What % of global box office was the British film industry responsible for?
The British film industry is responsible for 15% of the global box office.
What was this % in 2009?
Britain is responsible for 6.8% of the film industry.
What might this change indicate about British film?
That the British film industry is becoming increasingly popular and is becoming more responsible for the global box office.
What films have been responsible for this change?
Batman: The dark knight and James Bond: Sky fall
What % of the British film industry makes a profit?
Only 7% of the British film industry actually make a profit.
What % of Hollywood films make a profit?
17% of Hollywood films make a profit.
How does that % differ between £2m and £10m budget British films?
7% makes 2 million and 17% makes 10 million.
What might we infer from this difference?
That Hollywood films bring in more income from the film that British films.
Which age group makes up the largest % of UK cinema goers?
The age range is 18-24 years old.
Why do you think this might be?
because most films are targeted at this age range.
Which 'type' of film has seen an 18% drop in attendance?
3D films.
Within that 'type' which genre has seen the biggest fall?
Big family films, such as Madagascar and Brave.
What did Charles Grant put this decline down to?
The price of seeing a 3D film at the cinema, this deterred families.
Who is Paul Green grass?
Paul greeengrass is a British film director.
How did he describe the British film industry?
What did a BFI spokesperson say was the point of less profitable low budget British films?
What was the budget for Filth and how much money did it take?
The budget was just under 2 million and it made 4 million.
What advantage did James McEvoy feel £100m films have over low budget films?
What is VOD?
What % increase did VOD see last year?
What impact might VOD have on distributers and Studios?
What impact has it had on Blockbuster rental stores?
What was unique about Ben Wheatleys 'A Field In England'?
What does director of The Machine Caradog James think is the toughest part of film making?
Why have rules been relaxed on what makes a film 'British'?
How has the use of visual effects in films been encouraged?
Name five of these rules and link them to The Kings Speech, Kill List, The World's End
What rules has chancellor George Osborne announced for tax on British films?
What is the highest grossing film in UK box office history?
How much has it taken and how many screens was it available on?
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Stereotypes
Stereotypes are where people judge other people on where they are from or how they look. Stereotypes can be positive as well as negative.
Here are examples of bad stereotypes:
Teenagers: The stereotype for teenagers is that they are all hoodies, and that they hang around the streets getting up to no good.
Blondes: The stereotype for blondes is that they are dumb.
Irish: The stereotype for the Irish is that they drink a lot.
Here are examples of good stereotypes:
Asians: The stereotype for Asians is that they are good at maths.
Here are examples of bad stereotypes:
Teenagers: The stereotype for teenagers is that they are all hoodies, and that they hang around the streets getting up to no good.
Blondes: The stereotype for blondes is that they are dumb.
Irish: The stereotype for the Irish is that they drink a lot.
Here are examples of good stereotypes:
Asians: The stereotype for Asians is that they are good at maths.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Mr Smith Marketing of the kings speech
The only good thing about this poster is that the colours matched the time that it was set in. The poster could have been aimed at the older audience, due to that the poster doesn't actually show anything about the film, for example who is the king? also why is the woman in the middle and the man on the right looking cheeky and grinning looking in a different direction while the man on the left is serious staring straight at the camera. The film was supposed to be giving off a royal, classy image, but instead gave off a comedic image. The poster is giving off a comedy genre set in the past. Also the use of the posh font anchors the old fashioned theme.
The background colour is a boring/plain colour so it could be appealing to cult audiences. The whole poster as a whole is quite boring and plain, the font used looks like a standard font, not a posh one to reflect the film.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
"How does your chosen clip hook the audience?"
In this essay i will be discussing how the introduction to Star Trek:Into darkness and how it grabs the audiences attention.
Mise en scene: The mise on scene hooked the audiences attention by telling the audience that it is on a different planet (Nibiru) This grabbed the audiences attention because immediately they are told that they are watching an unknown planet. Next the use of the red forest hooked the audiences attention because it is unusual and the use of the vibrant colors of the red leaves the audience is automatically focused on that, also the use of neutral colors for the uniform and the brown branches and trunk also makes the red leaves stand out more.The use of unusual aliens also grabs the audiences attention because all of this is out of the ordinary, and the audience will be intrigued by what is going on, and how the Nibirins live and how they look similar to humans but different because of how their skin is flaky and white with black lines going throughout their faces and body.This also grabs their attention because it is still creating mystery as to why they are running from an under developed civilization (We know this from the use of spears and not guns). The use of props also hooks the audience, the scroll in captain kirks hand added a sense of mystery to what was happening, as well as the use of a Sci-Fi gun, the phaser, to stun the monster blocking their path. This grabbed the audiences attention because they see action and not just a Kirk and Spock running through a Forrest.
