Entrance Activity YOU MUST identify as many features possible that make this text appealing to a UK Audience. YOU SHOULD apply theory such as Prof. Christine Gledhill (2003) if it’s relevant Extension – YOU COULD research whether the text WAS successful amongst UK audience. • YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry. The Pictur
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Entrance Activity
YOU MUST identify as many features possible that make this text appealing to a UK Audience.YOU SHOULD apply theory such as Prof. Christine Gledhill (2003) if it’s relevantExtension – YOU COULD research whether the text WAS successful amongst UK audience.
• YOU WILL be assessed on your existing knowledge of the Film Industry.
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Title: UK Film and Event Movies
Friday 19th December 2014
Unit FM2: Section A – Producers & Audience
Homework
• Go to:http://ncrafts.wordpress.com/wjec-a-level-film-studies/fm2-british-american-film/section-a-producers-and-audiences/
• WHO Produced and Distributed the movie? – Was there a co-production deal?• HOW was the film marketed?• Find out x3 Facts surrounding the film from the page OR from further research into the
text.• WHO Directed the text? What year was it released? HOW did it perform at the UK Box-
Office? Does it conform to Warren Bucklands (2009) ideology?
“Is the blockbuster film—the locomotive, the tentpole, the mega-picture—the defining phenomenon of contemporary
moviemaking?”
(David Bordwell – 2006)
http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/theway.php
Do you agree?
YOU MUST research how many of the Top 10 films this year (2014) could be deemed as “mega-pictures” (Bordwell – 2006)YOU MUST support your understanding with evidence (statistics) from your research.