British Film Industry Success?

It's worth considering in your exam answers the fact that global institutions such as Disney are increasingly turning to the UK to produce films, partly due to tax relief on films mad in the UK, which saves them huge amounts of cash. For example, Disney's Star Wars: Episode VII is being shot at Pinewood this summer (estimated budget $200m) as is the sequel to Marvel Avengers Assemble, Age of Ultron. See the article below.

British Film Industry Round-up - essential revision

03 g322 section b the british film industry 2013 from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

How the film industry is using digital technology

One of the 13 goals the government has developed for the BFI (British Film Industry) is to "promote and encourage use of digital technology": http://industry.bfi.org.uk/media/pdf/p/r/TASFI.pdf

Check out this really useful website on how digital technology such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is being used to promote films:
http://republicproject.com/15-ways-movies-are-using-the-internet-for-promotion/http://republicproject.com/15-ways-movies-are-using-the-internet-for-promotion/

And how relatively low-budget British films have achieved success through digital marketing:
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - attracted 21 million online viewers:
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages/article.aspx?articleid=16147&title=how-‘slumdog-millionaire’-attracted-over-21-million-online-viewers

Essential for your essays!