A Level Media 1 M Bush

1) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? The 'British Board of Film Classification' are responsible for deciding which certificate to award each film that is released to the public.  The BBFC is a none profitable organisation, and its fees are adjusted only to cover its costs. In order to preserve its independence, the BBFC never receives subsidies from either the film industry or the government. Its income is solely from the fees it charges for its services, calculated by measuring the running time of films or DVDs submitted for classification.  The BBFC consults the Department of Culture,  Media and Sport before making any changes to its fees.  I n 1984 Parliament passed the Video Recordings Act.  This act stated that,   video recordings offered for sale or hire commercially in the UK must be classified by an authority designated by the Secretar...

Funding 1) What was the budget for  Chicken ? £110,000 2) How did Joe Stephenson end up raising the money to make the film? Private investments from rich friends and contacts. 3) How does the  Chicken  budget compare to a Hollywood-funded British blockbuster such as  Spectre  or  Paddington 2 ? It is significantly lower than Hollywood blockbusters such as Spectre. It has a microbudget which emphasises how little funding there was for this production. Chicken had a micro-budget of £110,000. Spectre had a budget of $245–250 million and Paddington 2 had a budget of $50 million. The budget for these films is much greater than the budget for Chicken because these films appeal to mainstream audiences and they're guaranteed to be a success due to loyal audiences and the success of previous films.  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 ...

1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A film is a British film if it is made in Britain, the people making the film are British, it is funded from with in Britain, the cast is British and/or if the film's subject matter about Britain or British culture. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? 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. Similarly the British film production context means that films can be large budget, high concept films such as 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' and 'Skyfall' however they can be character driven, small budgeted films such as 'Kill List' or 'This is England'. What could be considered to be recurring characteristics of the British film production context are that films mad...