Method 7.B - Working Title Films

Film Title: Atonement
Director: Joe Wright
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War.
Release Date: 7th September 2007 (UK)
Location/s:
Aldwych Underground Station, Aldwych, Holborn, London, England, UK
(interiors)
Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Coates, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Dover, Kent, England, UK
Grimsby Docks, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
(Dunkirk - street scenes)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Nene Washes Nature Reserve, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(for late 1930s rural France)
Northumberland, England, UK
Ouse Washes Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(for late 1930s rural France)
Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, England, UK
(invasion of Dunkirk)
Seven Sisters, East Sussex, England, UK
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
(studio)
St. John's, Smith Square, Westminster, London, England, UK
(Lola's wedding)
Stokesay Court, Onibury, Shropshire, England, UK
(Tallis home)
University College London, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
(exteriors)
Westminster, London, England, UK
Gold Points:
???
Awards: Oscar (2008), 2 BAFTA Film Award's (2008), 3 Empire Award's (2008), Evening Standard British Film Award (2008), 2 Golden Globe's (2008), Golden Trailer (2008), 2 IFTA Award's (2008), Sierra Award (2007), 2 ALFS Award's (2008), 3 PFCS Award's (2007), Rembrandt Award (2008), SDFCS Award (2007), Satellite Award (2007), Teen Choice Award (2008), Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature (2007), World Soundtrack Award (2008).
Nominated 6 Oscar's and 60 other awards.
Funding:
The film is a Working Title production for Universal Pictures.
Audience demographic who found film most appealing: Females Under 18, and IMDB staff.
User ratings:
Males - 38,766 votes - 7.8/10 average
Females - 16,170 votes - 8.3/10 average
Aged under 18 - 2,189 votes - 8.4/10 average
Males under 18 - 970 votes - 8.3/10 average
Females under 18 - 1,215 votes - 8.6/10 average
Aged 18-29 - 37,423 votes - 8.0/10 average
Males Aged 18-29 - 25,950 votes - 7.9/10 average
Females Aged 18-29 - 11,363 votes - 8.4/10 average
Aged 30-44 - 10,906 votes - 7.5/10 average
Males Aged 30-44 - 8,471 votes - 7.5/10 average
Females Aged 30-44 - 2,346 votes - 7.7/10 average
Aged 45+ - 4,331 votes - 7.9/10 average
Males Aged 45+ - 3,163 votes - 7.8/10 average
Females Aged 45+ - 1,128 votes - 8.3/10 average
IMDb staff - 14 votes - 8.6/10 average
Top 1000 voters - 435 votes - 7.1/10 average
US users - 18,082 votes - 7.9/10 average
Non-US users - 36,823 votes - 7.9/10 average
IMDb users - 59,395 votes - 7.9/10 average
Target Audience: British "young adults"


