Entrance Activity
YOU MUST identify as many features possible that make this text appealing to a UK Audience.YOU SHOULD apply theory such as Prof. Christine Gledhill (2003) if it’s relevantExtension – YOU COULD research whether the text WAS successful amongst UK audience.
• YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry.
The Picture
Title: UK Film and Event Movies
Friday 19th December 2014
Unit FM2: Section A – Producers & Audience
• Go to:http://ncrafts.wordpress.com/wjec-a-level-film-studies/fm2-british-american-film/section-a-producers-and-audiences/
• WHO Produced and Distributed the movie? – Was there a co-production deal?• HOW was the film marketed?• Find out x3 Facts surrounding the film from the page OR from further research into the
text.• WHO Directed the text? What year was it released? HOW did it perform at the UK Box-
Office? Does it conform to Warren Bucklands (2009) ideology?
Homework:
• Produce a mind-map on what we have learnt over the last x4 lessons
• Research a UK Film released this year and how it was produced, distributed and marketed.
DUE: Today - Friday 19th December
Why?
Aims & Objectives
• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning and deconstruct some Film material to develop your understanding of:
• ALL OF YOU WILL develop your understanding of the HOW the UK film industry works and what consititutes a BRITISH film.
• Review the Learning.
AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the film industry.
• YOU WILL learn about the expectations of this section of the exam and what you will be assessed on.
FM2 – Section A (40 Marks)
http://ncrafts.wordpress.com/wjec-a-level-film-studies/fm2-british-american-film/section-a-producers-and-audiences/
Starter
• Go to the link above
• Complete the Quiz Questions and note down any questions – once you have received your feedback – that you need to spend more time learning.
“Is the blockbuster film—the locomotive, the tentpole, the mega-picture—the defining phenomenon of contemporary
moviemaking?”
(David Bordwell – 2006)
http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/theway.php
Do you agree?
YOU MUST research how many of the Top 10 films this year (2014) could be deemed as “mega-pictures” (Bordwell – 2006)YOU MUST support your understanding with evidence (statistics) from your research.
Nick Roddick (2010) –
“Technology is not only changing the business of film making, but also the importance of story”
Magazine
• WHO produced this film?
• WHO distributed it?
• WHO Directed it?
• WHERE was it filmed?
• WHO are the ‘stars’ (Richard Dyer) in this text?
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/60338b6c-1263-11e4-93a5-00144feabdc0.html
Iron Man 3 took $121m in China
FM2 – Section A
Research Task –
• WHAT qualifies this film to be a UK Film?
• WHO produced and distributed the text?
• Marketing – HOW was the film marketed?
• HOW did the text do at the box-office in the UK?
http://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-film
• Visit the link above
• Note down x10 Facts from the page and – in particular – focus on the “Cultural Test”
• What films were certified as “British”?
• UK Producers
• UK Distributors
• UK ‘Star’
• UK Director
• Shot on location in the UK
HOW many of the criteria below does the text tick?