Institution and Audience

1. What is Film4's remit, its reason and purpose for being?

Channel 4 has a unique way looking for the best institutional model results in a unique relationship with audiences, programme suppliers, advertisers and policymakers. Channel 4's remit it's reason for being is the provision of a broad range of high quality to the viewer also diversing quality programming they also demonstrate innovation, experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes; appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society; makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value; and exhibits a distinctive character.

2. What types of films are green-lighted by Film4?

Film 4 have produced many films being fairly succesfull for a small production company some of theese films include well known films like Shaun of The Dead, Borat, Deep Water, 127 hours which was recently released in the uk and did very well in the viewing charts. There is many others aswell, Film 4 seem not to focus on one specific genre but a range of different genres to attract lot's of different audiences like it says in there remit.

3. Why is Tessa Ross regarded as "the mother of British film-making" ?

Ross began her career in the theatre before joining the literary agency Anthony Shiel Associates. She joined the BBC as a script editor and worked her way up through the corporation before joining Channel 4 as head of drama in 2000. She later went on to direct Slumdog Millionaire which was awarded 4 awards at the golden globe, the mother of British film making Tessa Ross stayed slouched in her seat when theese awards were presented. But she was more responsible than anyone else for making this film such a success. Someone quoted Tess Ross has become like a mother figure to Britain's film industry, nurturing new talent and nursing more established directors who might be feeling unloved. She is not uncomfortable with being seen in a maternal role. "I'd like that, I think that's the right way, isn't it?" she says. "It's all about nurturing. This should be a very cosy place, it should be the safe place. If you can't make mistakes here at home, where can you?" she now has been nominated for a massive 20 golden globes.

4.  How much is Film4's yearly budget and how much of it did "Slumdog Millionaire take up?

Film 4's budget has just been raised to 15million a year, down to the fact that slumdog millionaire was such a hit. This budget rise has been gaurented to last for at least 5 years and the progarmming budget has already pledged to increase it's budget to 50million. Slumdog Millionaire took up nearly all of the annual budget costing around 8 million.

5. Why does Film4 form partnerships with other companies/individuals?

Film 4 try to form partnerships with companies/individual for many reasons including, one of the main reasons for theese partnerships is so that they can bring more money in to the company giving them a bigger film budget. Another reason for theese partnerships is that if the film does not receive alot of attention, and is a complete failure then there can be slpit blame for this, taking some of the critisim of there shoulder.