The British film industry: blog tasks

 Factsheet #132: British Film

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British.

British main character that was filmed in England 

2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film?

British film production tends to be varied but also idiosyncratic to the story being told in the film, Hollywood production context have high budgets and heavily reliant on celebrities both in the cast and crew 

3) When did the James Bond franchise start?

Around the 1960s

4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s?

The 1970s see a rise in British films of sexual content both the act of sex and sex linked with violence, the 1980s see a rise of video filmmaking was becoming more accessible and extreme content so the continual evolution of film censorship 

5) What groups are often represented in British film? Give examples of films these groups feature in.

Class, politics, social change, education, youth(A clockwork orange), women 

6) What does the Factsheet suggest might be the audience appeal of British film?

The focus and content on British culture 

Factsheet #100: British film industry

1) What is the 'cultural test' to see if a film counts as British?

A test that is divided into 4 sections and the film needs to score 16 out of a possible 31 to be classified as a British film 

2) Complete the task on the Factsheet - choose three of the films listed and research them to work out what they score on the cultural test: The Sweeney (2012), Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Skyfall.

The kings speech 21/31, attack the block 18/31, skyfall 22/31

3) What is the main problem for the British film industry?

The British film industry has been production led rather than distribution led 

4) What are three of the strengths of the British film industry?

Outstanding facilities, outstanding creative skills of practitioners, started before World War One 

5) What are the two options for the future of the British film industry?

Co-productions with the American studios, Low budget film targeted at a niche audience 

6) In your opinion, which of these two options would best safeguard the future of the British film industry?

I think co production with American as they can raise large funds to help with the budget of the films to generate more recognition from American and national audiences and also more revenue