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Film Title: Pride & Prejudice
Director: Joe Wright
Genre: (Period) Drama, Romance.
Release Date: 16th September 2005 (UK)
Location/s:
Basildon Park, Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England, UK
(Netherfield)
Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
(Rosings Park)
Chatsworth House, Edensor, Derbyshire, England, UK
(Pemberley exteriors/Pemberley's grand staircase/Pemberley's sculpture gallery)
Groombridge Place, Groombridge, Kent, England, UK
(Longbourn)
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK
(Elizabeth's bedroom/the inn at Lambton)
North Lees Hall, Hathersage, Derbyshire, England, UK
Rutland, England, UK
St George's Square, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
(Meryton village scenes)
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK
(Meryton village/Milliner's shop)
Stanage Edge, Hathersage Moor, Hathersage, Derbyshire, England, UK
(Elizabeth standing on precipice)
Stourhead Garden, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, UK
(Darcy's first proposal - at the Temple of Apollo)
Weekley, Northamptonshire, England, UK
(Mr Collins vicarage)
Wilton House, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
(Pemberley's drawing room)
Wiltshire, England, UK
Gold Points:
???
Awards:
Won Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer (2006), BSFC Award (2005), 2 Empire Award's (2006), Peter Sellers Award for Comedy (2006), Golden Trailer (2006), 2 ALFS Award's (2006), Satellite Award (2005).
Nominated for 4 Oscars, and 35 other nominations.
Any other funding (other than WT):
???
Audience demographic who found film most appealing: Female's under 18.
User ratings:
Males - 18,326 votes - 7.7/10 average
Females - 18,846 votes - 8.3/10 average
Aged under 18 - 1,591 votes - 8.5/10 average
Males under 18 - 304votes - 7.8/10 average
Females under 18 - 1,284 votes - 8.9/10 average
Aged 18-29 - 24,374 votes - 8.0/10 average
Males Aged 18-29 - 11,252 votes 7.8/10 average
Females Aged 18-29 - 13,031 votes 8.4/10 average
Aged 30-44 - 7,667 votes 7.5/10 average
Males Aged 30-44 - 4,586 votes - 7.4/10 average
Females Aged 30-44 - 3,023 votes - 7.8/10 average
Aged 45+ - 3,442
7.8/10 average
Males Aged 45+ - 2,054 votes - 7.8/10 average
Females Aged 45+ - 1,354 votes - 7.7/10 average
IMDb staff - 7 votes - 7.9/10 average
Top 1000 voters - 408 votes - 7.2/10 average
US users - 13,929 votes 8.1/10 average
Non-US users - 23,222 votes - 7.7/10 average
IMDb users - 41,656 votes - 7.8/10 average
Target Audience:
???

Method 7 - Working Title Films

Working Title Films is a British film production company. It is based in London, and was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1984. In 1992 Bevan went looking for a corporate backer. Polygram was the one, and then Fellner came on board, Radclyffe having left.
Working Title Films produces feature films and sometimes television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are presently the co-owners. Working Title gained mainstream traction after the aparently unexpected flobal box-office success of Four Weddings and a Funeral, starring Hugh Grant. This film made the term British Blockbuster seem less of an oxymoron.
Among the company's many successful films are Ricard Curtis-scripted romantic comedies (usually starring Grant) and Coen Brothers' films. However, recently the company has moved into many other types of films, such as United 93.
In 2004 Working Title made a profit of £17.8 million, and as of 2007 all its films were being distrubuted by Universal Studios (which owns 67% stakein the company), and many of Working Title's recent films are co-productions with StudioCanal. The remaining shares are owned by the company's founders, BBC Films, and some private investors.
In 1991 Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Mentorn, Palace, Polygram and Working Title wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence and London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed to fail the quality threshold by the Independent Television Commission, who were overseeing the big process.
Working Title Films has always wanted to make films for an audience – films to play in a multiplex. They believe in this because they “know” it’s the only hope of sustaining the UK film industry. (Lucy Guard & Natasha Wharton)

Despite the famous name, Working Title has a pretty lean structure. There are only 42 full time staff, which are split between the main Working Title production arm, and the low-budget WT2 (run by Natasha Wharton, existed since 1999).
The company’s smaller, low-budget film brand, Working Title 2 (WT2) has produced films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Ali G In Da House. Recently the company produced Burn After Reading, a comedy starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
WT2 was founded when they set up a New Writers Scheme to develop new talent, for which they relaxed and open the doors to unsolicited material (scripts that aren’t from an agent or producer).
The major problem with Working Title, was that smaller films would get less attention than bigger budget projects, so they decided to set up WT2 to give proper attention to those smaller films. Quite a few of the writers from the New Writers Scheme now work with WT2, while others have set up their projects with other companies.


Films they have produced...

