Media blog 2 (Mr Bush)

Film Industry: Chicken case study research Funding:  1) The budget for Chicken was £110,000 2) The director, Joe Stephenson raised the £110,000 through investment of rich friends and contacts. 3) Chicken had a far smaller budget than Hollywood funded British productions e.g James Bond. Chicken had a micro-budget which was used to create the film whereas a Hollywood funded British production such as James Bond would be in the millions. Chicken also wasn't released on cinema but rather was available through DVD purchases and hardly had any advertising to promote the movie. 4) The BFI uses National Lottery funds to develop and support original UK filmmakers and films, and to increase the audiences who can enjoy them. 5) Chicken failed to secure funding from the BFI due to the controversial topics that are within the movie such as incest. Also, it focuses on a British lifestyle which is difficult and harsh which could make the BFI uninterested in fund...

Film regulation and the BBFC  1) The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works. 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.  2) The Board's age ratings rate films by viewing the general context such as  plot, characters, outline of individual scenes. The timings of key moments, including camera angles, type of shots, on- and off-screen moments and bad language, sex and drug references. 3) The issues faced when classifying a film is Whether the material is in conflict with the law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence. If the material is either  on its own, or ...

 British film industry 1) A British Film is a film that is made by people who are British, if the film is funded within Britain, is the film about the British culture and finally if the film is shot and set in Britain. 2) Hollywood productions tend to have a higher budget than British film productions and also have a lot of celebrities that are notable and famous to star in their films however this is not the same for British film productions as there are a very large range of films that are targeted towards audiences. 3) The James Bond film franchise started with Dr No in 1962. 4) Content used to be less graphic before the 70s leaving there to be a large censorship in films thus limiting what the film can do however after the 70s, this became different in films being more graphic and having scenes that audiences would not be accustomed to prior to the 70s. 5) One of the groups that are represented are youth which can be shown in the movie Attack the B...

LR for Editing 3) I should have included a reverse shot when Gurpreet was taking to create the idea of a conversation between them happening and also should have focused on the continuity of the narrative. 4) The build up to the meeting was well done but I should have included a reverse shot and should have included more of the Gurpreet and Devesh talking to make the narrative and the video better. 5) The aspect of the editing that I found difficult was making sure not cutting when people are talking and I need to keep this in mind so that the video can appear better when I have finished editing.