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Research into British Cinema

Done by Eman Shah

• Dead man’s shoes

• Four Lions

• 71

WARP FILMS

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.

DEAD MAN’S SHOES

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.

FOUR LIONS

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,

71

• Love Actually

• Hot Fuzz

• Bridget Jones Diary

WORKING TITLES

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.

LOVE ACTUALLUY

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

HOT FUZZ

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.

BRIDGET JONES DIARY