That i have seen:
Burn After Reading (2008) ... Production Company
Wild Child (2008) ... Production Company
Atonement (2007) ... Production Company
Hot Fuzz (2007) ... Production Company
Nanny McPhee (2005) ... Production Company
Pride & Prejudice (2005) ... Production Company (as Working Title)
The Interpreter (2005) ... Production Company
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) ... Production Company
Wimbledon (2004) ... Production Company
The Calcium Kid (2004) ... Production Company (presents)
Shaun of the Dead (2004) ... Production Company
Love Actually (2003) ... Production Company (producer) (as Working Title)
Johnny English (2003) ... Production Company
The Guru (2002) ... Production Company
About a Boy (2002) ... Production Company
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) ... Production Company
Billy Elliot (2000) ... Production Company (presents)
Notting Hill (1999) ... Production Company
The Borrowers (1997) ... Production Company
Dead Man Walking (1995) ... Production Company
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) ... Production Company

That i haven't seen:
Bran Mak Morn (2010) ... Production Company
Paul (2010) ... Production Company
The World's End (2010) ... Production Company
Green Zone (2009) ... Production Company
A Serious Man (2009) ... Production Company
The Soloist (2009) ... Production Company
State of Play (2009) ... Production Company
The Boat That Rocked (2009) ... Production Company
Birdsong (2009) ... Production Company
The Dangerous Husband (2009) ... Production Company
Hippie Hippie Shake (2009) ... Production Company
Lost for Words (2009) ... Production Company
The Troubleshooter (2009) ... Production Company
Frost/Nixon (2008) ... Production Company
Definitely, Maybe (2008) ... Production Company
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) ... Production Company
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) ... Production Company
Gone (2007/III) ... Production Company
Smokin' Aces (2006) ... Production Company (producer)
Sixty Six (2006) ... Production Company
Catch a Fire (2006) ... Production Company
United 93: The Families and the Film (2006) (V) ... Production Company
United 93 (2006) ... Production Company
The Answer (2004) ... Production Company
Inside I'm Dancing (2004) ... Production Company
Mickybo and Me (2004) ... Production Company
Thunderbirds (2004) ... Production Company (presents)
Double Bill (2003) (TV) ... Production Company
Ned Kelly (2003) ... Production Company
The Shape of Things (2003) ... Production Company
Thirteen (2003) ... Production Company
My Little Eye (2002) ... Production Company
Ali G Indahouse (2002) ... Production Company
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) ... Production Company
Long Time Dead (2002) ... Production Company
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) ... Production Company
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) ... Production Company
The Man Who Cried (2000) ... Production Company
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) ... Production Company (as Working Title)
High Fidelity (2000) ... Production Company
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) ... Production Company
The Hi-Lo Country (1998) ... Production Company
Elizabeth (1998) ... Production Company
What Rats Won't Do (1998) ... Production Company
"More Tales of the City" (1998) ... Production Company
The Big Lebowski (1998) ... Production Company
Eight (1998) ... Production Company
The MatchMaker (1997) ... Production Company
Bean (1997) ... Production Company
Huitième jour, Le (1996) ... Production Company
"Zig and Zag's Dirty Deeds" (1996) ... Production Company
Fargo (1996) ... Production Company (in association with)
Loch Ness (1996) ... Production Company
Moonlight and Valentino (1995) ... Production Company
French Kiss (1995) ... Production Company
Panther (1995) ... Production Company
Land and Freedom (1995) ... Production Company (developed with the support of) (as Working Title)
That Eye, the Sky (1994) ... Production Company
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) ... Production Company
"The Return of the Borrowers" (1993) ... Production Company
The Young Americans (1993) ... Production Company
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) ... Production Company
Posse (1993) ... Production Company
"Tales of the City" (1993) ... Production Company
Map of the Human Heart (1993) ... Production Company
Bob Roberts (1992) ... Production Company
Dakota Road (1992) ... Production Company
"The Comic Strip Presents...: Red Nose of Courage (#6.1)" (1992) ... Production Company
London Kills Me (1991) ... Production Company
Edward II (1991) ... Production Company
Barton Fink (1991) ... Production Company
Smack and Thistle (1991) (TV) ... Production Company
Robin Hood (1991/I) (TV) ... Production Company (as A Working Title Production)
Drop Dead Fred (1991) ... Production Company
Rubin and Ed (1991) ... Production Company
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) ... Production Company
Fools of Fortune (1990) ... Production Company
Arcadia (1990) ... Production Company
Diamond Skulls (1989) ... Production Company
The Tall Guy (1989) ... Production Company
Paperhouse (1988) ... Production Company
A World Apart (1988) ... Production Company
Echoes (1988) (TV) ... Production Company
For Queen & Country (1988) ... Production Company
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) ... Production Company
Wish You Were Here (1987) ... Production Company
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) ... Production Company
The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984) ... Production Company (as Big Science Ltd.)

