Film Industry: British film industry

  Q1: MOST  people would define a 'British' film with reference to obvious cultural elements such as: a setting in the UK or a focus on British people abroad; a predominantly British cast; a storyline about some aspect of British life — past, present or future — or notably by, or based on a work by, a British author

Q2: a Hollywood film is made in Hollywood and a brititsh film is predominantly in the UK mostly London.

Q3:The James Bond franchise started in 1962

Q4:A lot of films were very disrespectful or opposite the normal british film and that was what started in the 1970s

Q5: Young people are often represented in British films, in films such as A clockwork orange and Eden Lake, typically playing into the stereotype that youth are rule breaking rebels that have violent tendencies, usually with little character depth.

Q6:The main characteristics that can be identified as appealing to a native British audience would include; the actors, British actors tend to be clearly identifiable as British and will often be associated with a particular genre of British film

q7 :The  'cultural test' is a list of criteria, each with points allocated to certain criteria, and if a film scores at least 16 of the 31 points it is then classified as british

Q8:

The Sweeney (dir. Love, 2012)

• Financing - £3 million budget/ $7.7 million profit
• Cultural test - 18

Attack the Block (dir. Cornish, 2011)

• Financing - £8 million budget/ £4.1 million profit
• Cultural test - 27 

The King’s Speech (dir. Hooper, 2012)

• Financing - $15 million budget/ $414.3 million profit
• Cultural test - 29

We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Ramsay, 2011)

• Financing - $7 million budget / $10.8 million profit
• cultural test -  16

Skyfall (dir. Mendes, 2012)

• Financing - $150-200 million budget / $1.109 profit
• cultural test - 24

q9:the majority of British films are largely production focused rather distribution focus, which can lead to a film breaking even or losing profits at the box office, in terms of distribution both nationally and internationally. 

Q10:

• Positive global perception/reputation
• film artisians
• excellent facilities

Q11:

• create low budget films targeted at niche audiences
• rely upon co-productions with American studios 

Q12:Both of these options have their own downfalls, as low budget movies targeted at niche audiences can easily result in sub par movies being produced, and while not appealing to a mainstream audience, movies could easily fail to return a profit ; In contrast, relying upon co- productions with American studios could easily see the American influence being increased in British films, causing them to become increasingly less British, with each of these outcomes being less than desirable. However, I believe that the best option to safeguard the future of British film would be to rely upon co-productions with american studios