Film Industry: British film industry factsheets

 Factsheet #132: British Film


Use our brilliant Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet #132 on British Film. You can find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions:


1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British.
A film funded by British money and is set with British actors and maybe set mainly in Britain.

2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film?
Usually a Hollywood film has more budget and is more based around American cultures and areas.

3) When did the James Bond franchise start?
Roughly about 1962

4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s?
In the 1970 censorship became more prominent and they were more harsh on media that contained sexual and violent content.

5) What groups are often represented in British film? Give examples of films these groups feature in.
They will usually be presented as a British character giving them a heavy British accent and having the stereotypical British values and such.

6) What does the Factsheet suggest might be the audience appeal of British film?
British people that see actors that are also British say that they enjoy seeing an actor of their same nationality and their cultural values.

Factsheet #100: British film industry


Find Media Factsheet #100 on the British film industry. You can find it on the same link as above. Read the whole of the Factsheet and answer the following questions:

1) What is the 'cultural test' to see if a film counts as British?
It creates a checklist to see if a movie is movie is "British enough", the more things that are checked then the more British the film is.

2) Complete the task on the Factsheet - choose three of the films listed and research them to work out what they score on the cultural test: The Sweeney (2012), Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Skyfall.

The Sweeney
Would classify as British

Attack the Block
Would classify as British

The King’s Speech
Would classify as Very British

3) What is the main problem for the British film industry?
When a UK film is made, they must find a way in order to distribute their movie and this means possibly sacrificing their distribution rights to a company just so that they can show their movie to the public with success.

4) What are three of the strengths of the British film industry?
They take up up to 5% of the world box office takings and they have Sir Alan Parker who has :
-outstanding creative skills of practitioners
-outstanding facilities

5) What are the two options for the future of the British film industry?
They would have to resort to making films that are targeted to niche audiences or they would have to rely on co-producers with american studios in order to make their films.

6) In your opinion, which of these two options would best safeguard the future of the British film industry?
Possibly collaborating with american studios as they would make some sort of money out of it and it would be somewhat stable.

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