Film Classificaion (Activity 3.3; p142)

Have you watched films classified as 18 when you were below this age?

Yes, but never in the cinema, mainly because in the cinema its always gruesome or true horror films, which i never enjoy. Although at home when i was younger i watched 15's and nowadays i watch 18's, but i don't really think twice about it. Most people don't. Classification never seems to be a problem at home as you pick the film you think you'd enjoy watching, and no matter what classification it is, you know your own limits, so are able to watch whats suited to you, even if its not what the classification agrees with.

Does classification work for home viewing (DVD, TV broadcast, online, YouTube)?

Not always, but sometimes. On the internet especially, watching over your age classification's is easy. Usually a screen comes up, asking if you are 18 and above, which you can obviously lie about, however on youtube you need to sign in before you can watch something that a user has posted and classified, although that too is easy to get roundby creating a fake account with a different birth year. Watching films on the TV varies, as usually 15's and 18's are shown later on in the evening, when people who are younger than that have gone to bed, and sometimes on sky, it asks for the billpayers password (i.e your parents) who would be over 18, as a sort of proof of your age. It does this on Sky +, if you record a movie with a classification you must enter the password before you can veiw the film. Although with DVD's its mainly up to you or your parents, as your parents don't really mind what you watch (film-wise) as its just a film, and you yourself know your limits and what you'd like to see, and what you know you don't want to see. So classification doesn't really work beneficially in the home, however a different kind of classification, a personal one comes in, as you give the films your own classification on if you can watch them. For example, my 14 year old step-sister is constantly watching 18 horror movies such as Candyman, and has been since she was 13, and is never emotionally affected by them in a bad way.

Can parents/guardians/supervising adults be trusted to monitor what children/youths are viewing? Should they have this responsibility?

I think for younger children, who haven't become teenagers yet, parents can usually be trusted to monitor their film choices at home, and they should take on the responsibility of what they are watching, and make sure its a suitable film for them, even if its a higher certificate than their age. I remember when i was young, my parents didn't let me watch anything classified older than my age, but nowadays when teenagers have grown up, we pick our own choices, and know what we want. At our sort of age (GCSE and above), parents dont need to be trusted to monitor what films we watch, and shouldnt really take on that sort of responsibilty, as we know ourselves what we should and shouldn't watch, and are sensible/mature enough to know best.

