Entrance Activity

YOU MUST identify as many features possible that make this text appealing to a UK Audience.YOU SHOULD apply theory such as Prof. Christine Gledhill (2003) if it’s relevantExtension – YOU COULD research whether the text WAS successful amongst UK audience.

• YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry.

The Picture

FEEDBACK

Title: UK Film and Event Movies

Friday 19th December 2014

Unit FM2: Section A – Producers & Audience

Homework

• Go to:http://ncrafts.wordpress.com/wjec-a-level-film-studies/fm2-british-american-film/section-a-producers-and-audiences/

• WHO Produced and Distributed the movie? – Was there a co-production deal?• HOW was the film marketed?• Find out x3 Facts surrounding the film from the page OR from further research into the

text.• WHO Directed the text? What year was it released? HOW did it perform at the UK Box-

Office? Does it conform to Warren Bucklands (2009) ideology?

Homework:

• Produce a mind-map on what we have learnt over the last x4 lessons

• Research a UK Film released this year and how it was produced, distributed and marketed.

DUE: Today - Friday 19th December

• WHO produced the film and distributed the film?

• Does the qualify the film to be “British”?

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• YOU WILL re-cap prior learning and deconstruct some Film material to develop your understanding of:

• ALL OF YOU WILL develop your understanding of the HOW the UK film industry works and what consititutes a BRITISH film.

• Review the Learning.

AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the film industry.

• YOU WILL learn about the expectations of this section of the exam and what you will be assessed on.

FM2 – Section A (40 Marks)

http://ncrafts.wordpress.com/wjec-a-level-film-studies/fm2-british-american-film/section-a-producers-and-audiences/

Starter

• Go to the link above

• Complete the Quiz Questions and note down any questions – once you have received your feedback – that you need to spend more time learning.

“Is the blockbuster film—the locomotive, the tentpole, the mega-picture—the defining phenomenon of contemporary

moviemaking?”

(David Bordwell – 2006)

http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/theway.php

Do you agree?

YOU MUST research how many of the Top 10 films this year (2014) could be deemed as “mega-pictures” (Bordwell – 2006)YOU MUST support your understanding with evidence (statistics) from your research.

• Conclusions:Do we like 3D Movies? WHAT type of movies do

they have to be?

Nick Roddick (2010) –

“Technology is not only changing the business of film making, but also the importance of story”

Magazine

• WHO produced this film?

• WHO distributed it?

• WHO Directed it?

• WHERE was it filmed?

• WHO are the ‘stars’ (Richard Dyer) in this text?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/60338b6c-1263-11e4-93a5-00144feabdc0.html

Iron Man 3 took $121m in China

HOW does UK Film differ?

FM2 – Section A

FM2 – Section A

Research Task –

• WHAT qualifies this film to be a UK Film?

• WHO produced and distributed the text?

• Marketing – HOW was the film marketed?

• HOW did the text do at the box-office in the UK?

http://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-film

• Visit the link above

• Note down x10 Facts from the page and – in particular – focus on the “Cultural Test”

• What films were certified as “British”?

• UK Producers

• UK Distributors

• UK ‘Star’

• UK Director

• Shot on location in the UK

HOW many of the criteria below does the text tick?

What have you learnt?

Plenary

• Review the Learning.

Note down x5 things have you learnt in this lesson today.

Homework

Due: 1st Lesson back – Monday 5th January – Period 6

• Heyday Films• Working Title Films• ‘Stalingrad’ (2013 – Sony/Columbia)• Revise!