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Tamara Drewe Case Study (2010) »
Categories: Courses, A Level, WJEC A Level, WJEC A2, WJEC A2 Media Studies, WJEC AS, WJEC AS Media Studies, Film, British Film, Comedy, Independent Film, Romance
Overview
- Directed by Stephen Frears
- Shot on location in Dorset and at Pinewood Studios
- Adapted screenplay by Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, 2011) from a Graphic Novel by Posy Simmonds (The Guardian). Ready made Storyboard.
- Produced by BBC Films (Exec Production), Ruby Films (Production Company) and West End Films (Sales Agents/Casting)
- Ruby Films (Fish Tank 2009, Jane Eyre 2011) are an independent production company that specialise in literary...
Shifty Case Study (2009) »
Categories: Courses, A Level, WJEC A Level, WJEC A2, WJEC A2 Media Studies, WJEC AS, WJEC AS Media Studies, Film, British Film, Independent Film, Social Realism
Shifty is an independent social realist film that borrows (in terms of genre conventions) from the Crime Thriller/Gangster film, although arguably is not a hybrid genre. The film was produced with key funding from fledgling organisation Microwave who offer grants to film makers if they can keep the production budget under £100,000 and can execute filming in less than 18 days. Additional funding for distribution came from the UK Film...
[ read full article ] »Fish Tank Case Study (2009) »
Categories: Courses, A Level, WJEC A Level, WJEC A2, WJEC A2 Media Studies, WJEC AS, WJEC AS Media Studies, Film, British Film, Independent Film, Social Realism
Overview
- Independent Film – CULTURALLY and INSTITUTIONALLY
- Writer / Director – Andrea Arnold (b.1961, Dartford)
- Part funded / Executive Production by BBC Films
- Produced by Kasander Films (Arnold’s Production Company)
- Additional funding: UK Film Council (Prints and Advertising Fund - £70,000, New Cinema Fund - £644,000 and Development Fund - £20,000)
- Nominated for the Palm D’Or at Cannes 2009
- Winner of Jury Prize at Cannes
- 2010...
British Film and Hollywood Essay »
Categories: Courses, A Level, WJEC A Level, WJEC A2, WJEC A2 Media Studies, WJEC AS, WJEC AS Media Studies, Film, British Film, Film Industry, Hollywood, Independent Film
Associated Resources
- British Film and Hollywood Essay.doc
British Film has been dominated by Hollywood since WW1. Any essay that discusses UK Film has to reference the cultural and ideological dominance of the Hollywood Film Industry to such as point that many cinema goers often will never see a film in any other environment than a multiplex cinema. They may also fail to recognise that many other countries have very successful film industries...
[ read full article ] »Defining Independent Film »
Categories: Film, Independent Film
Strictly speaking, an independent film is one which is made away from the control of a large corporation, and by control we mean funding or creative input. So no film could really be called an independent film unless it is totally funded produced and distributed privately. It is therefore unlikely that any film can truly and totally be called an independent film.
It has been said that if 50% of the budget is raised away from a major studio it...
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