Method 5 - Warp Films

Warp films was set up in 1999, with funding from NESTA. The company is based in Sheffield and has 3 full-time staff. Warp Films is an independent film company which aims to mirror the methods of its partner music label “Warp Records”. The company aims to keep the creative process at the core of the film-making approach, and to create fresh and innovative short and feature length films, to be viewed by a wide audience. They develop existing talent as well as discovering new and exciting filmmakers/directors. The company has won numerous awards (including 3 BAFTA’s) in the last 5 years.
According to Rob Young's book about Warp they are currently developing their first feature documentary production, a film about disinformation directed by John Lundberg and written by Mark Pilkington.In April 2008, Australian film distributor Madman Entertainment announced "a collaboration" with Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make "at least 2 films together over the next 3 years."
“My wrongs 8245-8249 and 117” by Chris Morris was one of the first films produced by Warp Films and it won the Best Short Film award at the BAFTA Awards 2003, and more than one million viewers watched it's television premiere on Channel 4. Warp Films sold 22,000 DVDs of "My Wrongs" and was the first DVD single in the UK market.
Warp Films has also worked closely with the Arctic Monkeys, helping produce 2 music videos, one of which "Scummy Man" starring Stephen Graham, which won best music video at the NME awards.
Another popular film produced by Warp Films is Shane Meadow’s “This Is England” which won 7 awards, including a BAFTA. They also produced another film by Meadows, called “Dead Man’s Shoes” which won 4 awards, which included the Empire Award and the Evening Standard British Film Award.
Since 2002, Warp Films have released 6 films;
My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, directed by Chris Morris (2003)
Dead Man’s Shoes, directed by Shane Meadows (2004)
Rubber Johnny, directed by Chris Cunningham (2005)
Scummy Man (Arctic Moneys short film/music video)
This Is England, directed by Shane Meadows (2006)
Dog Altogether, directed by Paddy Considine (2007)
Warp films also funded “The Englishman” (2007 funding) directed by Ian Seller, released in 2008.
Warp Films film-ography is mainly seen as a Production Company, although they are also distributors and a “Miscellaneous Company”.

Christ Cunningham is one of the most influential filmmakers of the last decade, an has been at the forefront of innovation and inspiration for technological boundary-breaking world wide, even though so far he has only made a handful of music videos and short films. Cunningham and Warp Records began a relationship in 1995 with his debut promo "Second Bad Vibel" for Autechre. Cunningham has since directed a score of mind-bending videos for the likes of Squarepusher, Bjork, Madonna, Portishead and Aphex Twin.
Both Aphex videos have been showered with approval, but were deemed too dark for daytime MTV. However, his sensual, milky robot promo with Bjork won him the best breakthrough video MTV award and a Grammy nomination, as well as 4 silvers and the first ever Gold Award for a music video at the D&AD Awards.
Cunningham’s film making successes followed on from an accomplished career in feature films. He learnt his craft as an FX sculptor, designer and engineer on numerous feature films, which included working with the likes of David Fincher, Clive Barker and Stanley Kubrick.
In 2000, Cunningham created a video art installation “flex” for the Royal Academy of Art’s Apocalypse exhibition. His other two short films with Warp Films, “Rubber Johnny” and “Spectral Musicians” were released on DVD in 2005.
Cunningham (with anticipation from his fans) is finally turning his attention to feature films and has developed/is developing a feature length script with Warp Films.

Christopher Cunningham created a music video in 1999 called "Africa Shox" which i feel portays America in a bad way, as it demonstrates the unhumane way in which the American's treated Black African/Americans. The main character in the music video is a Black African/American, and seems lost in a big city in the USA. At one point in the video, when the main character experiences his first "breakage" - which is when half of his forearm is shattered off by a person walking past, as if he was made of glass. It also shows a middle-aged rich looking white man reading a newspaper, acknowledging but completely ignoring the event of the "shattering".
The music video has certain resemblences to Shane Meadows' film "This Is England", such as the theme of racism, and how the white people act as if they are better at life than non-whites. "This Is England portrays a real image of what England used to be like, and shows the lower class racist side of British citizens living their life. "Africa Shox" is a more modern-set making, but still shows the harsh reality of how Black African/American's are treated by rich and upper-class white's. However, even though there are some similarities of the racism theme, and outlining how Black African/American's were so badly treated, there are also differences about the racism. For example, in "This Is England", we see that it is pure racism and hate that drives the people to do what they do, because the victims of the abuse and racism are the same social class as them. However, in "Africa Shox", the Black African/American also appears to be homeless, jobless and helpless, meaning that the American's could not only be recoiling away from the main character because of his colour, but also because of his class and "rank" in society.

Method 3 - Film Distribution

(shortened)
For this method, we had to look at the number of films, and the number of their screenings that were in 4 cinema's in norwich: Hollywood, Cinema City, Vue and Odeon. The research was done over a weekend (21st Nov to the 23rd Nov).

