Institution, which one would make our Film

Rocket Jump

Why this is the perfect institution to Produce and Shoot our Film 

An independent film making company based in Los Angles USA, Rocket jump originates from the Youtube channels, ‘Freddiew', 'BrandonJla' and ‘Corridor Digital’. 

Specialising in VFX and comedic action sequences which were regarded as being the best on the Internet, the channels also offer tutorials in their behind the scenes videos. There most popular video to date counts at more than 29 million views, and currently have just under 7 Million subscribers.

Having independently made shorts once a week, and the low budget film ‘Bear’(2010), the Co-creator of Freddiew, Freddie Wong, set out to do ( at the time) what his 5 million strong fan base had been asking him to do for years, make a TV style internet series. Freddie and his Co-creator Brandon Laatsch (BrandonJLA) spent 7 months in secret writing the internet series, titled Video Game High School, being he first independently made internet series it was viewed over 10 million times, and encouraged the two writers  to make a further 2 seasons, and ended the story in late 2014. 

Having been independent, low budget and dedicated film maker in the past, Freddie Wong has a very good understanding of how to finance effectively, with little money, and how to achieve amazing results in short spaces of time, sometimes overnight. When still on their own, they may write something Saturday afternoon, shoot Saturday night, edit through to Sunday morning and release the video onto Youtube as soon as they were done, the videos targeting the hip young teens and twenties audiences (although he himself is now coming into his 30s).

Freddie Wong, in one of his earlier
YouTube shorts 'Beach Justice' 

Having been fans of the Channel from an early stage, i understand that Rocket Jump is a small and very professional company, which now is moving into the big leagues along side Lions Gate, but at its current state, they would be able to work very closely with our group in order to make our film work, they way we would imagine it, whilst at the same time effectively advising us on how to make it better. Due to having a strong presence on Social media and through comments on Youtube, they are able to understand week in and week out what media Text their audience want to see, so every new Text is as up to date as it needs to be.

Also, having many dedicated financial backers, Rocket Jump are able to achieve more, in the past they had creativity yet very limited resources and time to make the visions happen. Now with more money and time, their sky is the limit.

One factor to be taken into account is that Rocket Jump Operate on the Online Platform, and though transferring to TV and the Big screen is a possibility, it isn't necessary, F. Wong is a very strong believer in the online platform for Media Texts, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Youtube, will eventually over take TV and the Big Screen, due to the on demand exesibility they offer. And being amateur film makers this is the easiest platform to access and is a good platform to reach our audience for feedback on the media text we finally produce. 

Due to contracts with bigger companies such as LionsGate, there is possibility that our film could be handed onto them for a transformation into a bigger production. But we would be taking things realistically by starting out with a smaller company, and working towards the big leagues, and Rocket Jump is the perfect platform for this tactic.