Research into british cinema

1. Research into British
Cinema
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Done by Eman Shah

2. WARP FILMS
• Dead man’s shoes
• Four Lions
• 71

3. DEAD MAN’S SHOES
Dead Man’s Shoes is a 2004 British psychological thriller film written
and directed by Shane Meadows, and co written by Paddy Considine,
who also starred as a lead role. Paddy Considine plays Richard who
newly returned from his hometown and is on a mission to make a group
of low-level criminals pay for abusing his vulnerable younger brother,
Anthony (Toby Kebbel), who has unspecified learning difficulties.
- The budget of this film was £723,000. It was distributed by Optimum
Releasing who are a UK film distributing film company. The company
releases many films, including foreign language films. Dead Man's
Shoes premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 2004 and was
released in the UK on October 1 2004. It received a BAFTA nomination
for Best British Film and eight nominations at the BIFAs. The audience
of this film. In my opinion I think that the audience for Dead Man’s
Shoes would be mainly the male audience. This is because it has an
appeal of violence and action that males are mainly interested in
watching.

4. FOUR LIONS
Four Lions is a 2010 British dark comedy film. It is the feature film
debut of director Chris Morris, written by Morris, Sam Bain, and Jesse
Armstrong. The film is a jihad satire following a group of home-grown
terrorist jihadis from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. This film tells
the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams
of glory to the breaking point. The budget of four lions was £2.5 million.
It was funded by optimum releasing. Channel 4 is increasing its movie
production arm Film4's annual budget by 20% to £10m.
This budget increase for 2010 returns Film4's budget for film
development and financing to the level it was before the economic
downturn. The website ‘rotten tomatoes’ gave it a 82% which is really
good. This film is very funny enough to reach a wide range of audience,
where viewers will be left without answers and therefore forced to
discuss these issues, which are too often brushed under the proverbial
rug.

5. 71
71 is a 2014 British historical action film set in Northern Ireland.
Written by Gregory Burke and directed by Yann Demange. It stars
Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, David Wilmot, Richard Dormer, Paul
Anderson, and Charlie Murphy, and tells the story of a British soldier
who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the
height of the Troubles in 1971. The budget of the film was £5 million.
Optimum releasing distributed 71. Screen Yorkshire funded 71, as it
was filmed primarily in Sheffield and Leeds. 71 has the most
nominations of any film recognised this year says ‘Screen Yorkshire’.
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 97% rating. This shows that the film
is really good to watch. I know this because the critic reviewers have
said ’71 brings a fresh perspective and a piercing urgency to a well-worn
scenario. In my opinion I think that the audience for 71 would
be mainly the British people as it is a British Film, but however this
film could be appealing to anyone who is interested about learning
about the history,

6. WORKING TITLES
• Love Actually
• Hot Fuzz
• Bridget Jones Diary

7. LOVE ACTUALLUY
The film Love Actually is 2003 British Christmas-themed romantic comedy
film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The screenplay delves into
different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a
wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as
their tales progress. The budget of the film was £30 million. It was
distributed by Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures is an American film
studio owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary
NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. The
website name ‘Metacritic’ gave the film 55% out of 100% which shows that
the film was good, but other people probably did not like it as much. One
critic said that ‘If you’re going to have your emotional responses shunted
around like a gear stick, it might as well be by someone who writes
dialogue as funny as Curtis does.’ This emphasises that the films Richard
Curtis makes is really funny and enjoyable to watch, so Love Actually must
be enjoyable to watch as well. Firstly the film Love Actually certificate rating
is 15, so I personally think that this film is targeting 15-35 year olds because
people will want to watch this film with their friends, family or partners.
Also it is applied to people over 30, this is because it contains sexual scenes
and strong language and maybe some violence.

8. HOT FUZZ
Hot Fuzz is a 2007 action comedy parody film directed by Edgar Wright,
written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.
Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets his man, but
these days his impeccable record seems to be more indicative of his
fellow officers' shortcomings than his own formidable skills as a keeper
of the peace. The budget of this film was £8,000,000 which was
estimated. The film was distributed by Rouge Pictures. Rouge Pictures is
a subsidiary of Relativity Media. The company has about 25 titles in its
library. The funding of Hot Fuzz came from Ingenious Film Partners 2
and Studio Canal. IMDB gave Hot Fuzz a 7.9 rating out of 10. One critic
has said that ‘Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright's follow-up to his extremely
popular zombie satire Shaun of the Dead (2004), improves on the latter's
strong points in every conceivable way while drastically tightening up
its weakest elements. This shows that this film is really good as Shaun Of
The Dead was, as Simon Pegg and Nick frost also starred in Shaun of
The Dead. I believe that the audience of Hot Fuzz is fans who enjoy
watching comedy films, as this is a comedy film, fans of comedies,
actions, and fans who like Shaun of the Dead

9. BRIDGET JONES DIARY
Bridget Jones Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film. It tells the
story of a British woman who is determined to improve herself while she
looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. Bridget Jones
is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her
lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution,
Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in
which she will always tell the complete truth. The films budget was $26
million. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures (vertical
integration). Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 81% rating . The website
as said that it is a ‘cheerfully frothy romantic comedy that benefits from
sharp writing, lively performances and touching characterisation’. The
target audience for Bridget Jones Diary is primarily made up if people
who like romantic comedies, and secondly people that can relate to the
title character and her problems. Mostly females aged roughly, 18-35 year
olds. The film appeals to its target audience mainly through its narrative,
in that its based around Bridget’s Diary, as she tries to find ‘Mr Right’,
which is something that concerns females in the given age bracket.