Films shown in each cinema:

a) Over the weekend of 21st Nov to 23rd Nov;
- Vue is showing 16 different films,
- Odeon is showing 16 different films,
- Cinema City is showing 10 different films,
- And Hollywood is showing 8 different films.
This proves that the multiplex cinema’s such as Odeon and Vue, show more films, and all the new releasers, and that the smaller cinema’s have a smaller selection of films.

b) 5 of the films at cinema Hollywood are shown also at both Vue and Odeon, however only 1 film at Cinema City is also shown at both Vue and Odeon. The 5 films are Quantum of Solace, Igor, High School Musical 3, Easy Virtue and Brideshed Revisited. Easy Virtue is the only film shown at all 4 cinema’s.

c) Over the weekend of 21st Nov to 23rd Nov;
- Vue had 170 screenings, of 16 different films. This says on average there were around 10(.625) screenings of each film.
- Odeon had 172 screenings, of 16 different films. This says on average there were about 10(.75) screenings of each film.
- Cinema City had 40 screenings, of 16 different films. This says on average there were 2(.5) screenings of each film.
- Hollywood had 35 screenings, of 16 different films. This says on average there were 2(.1875) screenings of each film.
This shows that each film is shown more than once, however some films are screened more than others.

d) Hollywood – 20 of the films were made in the USA or funded by the USA which is the majority of films shown and screening. The rest of the films mainly British, however there are a few from other countries.

e) Film Distribution in the UK – The results above show that the majority of films shown are either made or funded by America, and so the film distribution is dominated by America. This isn’t a good distribution as most people are therefore mainly watching American influenced films, and are only really seeing America’s view on politics, relationships, or life in general.
Also, American films are usually action or comedy films, and are aimed at teenage boys, and the stories come from comic books or cartoons.
American films influence and seduce audiences, but it doesn’t open their eyes to other country’s films.