Mise en scene: The mise on scene hooked the audiences attention by telling the audience that it is on a different planet (Nibiru) This grabbed the audiences attention because immediately they are told that they are watching an unknown planet. Next the use of the red forest hooked the audiences attention because it is unusual and the use of the vibrant colors of the red leaves the audience is automatically focused on that, also the use of neutral colors for the uniform and the brown branches and trunk also makes the red leaves stand out more.The use of unusual aliens also grabs the audiences attention because all of this is out of the ordinary, and the audience will be intrigued by what is going on, and how the Nibirins live and how they look similar to humans but different because of how their skin is flaky and white with black lines going throughout their faces and body.This also grabs their attention because it is still creating mystery as to why they are running from an under developed civilization (We know this from the use of spears and not guns). The use of props also hooks the audience, the scroll in captain kirks hand added a sense of mystery to what was happening, as well as the use of a Sci-Fi gun, the phaser, to stun the monster blocking their path. This grabbed the audiences attention because they see action and not just a Kirk and Spock running through a Forrest.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Mr smith: Production Companies for Kill List and other films they were involved in.
Screen Yorkshire:
- Pulse
- Donkey Punch
- This is England
- Tyrannosaur
- Wuthering Heights
- Kill List
- How I live now
- A Field in England
- Seven Psychopaths
- Sightseers
- The Inbetweeners Movie
- Kill List
- Catch Me Daddy
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- Baseline
- Rivals
- Kill List
- Talking to the Dead
- Submarine
- Four Lions
- This Is England
- Hush
- Kill List
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Mr smiths Essay Notes “Media production is dominated by global institutions, which sell their products and services to national audiences”.
Topic- Uk and Us films
Aspect- Production
Viewpoint- Dominated
Instruction- To what extent
Patterns of Production. Distribution. Consumption. - Use own examples of films i have watched (Star trek, Dredd, KillList)
The difference between small budget and big budget-
How much was spent on it?
Kill list- £500,000 Made- $26,297
Star Trek- $190,000,000 Made- $228,756,232
Better effects, actors, quality. Shows that money do bring people into the cinema.
Aspect- Production
Viewpoint- Dominated
Instruction- To what extent
Patterns of Production. Distribution. Consumption. - Use own examples of films i have watched (Star trek, Dredd, KillList)
The difference between small budget and big budget-
How much was spent on it?
Kill list- £500,000 Made- $26,297
Star Trek- $190,000,000 Made- $228,756,232
Better effects, actors, quality. Shows that money do bring people into the cinema.
Monday, 18 November 2013
Mr Smith " In what ways have the improvements in hardware and content affected institutions and audiences"
Th Blu ray disc was released in 2006 and these are the improvements in hardware it has compared to the DVD. Blu ray's maximum resolution is 1080p while DVD is limited to 480p. This means that you will see more of a detailed image, and see things clearer as well as the sound quality being improved. Blu ray is the highest quality video format available on the market. A Blu ray disc can hold up to 50GB of information while a DVD can only hold 8GB, This is good for Blu ray because it can fit more things onto one disc. Blu ray also has special features such as "BD-Live" this allows the user to connect to the internet and access extra content for the Blu ray such as additional deleted scenes, outtakes, trailers.Also with a DVD there is a short pause when the disc reader will switch from the first layer to the second, on Blu ray this short pause does not occur.The only downside to Blu ray is that it costs slightly more than a DVD but some people would prefer to watch in the film in a better quality and pay a little extra. This has affected institutions and audiences because more people would buy a Blu ray home cinema set and watch the movies at home because the quality of the picture and sound would be better, than going to the cinema.
Another improvement to hardware is movie streaming. This is where the user can stream movies from any device that can connect to the internet. For example, a gaming console is now compatible with Netflix a movie streaming website so that the user can watch films on their games console.
This affects the institutions and audiences because people would find it easier to watch films at home than traveling to the cinema.The film makers will not be losing out on money because they would sell the movie to a streaming site or a movie channel such as Sky Movies, this is a synergy and convergence between Sky Movies and Film Makers. In some cases this would boost the sales for both the film makers and Sky movies, for example After earth was released on sky movies before it came out on Blu ray or DVD, so this would encourage people to watch it on Sky Movies.
Due to more people watching films at home and not watching them at the cinema, the affect cinemas was that they were forced to converge with orange and do special deals, for example Orange Wednesdays. This is great for both company's as it is a good promotional tool, the cinema could show Orange adverts before the film.
In conclusion the improvements in hardware and content are affecting institutions and audiences to watch films in their homes rather than go to the cinema.
Another improvement to hardware is movie streaming. This is where the user can stream movies from any device that can connect to the internet. For example, a gaming console is now compatible with Netflix a movie streaming website so that the user can watch films on their games console.
This affects the institutions and audiences because people would find it easier to watch films at home than traveling to the cinema.The film makers will not be losing out on money because they would sell the movie to a streaming site or a movie channel such as Sky Movies, this is a synergy and convergence between Sky Movies and Film Makers. In some cases this would boost the sales for both the film makers and Sky movies, for example After earth was released on sky movies before it came out on Blu ray or DVD, so this would encourage people to watch it on Sky Movies.
Due to more people watching films at home and not watching them at the cinema, the affect cinemas was that they were forced to converge with orange and do special deals, for example Orange Wednesdays. This is great for both company's as it is a good promotional tool, the cinema could show Orange adverts before the film.
In conclusion the improvements in hardware and content are affecting institutions and audiences to watch films in their homes rather than go to the cinema.
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