Potential Crew For My Billing

In order to create my billing/credits I needed to compile a list of the crew who would work on the production of my film. I used IMDB to research various people, for example, Editors, Producers and Casting Directors, to find some who had previously worked on many low budget British Social Realist films - I want to use the names of real people for my crew to give the poster and teaser trailer and extra layer of credibility.


Director: Paul Andrew Williams was born on 1973 in Portsmouth, England. He is a director and writer, know for London to Brighton, Song for Marion and The Cottage.

Film Editor: David Charap is known for his work on Jawbone (2017), Year of the Devil (2002) and Wrong Side up (2005)

Music: Harry Escott is a British composer living in London. He has composed the scores to several films including Shame, Hard Candy and A Mighty Heart. He scored Eran Creevy;s 2nd feature film, the action thriller Welcome to the Punch. Escott's recent television credits include BBC One dramas What remains and River.

Casting: Dixie Chassay started out in the industry on NBC's Saturday Night Live as a cast and writers research assistant. She went on to work at independent, formerly ICM for two great actors' agents and then moved over onto casting to train with Jina Jay working on such films as Atonement, Shaun of the Dead, Munich, In Bruges, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban amongst others.

Production Designer: Helen Scott known for her work as production designer in Dark River, The Selfish Giant, Wuthering Heights and Some Dogs Bite.

Costume: Matthew Price known for work in Dark River, Ghost Stories and Unforgotten.

Cinematographer: Mike Eley member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) since 2010.

Producer: Tim Cole and Sam Tromans: 

Tim Cole is an Australian Filmmaker and Music Producer specialising in cross cultural indigenous arts projects - filmed recorded and produced in the fireld, independently.

Sam Tromans is a producer/actress known for Dead Man Running, Wild Bill and Burning Man

Executive Producer: Alan Jones, Alan Jones known for The Start Up Show.

Vicky Graham is executive producer known for Out of Joint. She was the first in-house Producer at Theatre503 and has produced 20 professional productions in London, Edinburgh, Paris, Avignon and Odd-Broadway in New York.

Billing Analysis

I am going to be analyzing the billing/credits from the following films: The Selfish Giant,

so that I know what I need to include in my own.

After looking at these billings I have discovered that they all include the same information mostly in the same order. The information included and the order is as follows:

• The production company or companies 
• Name of director 
• Name of the film
• Name of the main actors 
• The names of the other important crew members including who the music is by, the editor, production designer, director of photography, who the screenplay is by
• The name of writers 
• Director's name again

My Billing

After looking into billings for a few real movie posters I created my own billing for my film. The research helped me because I knew what staff members names to include in my billing and what order it should appear in. I used the staff members name that I found were suitable for that role and appropriate for my film.

Potential Production Companies

I am going to analyse the most used production companies for domestic drama films and start to think about which ones would be more suitable for my film trailer.

1) BBC Films

BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC, founded on 18 June 1990 and produced/co-produced some of the most successful British films e.g. Brooklyn, Jane Eyre and Saving Mr. Banks. It co-produces around eight fikms a year, working in partnership with major international and UK distributors.

2) Film4 Productions

Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the UK. It is especially known gritty, kitchen-sink style films and period drama.

3) British Film Institute (BFI)
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in UK.

4) Optimum Releasing
Optimum Releasing is a theatrical and home entertainment distributor, founded in 1999 and currently owned by StudioCanal. Since 2006 the company operates as a StudioCanal's releasing subsidiary in UK.

5) Warp Films
Warp Films is an independent film and television production company based in Sheffield & London with a further affiliated company Warp Films Australia based in Melbourne.

7. Tomboy films
Tomboy Films is a long established advertising production company that specialises in producing commercials, digital content and films. The company is run by Glynis Murray and Barnaby Spurrier. Tomboy Boast a roster of world-class, award winning directors, a team of dedicated producers, in-house editors and a line up of writers and digital specialists.

8. Moonspun films
Established by Tracy O'Riordan in 2008, Moonspun films is an award-winning documentary and feature film production company

Domestic Drama Tagline's

I am going to be looking at different tag lines from a variety of domestic drama films to see if there are common themes within them that come up.



1) London to Brighton

2) Fish Tank

I found that tag lines were not a very dominant conventions of domestic dramas and many didn't have any so they were hard to find, I will therefore not be using tag lines in my film but will instead focus on including reviews

Domestic Drama Trailer Analysis Conclusion

• Often bad relationships between characters e.g. parents and children or romantic partners
• sad music is often used
• dull colours
• poverty
• lots of reviews and awards that have been won
• independent film institutions

These were the main conventions that stood out so I will aim to incoporate them into my film.

Domestic Drama Teaser Trailer Genre Convention - Fish Tank

I analaysed the teaser trailer for Fish Tank to establish what conventions for the genre of a Domestic Drama are typically found.






I have embedded the trailer for Fish Tank

Here is a list of the genre conventions I found in this trailer:

• Estates, high rise towers
• working class family
• clothing, accents and behaviour all typical behaviours of low social class 
• Conflict/dispute
• Dull colours
• Messy/dirty house
• Alcohol
• trying to escape from something
• music used to create suspense and heightens when characters are running

Domestic Drama Teaser Trailer Genre Convention - The Selfish Giant

I analysed the Teaser Trailer for The Selfish Giant to establish what genre conventions are found in domestic dramas.





Below is a list of all the genre conventions i found for this trailer:

• slow/sad music
• conflict
• disobedient/troublesome children
• dull colours
• poor housing

Domestic Drama Poster Genre Conventions - Ratcatcher

Below is the poster for 'Rat catcher'

• Central dominant image - character looks unhappy and has a lot on his mind
• the colours are dull and dimmed suggesting sadness and setting the mood of the film
• The font is not very dominant/bold possibly reflecting character

Domestic Drama Teaser Trailer Genre Convention - London to Brighton

I analysed the Teaser Trailer for London to Brighton to establish what genre conventions are found in domestic dramas.

Below is a list of the genre conventions I found:

• Trying to runaway/escape
• young child
• innappropriate relationship with older men
• sad music then changes to more upbeat
• worried parent
• conflict
• crime
• violence