Production Team: The Boat That Rocked.

Director: Richard Curtis

Producers: Hillary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Executive Producer: Lisa Chasin

Co-Producer: Ronaldo Vasconcellos

Associate Producer: Emma Freud

Screenwriter: Richard Curtis

Production Manager: James Biddle

Production Accountant: Nathan Woods

Location Manager: Adam Richards

Director of Photography: Danny Cohen

Production Designer: Mark Tildesley

Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston

Editor: Emma Hickox

Sound Designer: Ian Voigt

SFX Supervisor: Richard Conway 

VFX Supervisor: Richard Briscoe 

Hair and Makeup Designer: Christine Blundell

Writer and Director Richard Curtis:

Distribution.

Originally, Universal Pictures were tipped to be in charge of the film's distribution, however, Focus Features took over and began working with Richard Curtis to produce a leaner version of the film in an attempt to ensure the film succeeds overseas. 

Before the U.S release date, Focus Features decided to edit the 129 minute movie to make it shorter. The Boat That Rocked was originally supposed to open in  U.S. theatres on August 28 2009 (in accordance with Universal Pictures' plans), but the date was pushed back to November. President of Focus Features, James Schamus said: “It will be a shorter, leaner version…We think it is a real crowd-pleaser. We love a challenge, and we love working with Working Title.”

Varying film posters for The Boat That Rocked, the last one is a poster from the US which shows the title change in distribution.

Production & Distribution Details - The Boat That Rocked.

Release Dates:

Film: April 1, 2009 (UK)

Running Time:

135 minutes

Distributor:

Focus Features

Production Company:

• Working Title Films

Box Office Total:

$2,869,000

Production Budget:

$50,000,000 (Estimated)

Filming Locations:

London, England                                                                             

Analysis.

The Boat that Rocked - Analysis of Film Poster 

Narrative: 

Series of images suggest there is no one main character.

Facial expressions show personalities of characters e.g. Bill Nighy presented as cool/laid back, Kenneth Brannagh shown as boring and stern.

Clothing is representative of the decade in which the film is set - bright glasses/high collars/ ascots etc.

Images of the Key Settings and the main characters:

The title of the film ‘The Boat That Rocked’ - shown clearly.

Bold, prominent font used to draw in viewers, font also linked to the era.

The film consists of well known British and American actors e.g. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rhys Ifans.

They use Philip Seymour Hoffman to appeal to an american audience.

The stars names are placed above the title of the film. 

The key images of the poster consist of the main characters each pulling an expression that links to their characteristics. 

A large array of colours to represent their large and differing personalities e.g. Kenneth Brannagh has a grey background (boring/conservative) whereas Nick Frost has a yellow background (fun/bubbly/warm). 

The film appears to link to music, shown by use of the word ‘rock’ and the fact that it is about DJs in the 60s. 

The target audience could be a number of demographics because of the era in which it is set. Whereas the obvious rebellious nature of the film would appeal to a younger audience. 

The Boat That Rocked.

Director: Richard Curtis

Filmed on Location at: 

Gambardella's Cafe, Blackheath Standard, London, England, UK

London, England, UK

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK

Osprey Quay, Isle of Portland, Portland, Dorset, England, UK

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Portland Bill, Dorset, England, UK

Portland, Dorset, England, UK

Roupell Street, Waterloo, London, England, UK

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

The Beach, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Alternative Titles:

Good Morning England	(France)
I Love Radio Rock (Italy)

Pirate Radio (USA)
Pirates Rock (Japan) Radio Rock Revolution (Germany) Distributed By:  Universal Pictures Focus Features The Film was written and directed by Richard Curtis, well known director who has worked with the company before to direct films such as Four Weddings and A Funeral.  In Production, principal photography took three months lasting from March to June 2008.

Inspired by the British pirate radio revolution in the '60s, the majority of the film's shoot took place in a large rusty metal fishing trawler just off the coast of England.

In 1966 the BBC played only two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And more than half the population of Britain listened to these pirates every single day.

This means that the film is likely to make a connection with older audiences, who may be able to relate to the actual even

Featurette on the background information behind TBTR

Working Title Films.

Working Title Films is a  British film production company, based in  London, England. The company was founded by  Tim Bevan and   Sarah Radclyffe in 1982. It produces feature films and some television productions.  Eric Fellner and Bevan are the co-owners of the company now. 

Its first film, Stephen Frears' My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), led to an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for Hanif Kureishi and an acting one for Daniel Day-Lewis.

More recently it has successfully produced Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bean, Elizabeth, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, About A Boy. Actor Hugh Grant and writer Richard Curtis have been party to several of these films.

Some Notable films produced by Working Title are:

The Boat That Rocked

Love, Actually

Wimbledon

Pride and Prejudice

Shaun of the Dead

Hot Fuzz

The Big Lebowski

Nanny McPhee

Films that are curently in prodcution in Working Title are:

Paul

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

When producing a film, the company has to consider many different viewpoints in order to be able to attract their audiences. 

In The Boat That Rocked, the soundtrack acted as a hook for audiences as well as the fact that the casting directors had enlisted well known british and american actors to star. This also gives the film more of a chance to be successful when being distributed overseas, as they have not only included well known british actors, but also Philip Seymour Hoffman, who is popular in the USA.

The insiticution produce 4/5 films per year and try to branch out across many genres. They also try to use on of their films to introduce new talent in the industry, such as previously unknown directors and actors.

The role of a producer is:

• Come up with ideas
  
• Find Writers
  
• Find a director and other creative people
  
• Cast actors
  
• Handle the budget
  
• Find a distributor
  
• Hire creative managers
  
• Manage time
  

In Post Production, a producer must work with the editor and director of the film to ensure that it meets the standards of the instituation, they must also handle all distribution matters.