Anosha media blog 2 -Mr Bush

. 1)   British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2)  Chicken  case study research   3) Regulation - BBFC research and 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 rating movies as to which is appropriate for which age groups. The have a link to the government as a member of House of Lords, Lord Patel is their vice president. They are funded through charged fees which means that film distributors will pay to have their work rated. However, the BBFC is a non-governmental body which means they are independent body.  2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. Films are rated through terms two this means that the controversial or extreme content is seen in these two teams. Often they get more than one opinion to rated films and this means there are often are more than two teams. All the content/general theme that are viewed are plot, characters and outline individuals scenes. The timing ...

Funding 1) What was the budget for Chicken ? The budget for chicken was £110,000. 2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? It was raised through investments from rich friends and contacts. 3) How does the Chicken budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as Spectre or Paddington 2 ? Chicken wasn't funded by any funding body and was originally taken by a play written by Freddie Machin which ran in Southwark Playhouse. This was a lowkey and rich film with the understanding of British culture. The comparison is that paddington was made through an American funding body and so was spectre and included locations that didn't feature British culture. 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? The BFI Film fund decided to add it onto open festival screens and that's how t...

Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A British film is a film made up of British cast, Directors, producers and having  British setting. This means that the film must centre on British culture. This could mean British funding was involved with the film.  What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? 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. This means that the cultural environment will be different. Where as the British production context dose not have many cleared defined characters. They can either be a high budget or a low budget film like Harry Potter.   When did the James Bond franchise start? The James Bond franchise started in the 1960's with an involvement of american stars and money.  In terms of film ce...

1)  Film poster analysis 2)  Mise-en-scene blog tasks 3)  Star persona: video feedback and learner response 4)  Lighting blog tasks 5)  Sound blog tasks 6)  Sound: parallel and contrapuntal video feedback and learner response 7)  Cinematography blog tasks 8)  Cinematography video task and learner response 9)  Editing video task and learner response 10)  Editing blog task - 750 word analysis