15.3%
What was this % in 2009?
6.8%
What might this change indicate about British film?
This indicates that the percentage almost doubled
What films have been responsible for this change?
Slumdog millionaire, Dark Knight Rises, James Bond
What % of the British film industry makes a profit?
7%
What % of Hollywood films make a profit?
17%
How does that % differ between £2m and £10m budget British films?
4%
What might we infer from this difference?
This indicates that film production at box office dropped
Which age group makes up the largest % of UK cinema goers?
18-24 year olds are the most likely to go to the cinema and make up the largest percentage.
Why do you think this might be?
As people at this age will be wanting to go and have a good time with friends or as they have free time they want to socialize with friends
Which 'type' of film has seen an 18% drop in attendance?
3D films have made a 18% drop in the media
Within that 'type' which genre has seen the biggest fall?
The family films that don’t involve a lot of action/horror have also seen a fall
What did Charles Grant put this decline down to?
Charles Grant say's that 3D films are too expensive
Who is Paul Greengrass?
An English film director
How did he describe the British film industry?
Greengrass told the BBC on Sunday night the 17% figure for higher budget films was approximately the same rate of profitability as Hollywood.
What did a BFI spokesperson say was the point of less profitable low budget British films?
"tiny budget films that, while commercial success is always hoped for, are successful and beneficial to the industry for other reasons like skills and training development and for artistic and cultural importance".
What was the budget for Filth and how much money did it take?
BUDGET: $5,000,000 (estimated)
BOX OFFICE: £247,860 (UK) (29 September 2013) (38 Screens)
"An independent film managed to get people to come and see it without a studio and without hundreds of millions of dollars of advertising money. That's remarkable - it means British film can do it on its own." "He said $100m (£61m) movies that "sometimes aren't very good" had an advantage over smaller films because they had a massive budget to sell the film."
What is VOD?
Video on Demand
What % increase did VOD see last year?
50% Increase
What impact might VOD have on distributors and Studios?
"Maybe VOD [video-on-demand] is going to change everything because the distributor and the studio might become less important."
It has forced the company to go bust because everybody nowadays uses VOD which means that nobody uses the video shops anymore.
What was unique about Ben Wheatleys 'A Field In England'?
In July this year, Ben Wheatley's film A Field in England was the first UK film to be released simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, on TV and through video-on-demand. Wheatley's "psychedelic trip", set during the English Civil War, took more than £21,000 at the box office on the same weekend it was available free of charge on Film 4. It also sold more then 2,000 copies on DVD over the same period. The film was made on a modest budget of £300,000.
What does director of The Machine Caradog James think is the toughest part of film making?
"The toughest thing is you make a good film but can you get it to reach an audience? It's events like this and individuals who champion independent cinema that give us a profile and any chance of a mass audience."
Why have rules been relaxed on what makes a film 'British'?
Anna Mansi (the BFI's head of certification) told the BBC "This puts us on a level playing field with our creative content tests and other European culture tests, the increase in visual effects points will also be very beneficial to the effects industry."
How has the use of visual effects in films been encouraged?
Alex Hope of visual effects company Double Negative said he was "delighted" with the tax changes, hoping foreign productions filming in the UK would hire British effects companies rather than taking the work back overseas. "Today's measures target productions that would not otherwise qualify for tax relief and incentive them to bring VFX or production business to the UK," he said.
Name five of these rules and link them to The Kings Speech, Kill List, The World's End
- Film set in the UK - all threes films are set in different parts of the UK
- Lead characters British citizens or residents - the main characters are all of British descent (Colin Firth - The King's Speech, Simon Pegg - The World's End, Neil Maskell - Kill List)
- Film based on British subject matter or underlying material - The King's Speech is about our English monarchy, The World's End is about traditional English pubs in a traditional English town (with a twist), and Kill List is about two hitmen in the North, traditionally this can be seen as quite an American subject matter however the strong dialect and British twist to the film makes it qualify as this.
- Original dialogue recorded mainly in English language - all the films were filmed in English.
- Represents/reflects diverse British culture, heritage or creativity - The King's Speech is more upper class society, The World's End is more middle class and Kill List is working class.
What rules has chancellor George Osbourne announced for tax on British films?
"George Osborne also announced tax relief would be increased from 20% to 25% on the first £20m of qualifying production expenditure. Productions will also only have to spend 10% of their budgets on UK expenditure to qualify - down from 25% - to help more independent production companies and make the UK a more attractive co-production partner. Mr Osborne will also announced a £5m investment in the National Film and Television School's Digital Village, to create a training centre for the UK's digital and creative industries."
What is the highest grossing film in UK box office history?
Skyfall (To date, the 23rd Bond adventure has earned £94.3m in the UK, beating the previous record holder, Avatar, which grossed £94m in 11 months.)
How much has it taken and how many screens was it available on?
£20,180,369 (UK) (28 October 2012) (587 Screens)
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