Annya's A-Level Media Blog // Mr Halsey

1) Write a 100 word summary of the Media Magazine article. The article first addresses the distribution of the film  The top 6 distributors are the  major studios (Sony Pictures, 20th  Century Fox, Warner Bros, Universal,  Disney and Paramount) and they  represent 65% of market share, generated from only 173 out of the 755  films released in the UK in 2012.  As reported by Michael Rosser in ScreenDaily on July 8th 2013, A Field in  England made a comfortable £21,399  over its opening weekend and played  to sold-out crowds at some key inner- city venues.  It’s apparently still too early to talk about  the success of this  release strategy. However, in an i nterview with Mark Kermode on his  film blog, he  was confident the  strategy had been a success. 2) Read the following pages on the official website for  A Field In England  and write a one-sentence summary of each. Each page provi...

Film regulation and the BBFC - blog tasks: 1) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? The BBFC is responsible for age ratings on movies, series, and other productions that could potentially contain images or  scenes that are harmful for certain ages. 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. First, Compliance Officers normally view DVD submissions on their own – called solo viewing and then follow that with different types of viewing that reflect cinematic or at-home viewing  in order to accurately reproduce the effect that sound levels and special effects will have on the cinema audience. DVDs are viewed in the BBFC's viewing rooms on plasma screens, to recreate the 'home viewing' experience. With films that are in other languages,  and there are no subtitles, the BBFC will use an interpreter who will sit alongsid...

Funding 1) What was the budget for  Chicken ? £110,000 2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? Through private investors 3) How does the  Chicken  budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as  Spectre  or  Paddington 2 ? It has a micro budget unlike the Hollywood films. 4) Joe Stephenson tried to secure funding from organisations that help low-budget filmmakers. What is the  BFI Film Fund  and how does it contribute to the British film industry? It uses lottery money to fund diverse and low budget movies. 5) Why do you think  Chicken  failed to secure funding from the BFI Film Fund? It addresses a demographic that isn't usually captured so there was no guarantee that it would do well profit-wise. Production 1)  What difficulties did the film run into during production? They found difficulties when it came to their budget and outdoor settings as it meant they had unr...

Factsheet #132: British Film 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. It is a film based in Britain with British Actors/Characters with a British subject matter. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? British film as a production context also tends to be varied but idiosyncratic to the story being told within the film. A films production context is the conditions under which the film has been made. For instance the Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories.  3) When did the James Bond franchise start? In the 1960's. 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? The British film industry in the 1970's was dominated by the subject of censorship that con...