Film

Something new spreading

fast – an example is social

media

A large organisation that

owns many subsidiary

companies

A conglomerate that can

produce its own

merchandise, video games,

music, comics, books, sell

them on their own website,

shops/parks. This is called…

When companies come

together this is called…

When a film is marked

across many different

platforms this is called…

This stage involves getting

the green light, budget, star

appeal, repetition and

difference, technology,

cast & crew – experience

and film rights

This term means that a

person creates their own

forms of media

When a person watches a

film on any platform they

are called…

Dreamworks SKG and

Lionsgate are examples of

this. Not pat of The Big 6

but are regarded as…

The change is audience

patterns suggests which

age group is going to the

cinema the most

Some say that the British film industry is

approaching its death. Do you agree?

• Does your case study prove the industry is dying or is it successful?

• Do the classifications of British films offer any help to rejuvenate the

industry?

• Would Doyle and Lord Smith agree or disagree with this statement?

• What has helped or hindered the film’s success?

• How has the changing ways institutions can market the film been

exploited by your case study?

• The British film industry is mostly independent.

• Inbetweeners 2 - How was the film’s success boosted by the TV

programme and the first film (pre-audience)?

Level 4

Explanation/analysis/argument (16-20 marks) Shows excellent understanding of the task Excellent knowledge and understanding of institutional/audience

practices – factual knowledge is relevant and accurate A clear and developed argument, substantiated by detailed reference to

case study material Clearly relevant to set question

Use of examples (16-20 marks) Offers frequent evidence from case study material – award marks to

reflect the range and appropriateness of examples from case study and/or own experience

Offers examples which are clearly relevant to the set question

Use of terminology (8-10 marks) Use of terminology is relevant and accurate

Complex issues have been expressed clearly and fluently. Sentences and paragraphs,

consistently relevant, have been well structured, using appropriate technical

terminology. There may be few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• Category A: films made with British money, personnel and resources.

• Category B: films co-funded with money from Britain and from foreign

investment, but the majority of finance, cultural content and personnel are

British.

• Category C: films with mostly foreign (but not USA) and a small British input,

either financially or creatively.

• Category D: films made with the UK with (usually) British cultural content, but

financed fully or partly by American companies.

• Category E: American films with some British involvement.

What impacts the way films are produced,

marketed, distributed and viewed by

audiences?

TerminologyIndependent company, commercial institution, studio system, social media,

audience consumption, technological convergence, digital revolution

• There is no coherent British film industry in the way that radio

programmes or books are produced, distributed and sold in Britain.

• There is no large film company which can, from its own turnover and

backers, finance movies – least of all for distribution on a global scale.

• Finance for British films is cobbled together from a variety of sources.

Predominantly, money comes from the US majors.

• Television may also provide some funding. Channel 4 has been a

relatively significant supporter of low-budget British films.

• The BBC puts only 1 per cent of its budget into film production.

• The British National Lottery has also given some money, to be

administered through the UK Film Council.

• What are legally defined as British films (and so eligible for certain tax

concessions) may be made largely by British workers, but often are

funded by US money – companies such as Miramax.

Doyle (2002)

‘The small size of the domestic UK market

and the disaggregated structure of the

industry prevent the indigenous

production sector [British film makers]

from growing beyond a cottage

industry.’

Doyle v The Lord Smith Report 2012

LORD SMITH REPORT (2012)

Bring film education into every school.

Encourage major broadcasters (on TV) to invest more in the screening,

acquisition and production of independent British films.

Stage an annual "British film week".

Ensure a more collaborative approach between producers, directors

and distributors and reinvest money from successful movies into further

production.

Strengthen investment in training and skills development.

Broaden access to films in remote and rural areas by providing

equipment and facilities to local film societies and community halls.

Renew efforts to combat piracy.

Doyle: the British film industry will never grow; it is a ‘cottage industry’.

Assessed homework task

Some say that the British film industry is

approaching its death. Do you agree?

• Does your case study prove the industry is dying or is it successful?

• Do the classifications of British films offer any help to rejuvenate the

industry?

• Would Doyle and Lord Smith agree or disagree with this statement?

• What has helped or hindered the film’s success?

• How has the changing ways institutions can market the film been

exploited by your case study?

• How was the film’s success boosted by the TV programme and the first

film (pre-audience)?

• The British film industry is mostly independent. Is Bwark typical of an

independent film maker?

1000 words, 12pt typed by Friday 13th February, 2015

Who are The Big 6 & mini

majors?

What are their subsidiary companies?

Frozen (2013) (Disney – The Walt Disney

Company) $1,274,219,009

Transformers 4 (2014) (Paramount –

Viacom) $1,091,405,097

Fast and Furious 7 (2015)(Universal –

NBC) $1.1 billion worldwide

A Field in England (2013)–

Channel 4 & Rook Films

$32,846 13 cinemas

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

(2013) Baby Cow Films

$9,727,099 22 theaters

The Worlds End – Working Title –

Universal

$46,089,287

The Theory of Everything (2014)–

working title – Universal

$121,201,940

Whiplash (2014) Bold Films,

Blumhouse Productions, Right of

Way Films. Distribution – Sony

$13,092,000

Saving Lincoln (2013) Pictures from

the Fringe Lane Street Pictures

(budget $700,000)

TV Drama

Representation

Name the groups that could be on the exam

What are the stereotypes for these groups consider

Representation in

micro elements

Editing Sound

Mise-en-scene Cinematography