Ishmeet Mr Halsey media coursework 2

  Film Industry:  Blinded By The Light  index 1)  British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2)  Blinded By The Light  case study research   3)  Regulation - BBFC research and tasks  

  Film regulation and the BBFC 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 BBFC is here to help everyone in the UK choose age-appropriate films, videos and websites, wherever and however they watch or use them'. The BBFC helps children and families choose well by providing them with the guidance they need to help them choose what's right for them and avoid what's not . It is funded through charged fees. The BBFC is a non governmental organisation. 2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. "Solo viewing" refers to watching DVDs by yourself. Compliance Officers often experience the effect when they see films that are released in theatres. Compliance Officers will collaborate with an interpreter when there are no subtitles and the information is in a language that none of the team mem

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? Blinded By The Light  is a rites of passage comedy drama directed by G urinder Chadha , who also directed  Bend It Like Beckham . Set in 1987, it revisits my teenage years and much of it is directly based on real events. 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? The most common responses to the film were in the ways that audiences found personal connections to the story. ‘I was deeply moved by This Is England even though I am not a young white English skinhead; by Annie Hall even though I am not a neurotic American-Jewish comedian.’ Stephen Graham in This Is England (2006). Brendan in Chicago told me that while “we ha

  The British film industry 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. 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? The 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. The British film production context does not have as many clearly defined characteristics. 3) When did