The Descendants –
Budget - $20,000,000 Gross - $61,237,000

8. OTHER FILMS BY INSTITUTIONS – HIGH
 Valentine's Day
BUDGET
Budget - $52 million, Gross -$216,485,654
 These are some of the films that have been
 Clash of the Titans
produced by the institution that produced
Budget - $125 million, Gross - $493,214,993 Harry Potter. The lowest budgeted film was
 Sex and the City 2 $17 million and therefore had the smallest
gross. There seems to be a link between
Budget - $95 million, Gross - $305,153,249
the amount put into the film and then
 Inception amount the film makes.
Budget - $160 million, Gross - $825,532,764  Warner Brothers seems to make films that
 Lottery Ticket are well known and they all seem to Gross
Budget - $17 million, Gross - $24,719,879 very well, they have a big budget to make
sure that the films are well produced.
 Life as We Know It
 Like Fox Search line pictures both
Budget - $38 million, Gross - $105,648,706
companies seem to produce a lot of genres
 Due Date and not stick to one.
Budget - $65 million, Gross - $211,780,824  Warner brothers seems to have a lot of
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 different audiences depending on the film.
Budget - $125 million, Gross - $956,399,711 There are a lot of different types and
ratings on their films and so they have a
 Yogi Bear very varied audience rather than just
Budget - $80 million, Gross - $201,584,141 having a niche one.
 Red Riding Hood
Budget - $42 million, Gross - $89,162,162

9. WHICH IS BETTER?
 Overall I found that Warner Brothers was the better
institution as they produced better grossing films than
Fox search line did.
 Warner brothers is also a better known name than
Fox search line which immediately tells you that they
are probably a better company as their work is high
profile.
 Warner Brothers is able to put more money into the
production and distribution of films which then means
that they are more able to produce better quality films.