Working title films

Working title films is a British film production company based in London. It produces feature films and some television productions. The company is now co-owned by Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan who's films have won 6 Academy Awards, 24 BAFTAs and won prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals. Not to mention the awards that they have won themselves; the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema at the 2004 BAFTAs and the Alexander Walker Film Award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards in 2005.

Some of the 'Working title film' productions include:

• About a boy



• The boat that rocked



• Billy Elliot



• Wild child

• Burn after reading



• State of play



• Bridget Jones's diary

Working title films is actually quite a small production company, however works (makes deals and co-finances films) with the well known production company universal studios, based in Hollywood America ( which is a subsidiary to NBC universal).

This is why, as you may have noticed, not all of the working title film productions are British.

Violence in 'Get Carter' and 'The Italian job'

There are many similarities between the films 'Get Carter' and 'The Italian job'. The well known actor Michael Caine stared in both films, resorting to violence to get what he wanted.
The violence however differed between the films as the criminal activity was glamorised more in the film 'The Italian job'.

I found that the film 'Get Carter' was at a much slower pace than 'The Italian job'. The slow pace however made 'Get Carter' seem more realistic. In today’s society it has become increasingly more common for violent films to be shown in a more glamorised manor. Not only in 'The Italian job' but in other recent films such as 'Oceans 11', 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and many others the criminal activity present in the films is shown in a way that makes the audience what them to get away with the crime. In 'The Italian job' the main character (Michael Caine), even when he first appears in the film, he was coming out of prison and was then rewarded with a visit from many women (prostitutes). Straight away his character is a person who impressionable young boys would look up to.
The violence in the film also shows little repercussions, so the audience is aware of the violence however isn't shown how bad the result of these actions are.

In the film 'Get Carter' the violence is made to seem more real. This is done by the slow pace of the film and also the dark shots that were used. The dark shots help the film show the real side of crime. The violence is also more real as it shows some of the repercussions of crime, for example when it showed Jack's brothers dead body. The dead body made the crime and violence in the film seem more real as the audience was aware of what had happened to Jack's brother at the start of the film and therefore knew what would happen to the characters that get hurt. The death of the brother is also constantly on the audiences mind as it was shown at the start of the film and the plot is based around this death, this also makes the film seem less glamorous.