Aran's coursework

Complete the following tasks to improve your understanding of arthouse film and the possible  audience pleasures  that the genre offers: Read  Beyond Hollywood: Reading Arthouse Cinema . This is in MM45 on page 24 - go to  our Media Magazine archive  to find the article.  1) Summarise the article in 50 words.   i ndependent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. character. In other  words, they are films that are purposely  difficult to understand or ‘read’. Those  who think of cinema as being simply  entertainment, which is easier to read,  are rarely likely to watch an art house  film. 2) What are some of the suggested audience pleasures for arthouse film? .innovation / different .British- alternative representation .makes them acknowledge different classes life style or the way people lived before. 3) Why do some audiences struggle with arthouse film? Refer to some media  th...

Read the  Media Magazine  feature on  A Field In England  in Issue 47 and create a blogpost called 'A Field In England case study'. You'll find the article in  our Media Magazine archive  - click on MM47 and go to page 19. 1) Write a 100 word summary of the Media Magazine article. The media magazine article is talking about the different distribution techniques and what the disadvantages and advantages of them are and also how much on average a British company spends on distributing and how these statics and prices compare to Hollywood and how much they spend on their distributing campaign. Also, the article mentions very important quotes which talk about time, money and investment companies, and how much they spend on each one of them. Examples: “In 2012, the top 10 distributors generated £1.15 billion in theatrical revenues” 2) Read the following pages on the official website for  A Field In England  and write a one-sentence ...

Funding 1) What was the budget for  Chicken ?  £110K  2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? One of his rich friends had given him the start up money for the film. 3) How does the  Chicken  budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as  Spectre  or  Paddington 2 ? P addington is a film  which had cost a couple million to make whereas, Chicken is an art house film targeted at a niche market and cost a faction of the amount it did for Paddington. 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?  this organisation is funded by the lottery.  5) Why do you think  Chicken  failed to secure funding from the BFI Film Fund?   It addresses a demographic that isn't usually captured so there was no guarantee that it would do well prof...

) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government?  BBFC is an institution which regulates films putting them into categories that determines the age groups, that the film will be suitable. this is done by the amount of sex,drugs,violence, decency and swearing in the film . 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words.  3) Read this  BBFC outline of the issues faced when classifying a film . Summarise the debate in 50 words. 4) Read this  BBFC section on controversial decisions . Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The Dark Knight was awarded? 5) What are the guidelines for a 15 certificate? 6) The BBFC website offers an explanation of every classification it makes and detailed case studies on selected titles. Look at  the rati...

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...