Institutional Factsheet
3) What is the 'cultural test' to see if a film counts as British?
The cultural test is a test for British movies to score 16 or more points out of 31 points to be classifed as a British film. The cultural test is divided into 4 sections which are Cultural context, cultural contribution, cultural hubs and cultural practitioners.
4) Complete the task on the Factsheet, researching the films listed and finding out what they score on the cultural test: Sweeney, Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Skyfall.
1) The Sweeney
The financing came from Euston films and Thames television.
For the cultural test, this movie scored 31 points out of 31 which is significant and proves that this movie is a British film.
Attack the Block
They received their money from Studio Canal, Film4 Productions, UK film council and Stage 6 films.
The cultural test score that this movie also scored was 31 out of 31 points. This movie did pass the British film cultural test which classified them as a British film.
The King's Speech
This movie received money from the Weinstein company, UK film council, See-Saw films and Bedlam productions.
The cultural test score for "The King's Speech" movie is 30 out of 31 which passed the cultural test. This is classified as a British film.
We need to talk about Kevin
They received money from BBC films, footprint investment and Piccadily pictures.
The cultural test score for this movie is 22 out of 31 points which shows that the movie passes the cultural test which therefore is classified as a British film.
SkyFall
The finance which is the money they got from the production companies such as Eon productions and Metro-Goldwynn-Mayer.
The cultural test for the movie "Skyfall" is 21 out of 31 score which also passed the cultural test.
5) What is the main problem for the British film industry?
The main problem for the British film industry is that everytime when a British film is produced, the film makers will need to sell their film to a distribution company which is sacrificing the distribution rights. When the movie is released into the mainstream, the overall revenue made will be lost and won't be reinvested back into the British film.
6) What are three of the strengths of the British film industry?
The three strengths of the British film industry are;
7) What are the two options for the future of the British film industry?
The British film industry don't have film making institution that can help them with the financing of production, distribution and exhibition. So the option would be for them to rely upon a co-production company in America but this would be involve drawbacks for the British film industry.
Their second option would be for the British film industry to start creating low-budget films so that the production of the film would cost little. But however, there are still drawbacks with how the low budget film is likely to make low profit too once its exhibited.
8) In your opinion, which of these two options would best safeguard the future of the British film industry?
In my opinion, I think the second option is a better option for the British film industry because making a low-budget film is cheaper with production but however, when exhibiting the film, it is not entirely certain that the movie won't be as successful to make higher profit than their budget. It depends on how good the movie is.
The cultural test is a test for British movies to score 16 or more points out of 31 points to be classifed as a British film. The cultural test is divided into 4 sections which are Cultural context, cultural contribution, cultural hubs and cultural practitioners.
4) Complete the task on the Factsheet, researching the films listed and finding out what they score on the cultural test: Sweeney, Attack The Block, The King's Speech, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Skyfall.
1) The Sweeney
The financing came from Euston films and Thames television.
For the cultural test, this movie scored 31 points out of 31 which is significant and proves that this movie is a British film.
Attack the Block
They received their money from Studio Canal, Film4 Productions, UK film council and Stage 6 films.
The cultural test score that this movie also scored was 31 out of 31 points. This movie did pass the British film cultural test which classified them as a British film.
The King's Speech
This movie received money from the Weinstein company, UK film council, See-Saw films and Bedlam productions.
The cultural test score for "The King's Speech" movie is 30 out of 31 which passed the cultural test. This is classified as a British film.
We need to talk about Kevin
They received money from BBC films, footprint investment and Piccadily pictures.
The cultural test score for this movie is 22 out of 31 points which shows that the movie passes the cultural test which therefore is classified as a British film.
SkyFall
The finance which is the money they got from the production companies such as Eon productions and Metro-Goldwynn-Mayer.
The cultural test for the movie "Skyfall" is 21 out of 31 score which also passed the cultural test.
5) What is the main problem for the British film industry?
The main problem for the British film industry is that everytime when a British film is produced, the film makers will need to sell their film to a distribution company which is sacrificing the distribution rights. When the movie is released into the mainstream, the overall revenue made will be lost and won't be reinvested back into the British film.
6) What are three of the strengths of the British film industry?
The three strengths of the British film industry are;
- every British films take 5% of the world box-office takings which is significant for a small nation that is trying to become popular with its film productions.
- they have outstanding facilities such as camera companies and post production houses which all attract many film makers in the UK but especially in the USA.
- they have many talented practitioners that are capable of creating wonderful and professional movies that will bound to be successful.
7) What are the two options for the future of the British film industry?
The British film industry don't have film making institution that can help them with the financing of production, distribution and exhibition. So the option would be for them to rely upon a co-production company in America but this would be involve drawbacks for the British film industry.
Their second option would be for the British film industry to start creating low-budget films so that the production of the film would cost little. But however, there are still drawbacks with how the low budget film is likely to make low profit too once its exhibited.
8) In your opinion, which of these two options would best safeguard the future of the British film industry?
In my opinion, I think the second option is a better option for the British film industry because making a low-budget film is cheaper with production but however, when exhibiting the film, it is not entirely certain that the movie won't be as successful to make higher profit than their budget. It depends on how good the movie is.
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