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'Film Industry assessment learner response

 Feedback from teacher:  WWW: Q3 shows some engagement with the question and CSP. overall though this is a lesson in revision and preparation  EBI: some basic errors in Q1+Q2: suggests lack of revision. This is the easiest assessment to revise for (one CSP, one key concept) so that is a little worrying. LR: see blog. Self feedback:  Question 1: 2/3- The reason why I lost a mark is because I wrote FFBC instead of BBFC. Question 2 :  2/6- One strategy 1 I said a good promotion strategy was production through New Line and saying they could have advertised on social media. However this is not a promotion strategy instead I could have said: Traditional marketing: film poster, trailer, review quotes etc. Social media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc.  Music / existing fans of Bruce Springsteen Question 3:5/9- In this question I missed out on not linking back to theorists such as David Hesmonglaph  Question 2 improvement: One strategy that I could have used is...

The British film industry: blog tasks

Factsheet 132: British films.   1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. Other criteria to consider is, 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. Furthermore,  it couldbe said that if a film is made in Britain then it is a British film, 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? The production context of British films is likewise typically diverse, yet unique to the narratives they tell. The circumstances surrounding the creation of a film constitute the film's production context. For example, because of the Hollywood production environment, the majority of films released by Hollywood studios have large budgets, a large star cast and staff, and tales that focus heavily on spectacle. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? 1962 4) In terms of film censorship and grap...