Media Blog 2 - Mr Halsey

1) Write a 100 word summary of the Media Magazine article. The articles focus is on distribution of movies and how "A field in England" distributed across all platforms on the same date. It talks about how much money is spent on distribution which is accumulated up to £330mln per year.  2) Read the following pages on the official website for  A Field In England  and write a one-sentence summary of each. Each page provides explanations of the unique release strategy that the institutions behind the film chose:  Industrial Evolution : Producer Andy Starke on the music industry influences informing  A Field In England ’s release strategy.    The article is about the Producer Andy Starke on the music industry influences informing, A Field In England’s release strategy and how they illustrate the evolution and democratisation of film distribution. The industry decided to go for something different and tried to release the film differently. Usually, the industry don't wan

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 institution reviews movie releases and analyses them for it's use of bad language, use of violence, use of nudity and sex and finally the taste and decency of the movie. Once that is done and all put into consideration the institution gives the movie a rating between U - 18.  The BBFC is independent and focuses on it's own funds to keep running. They also don't make any profit. The BBFC was made due to a law being passed stating that  subject to certain exemptions, video recordings offered for sale or hire commercially in the UK must be classified by an authority designated by the Secretary of State.   2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. A group of people watch the movie and analyse everything about it from the plot and characters to any sexually explicitly content to any form of v

Funding 1) What was the budget for  Chicken ? £110,000 2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? He got the money from friends and family. Raised entirely through investment by individuals (e.g. rich friends/contacts) No funding body (e.g. BFI Film Fund) was willing to fund Chicken Raises questions about whether film industry is accessible to lower-income filmmakers 3) How does the  Chicken  budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as  Spectre  or  Paddington 2 ? Chicken's budget came in as a micro-budget of £110,000 whereas paddington's budget was £50,000,000 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 uses National Lottery funds to develop and support original UK filmmakers and films, and to increase the audiences who can enjoy them.  5) Why do you think  Chicken  failed to

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. It is a film based in Britain with British Actors/Characters with a British subject matter. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? British film as a production context also tends to be varied but idiosyncratic to the story being told within the film. A films production context is the conditions under which the film has been made. For instance the 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.  3) When did the James Bond franchise start? In the 1960's. 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? The British film industry in the 1970's was dominated by the subject of censorship that continued into the video nasties b