Media blog 2 - Mr Halsey

  Background reading and production research Read the following interviews and features on  Blinded By The Light : Writer Sarfraz Manzoor on the story behind the film - Guardian Manzoor again on the promotion of the film and audience reaction Variety feature on the best films from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival   1) What is the story behind the production of the film? a real life  story based on sarfraz manzoor meeting his best friend after starting at a sixth form college at 16 and being introduced to bruce springsteen 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? the box office flopped 3) Why is the Sundance Film Festival such an important part of the film industry - particularly for lower budget films? it gives the films the chance to be able to build repoar and fans whe its less well know  Funding and industry contexts 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? the budget of BBTL wa...

 film industry:BBFC film regulation 1) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? This  history of the BBFC page  may help. the institution is responsible for classifying films since 1912 video tapes and disks since 1985 it is funded by the government and is a non profit  2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 40  words. the bbfc makes classification decisions through consensus among its leaders.Compliance officers watch films and onlie content daily,often viewing DVDs alone.Films for cinemas are classified by pairs,while controversial content is assessed by multiple teams for diverse opinions. 3) Read this  BBFC section on landmark decisions . Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The Dark Knight was awarded? dark knight gener...

  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. If the  people making the film are British, is it funded from within Britain, are the cast British, is the film’s subject matter about Britain or British culture. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film?  Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories whereas  The British film production context does not have as many clearly defi...