Case Study IIJoshua Crichlow

Fish TankPre-Production

Director: Andrea Arnold

Writer: Andrea Arnold

Music: Phonso Martin

Released in UK cinemas 13th September 2009 Released in the US cinemas

17th January 2010

Production Company: BBC Films

Distributors: Artificial Eye (Theatrical and DVD) [UK]

Budget: £2,000,000

Opening Weekend: £103,180 [UK]

Worldwide Box Office: £3,523,076

The lead actor, Katie Jarvis was scouted while having a row with her boyfriend across the platform of Tilbury Town Station

Shown on 2 screens in USA and 47 in UK

Fish TankActors

Andrea Arnold, the writer and director, stated that Katie Jarvis, the lead actor, “worked incredibly hard” and “got quite tired”.

According to Arnold, Jarvis wouldn’t dance in front of the crew, and they had to leave

her with a camera in the room so that she could dance by herself. He noted that “when she did her dancing, it was absolutely about herself; it wasn’t a show”

Fish TankPromotion

Lots of information in the trailer Highlights the movie’s accolades Highlights the bad relationships around her Highlights the tense atmosphere with abstract

imagery and rhetorical questions such as “How much can you take?”

IFC’s Fish Tank website was quite bare-bones It features screenshots from the film, a trailer,

synopsis, and a rundown of important crew, such as writers and producers

It also features quotes from different critics, and notes the awards it gained

National and local issues raised in the MovieBad relationships

between teenagers and their parents In the scene where Mia

comes home, and her mother hits her because of a fight the she had – they argue and swear at each other, but her mum doesn’t go after her to resolve the situation when Mia heads upstairs

Loneliness and the aggressive attitudes that can come with it In the start, where they

establish the characters and situation, Mia is never shown having a single positive relationship with anyone, and gets into a fight quite quickly

The film is set in