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I, Daniel Blake
C1B The Film Industry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - BFI (British film Institute | a film & charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the UK. Established by the Royal Charter to encourage the development of the film, TV, arts, promoting education about moving image / impact on society in general. |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - Funding | Public Sector Funding BBC Films, BFI (British Film Institute) + Private Sector Companies: Sweet Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, eOne = story that meets the requirements of a smaller audience highlighting UK social issues. |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - BBC Films | The BBC are the prime UK example of Public Service Broadcasting and as such they have several basic requirements / remits (the most broad version being to inform, educate and entertain) placed on them by the government |
| Sonia Livingstone / Peter Lunt - Regulation BBFC | Some of the reasons cited by the BBFC for I, Daniel Blake’s 15 certificate (referring to specific scenes) were: verbal sexual references, stronger expletives such as "c*nt" are featured, emotional intensity. 'the food bank' scene / 'funeral' scene. |
| Cultural industries - David Hesmondhalgh - Risk | Horizontal Integration: Shared Risk + Profits. UK films needs financial support from many companies to be fully funded. Famous / Successful Director, Ken Loach minimises Risk. |
| Curran & Seaton - Diverse Patterns of Ownership - Success | Budget: £3.5 million. Box Office: $12 million Worldwide. Won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and was nominated for many awards including several BAFTAs. Opened debate about U.K. social conditions. |
| Cultural industries - David Hesmondhalgh - Genre + Low Budget Films | social realist film, filmed on location in existing regional (in Newcastle) buildings (hospital, job centre etc.) a sense of verisimilitude, lesser known actors, small budget, semi improvised dialogue, dark humour, lack of non diegetic music. |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - Private Sector | Sixteen Films (a London based production company formed by director Ken Loach and regular producer Rebecca O’Brien) and Why Not Productions (a French film production company focusing mainly on French niche cinema). |
| Curran and Seaton - Profit v Art | vast financial profits might be less important for practitioners working in this genre than in the larger big budget ‘tent-pole’ type of film. the art reflected in the work , more important than commercial success: critical recognition is more important |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - The Trailer | The trailer references the BBC, BFI and the Palme d’Or award. To some extent these references suggest an assumed education and level of media literacy in the target audience. |
| Cultural industries - David Hesmondhalgh - Stars | The only specific “star” identified in the trailer using inter-titles is the director Ken Loach. Loach’s work whilst having broad appeal sits firmly within the niche of social realism |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - The Premiere | Premiere of film in cities in England NOT London - local premieres in Newcastle, Manchester, etc. where areas of poverty are affected by the governments ‘austerity plans’ the most. |
| Curran and Seaton - Diverse Patterns - marketing | online marketing also allowed interactive audiences to join in with the #WeAreAllDanielBlake campaign, creating blogs, vlogs, Youtube videos and artwork (all User Generated Content - UGC) describing their similar experiences or opinions on the matter. |
| Power and media industries - Curran and Seaton - diverse | Lower budget films allow for original stories which might be considered a financial risk. |
| Sonia Livingstone / Peter Lunt - Regulation Internet | Piracy can be more a problem with lower budget films. Their profit share is small and piracy could jeopardize future film production. |
| Cultural industries - David Hesmondhalgh - Different Industries | Lower budget film - less need to operate across different cultural boundaries. Independent Cinemas - often a charity. Subsidised to show UK films. Local Council Funding / BFI. |