Objective Understand the difficulties faced by producers in the British Film Industry The British Film Industry Timeline 19001940s Timeline 19001940s The 1990s and Cool Britannia Why is financing a problem ID: 727769
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Key Problems in the British Film IndustrySlide2
Objective
Understand the difficulties faced by producers in the British Film IndustrySlide3
The British Film IndustrySlide4
Timeline – 1900-1940sSlide5
Timeline – 1900-1940sSlide6
The 1990s and Cool Britannia
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Why is financing a problem?
Government subsidies (withdrawn)
Dependent on American film industry (fickle)
Track record (disproportionate number of ‘failures’)
Complicated process
Lack of a national talent academy (future success is chance)Slide8
Why is production a problem?
Studios owned by Hollywood or second-rate
Brain drain to Hollywood
British star prices?
Companies are not vertically-integrated (expensive)
Companies have been purchased by American conglomerates (creative freedom)Slide9
Why is distribution a problem?
Cinema chains (Odeon,
Vue
,
Cineworld
)
Centrally-controlled
Few
arthouse
cinemas; lack of funding
Short lifespan of films
Relatively expensive costs of distribution due to non-vertically-integrated companiesSlide10
‘Commercial Viability’
Government unprepared to invest, but wants the success
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16495095
Copycat –
Kidulthood
is a success, so 20 copies are made (distilling the brand)