Method 4 - This is England : Case Study

This movie has a certificate of 18 in the UK, although the Camden, Westminster and Bristol council’s decided to go against the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification), enabling more teenagers to see it. The certificate was decided as 18 by the BBFC because the movie contains quite extreme violence, use of drugs, some sex references and prejudices such as racism.
“This is England” was filmed in 3 different locations. The beginning editing credits was set in Cleethorpes which is in North Lincolnshire. Most of the rest of the film was filmed in Nottingham in Nottinghamshire; however the abandoned houses scene was filmed in RAF Newton in Nottinghamshire.
The was funded by a few companies, consisting of Big Arty Productions, EM Media, Film 4, Optimum Releasing, Screen Yorkshire, UK Film Council and Warp Films, putting them into the credits, and helping the process of the film.
The film had main distributors in 6 different countries: IFC Films, IFC First Take, NetFlix and Red Envelope Entertainment (USA); Optimum Releasing (UK); Iae, King Record Co. (Japan); Madman Entertainment (Australia); NonStop Entertainment (Sweden); and Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Finland). These companies supported and helped advertise the film in their countries.
An External USA Reviewer from the New York Sun said that “Shane Meadows’ coming-of-age film, set in Thatcher’s England, reveals the British subculture’s far more innocent and rich history” however, another (again from the New York Sun) said that the film is “sometimes exhilarating, sometimes wrenching and, at its best, profoundly moving, and also manages to find room to ponder questions of friendship, fatherhood, group loyalty, masculinity and national identity. That’s not bad for 98 minutes”. I think that these two quotes show an overall balance of how America found the film – Some of them might have not thought it as good as others, but the ones who enjoyed it found it “moving” and “wrenching”. An External British Reviewer from the BBC said that the film is “hard to describe, without making it appear a great deal less interesting than it actually is” and “the film is fizzing with energy and humour, powered by brilliantly engaging performances”. Although another British Reviewer, from the Daily Mirror, said “it’s a small, intimate movie that doesn’t really go anywhere, but shows off Meadow’ unique vision of England”. This shows the wide spread also across the UK, on how people interpret the film, as some find it slow or without direction, but others see it as energy filled and useful.
http://www.imdb.com/ is a website that allows user’s to post comments about the film’s, about what they did or didn’t like. On the first page of comments (displaying 14) there was only one negative point about the film, but the positive points included such headings as “You must go see this film”, “This is…the best British film for a long time”, “the very best British cinema has to offer” and “Best film of the Berlin Film Festival 2007”. This shows the movie is highly popular, and many people like it.
The website also shows user ratings, showing us what sort of people liked the film, such as male/female/over 18/under 18/or any other age description. The graph below shows that out of the male/female category, more females gave it a higher rating than males, although they weren’t that far behind. It also shows that the demographic that voted the most times with a higher score than the other classifications, was female’s under 18, showing that the film affected under 18 female’s more than older females/males or younger males.
This Is England is classified as an English film. The film was set in Britain, the locations in which the film was shot were all in Britain, the majority of the cast and crew were British, the music was from British bands and the dialogue was typically British with words such as “twat”.
The director, Shane Meadows, created/directed a fair few more films. Some of which had similar concepts as This Is England, for example A room for Romeo Brass is a film, directed by Shane Meadows, and also tackles tests of friendships, and the main boy character is the same age as Shaun in This Is England. It also contains romance, which Shaun experiences with Smell. Another film that has similar aspects as This Is England, is White Man’s Burden, as it follows a story of a white man and a black man, when one of them oversteps the barrier that separates race and class (as in This Is England, a lot of racism is displayed, and hate towards the upper class of politicians) that becomes a drastic incident. Each film concentrates on different aspects, although This Is England manages to include most of them.
This Is England was a very popular and successful film. It won 8 awards: BAFTA Film Award for Best British Film, British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film (and most promising Newcomer On Screen – which went to Thomas Turgoose), Young Audience Award, UK Film Talent Award, Best European Film, Young European Jury Award, and the Best Director Award. Most of these were received by Shane Meadows, although the BAFTA and UK Film Talent were received by Mark Herbert. The film was also nominated for another 7 awards, these included: BAFTA Film Award for Best Screenplay (Original), Golden Kinnaree Award for Best Film, British Independent Film Award (for Best Director/Screenplay/Supporting Actor-ress/Technical Achievement), The Empire Award (for Best British Film and Newcomer), The Grand Prix Award, The Golden Trailer (for Best Independent Poster – quad) and The ALFS Award (for British Breakthrough (acting – Thomas Turgoose), Director of the Year, Film of the Year).
The director, Shane Meadows, also wrote and directed 8 other films, which were: The Stairwell (2005), Northern Soul (2004), Dead Man’s Shoes (2004), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), 24 7 : Twenty Four Seven (1997), Small Time (1996) and Where’s the Money, Ronnie? (1996). He appeared in 5 of these movies mainly as a small character, although in Where’s the Money, Ronnie?, he played Ronnie.

Why Britain Needs The British Film Industry.

Jobs:
•The British Film Industry supports many British people by supplying them with jobs and an income.
•These jobs include: building, acting, painting, make-up, electrician, directing, costume designing, writing, advertising and many many more.
•This is important to the British economy as if we relied on the American Film Industry we would have many unemployed and our economy would loose a lot of money. Also it would mean we would have to rely on America for our living.


Tourism:
•Thousands of people a year come to walk round the British Film Industry, or places in which films have been made in Britain. E.g: People from europe, america and other places (even people from the UK) have travelled quite far for a holiday or break just to visit Alnwick castle, where the Harry Potter films were set.
•This provides many local businesses with money and an income, because b&b's, small hotels or other hospitable places get more buisness from the people visiting their area's.
•They also come to see many new english actors, hoping to meet them or visit the places in which they grew up or were born. E.g: Some people visit Chester or West Kirby, as this is where Daniel Craig, star of the new Bourne film's was born and went to school.
•All this tourism is good for England and for other countries, as it opens everyone up to each other and other cultures. Bringing in tourism lets us not only make our buisnesses thrive, but also allows us to meet people from other cultures.