Sunday, 4 May 2014
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.
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Thursday, 13 February 2014
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!
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!
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Essential reading - UK Film Policy review
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78460/DCMS_film_policy_review_report-2012_update.pdf
Very interesting and wide-ranging thoughts on film audiences and distribution of British film. Although the report is over 100 pages, it's easy to scroll through and select relevant sections. Here are a few snapshots:
Very interesting and wide-ranging thoughts on film audiences and distribution of British film. Although the report is over 100 pages, it's easy to scroll through and select relevant sections. Here are a few snapshots:
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Children of Men
Representation of the future of Britain in 2027, see this Guardian film review:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/sep/22/juliannemoore.thriller
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/sep/22/juliannemoore.thriller
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