Friday, 2 May 2014

G322 Section B - Audiences and Institutions

Film

The contemporary institutional processes of production:                                                                              
  • distribution
  • marketing
  • exchange/exhibition 

Key Characteristics of Working Titles Film
  • UK films aimed at an international audience 
  • traditional UK film genres
  • history of working title mirrors the history of the UK film industry
  • Increasingly typical UK film funding - co-productions with British TV companies and Hollywood studios
The Working Title Movie Template
  • British film + American star = ££££££££££
  • Appeal to international market (& success for the British Film Industry)
  • This approach has provoked much criticism about the 'mid-Atlantic' nature of the films
Most of the movies The working titles movies use are formulaic which means they all end up similar 

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