British Film Industry

The typical traits of the British film industry are important to us to consider whilst we are creating our products in order to make our products look realistic. We have researched the typical traits of British films and they are that the genre is usually social realism and is under a low budget of £5 million compared to Hollywood films who have no limit. The narrative is usually alternative rather than classical and makes the audience think more about what they have just watched instead of just enjoying the film. A lot of British films are created by independent film companies and can be very controversial and reflect British issues. Films like this include: 'This Is England', 'Billy Elliot', 'Kidulthood', 'East is East' and 'Trainspotting'. These are similar trailers to what we would like to create in our own brand.

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The Full Monty is a 1997 British Comedy Film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son. Despite being a comedy, the film also touches on serious subjects such as unemployment, fathers' rights, depression, impotence, working class culture and suicide. This is a film we have taken interest in as we want to cover different issues throughout our film.
However, even though the film is based around British realism and the struggle in British society, one of the three film companies which helped produce the film was Twentieth Century-Fox. This is what made the film so popular as the film was distributed in America unlike many British films therefore the larger population in America means more money for the film industry. The Full Monty won the BAFTA Award for Best film in 1997. It was nominated for a total of four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Music Score and Best Originial Screenplay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Full_Monty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA3W36JVnRc

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