INDIE Case Study - Warp

Warp Films was born as a film subsidiary of the independent record company Warp Records.

2002 - Short Film My Wrongs (by Chris Morris)

2004 - First full feature-length film,

           Dead Man's Shoes directed by Shane 

           Meadows, 

2006 - This Is England, Shane Meadows

2007 - Grow Your Own, comedy about racial 

            issues

2008 - Hush, Horror road trip 

2009 - Le Donk + Scor-Say-Zee, mockumentary, 

           took five days to film, shows how 

           convergence and digitisation have made

           filming easier

2010 - Four Lions, surprise small hit, Warp took

           a gamble and increased the number of 

           screens 

2011 - Tyrannosaur, critics raved about the film

           It was given to a US distributor who 

           specialize mainly in LGBT+ films.

2013 - For Those In Peril, final film produced by 

           Warp X, looks like the grant has dried up.

2014 - '71, an historical action thriller, set in NI.

           But unlike other indie films about The 

           Troubles it was from the POV of an 

           English soldier, not the Northern Irish, 

           which goes against the representation of

           minorities. The action genre chosen is 

           quite commercial. However, the lead is 

           unknown to international audiences, is not

           RP and working class. Not glamorized like

           a typical action hero, has less control/

           agency within the narrative unlike Matt

           Damon's lead character in Working Title's

           Green Zone. It flopped, but slowly

           achieved $1.2m in the US.

2016 - Ghost Stories announced. Demonstrates

           Warp's ineffective online presence.

           Yardie announced. Directorial debut of 

           Idris Elba,