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Produced by Film4 and BFI PRODUCER MUSIC Created by Harry Escott -British The selfish giant is a drama – often successful within film industry, and common to have British links (The King’s Speech focuses on the King, Billy Elliot focuses on miner strikes). Genre popular with UK audiences – focuses on relatable narratives. GENRE CASTING The film had a budget of £1.4m, relatively small compared to Gravity’s $100m budget. Funded by Flm4 and the BFI Film Funds. BUDGET Set and shot in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A lot filmed outside, in a house and in scrap yard – inexpensive filming locations. LOCATION British – Clio Bernard. Also directed and wrote The Arbor, another British critically-acclaimed film about the British playwright Andrea Dunbar. DIRECTOR Uploaded a trailer to YouTube, created a Facebook page TECHNICAL CONVERGENCE British – Clio Bernard THE WRITER Winner: European Cinemas Award, Cannes 2013 Nominated: 2013 Lux prize Winner: Best Film, 24 th Stockholm Film Festival 2013 Best British Film, BAFTA 2014 AWARDS Connor Chapman (British): Arbor Shaun Thomas (British): Swifty Sean Guilder (British): Kitten Advantages of cast: British for the most part, therefore are believable in the location of narrative. Most of cast are lesser known – makes more engaging plot, as audience don’t assimilate characters with previous characters.

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Produced by Film4 and BFI

PRODUCER

MUSIC

Created by Harry Escott -British

The selfish giant is a drama – often successful within film industry, and common to have British links (The King’s Speech focuses on the King, Billy Elliot focuses on miner strikes). Genre popular with UK audiences – focuses on relatable narratives.

GENRE

CASTING

The film had a budget of £1.4m, relatively small compared to Gravity’s $100m budget. Funded by Flm4 and the BFI Film Funds.

BUDGET

Set and shot in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A lot filmed outside, in a house and in scrap yard – inexpensive filming locations.

LOCATION

British – Clio Bernard. Also directed and wrote The Arbor, another British critically-acclaimed film about the British playwright Andrea Dunbar.

DIRECTOR

Uploaded a trailer to YouTube, created a Facebook page

TECHNICAL CONVERGENCE

British – Clio Bernard

THE WRITER

Winner: European Cinemas Award, Cannes 2013

Nominated: 2013 Lux prize Winner: Best Film, 24th Stockholm

Film Festival 2013 Best British Film, BAFTA 2014

AWARDS

Connor Chapman (British): Arbor Shaun Thomas (British): Swifty Sean Guilder (British): Kitten Advantages of cast: British for the most part, therefore are believable in the location of narrative. Most of cast are lesser known – makes more engaging plot, as audience don’t assimilate characters with previous characters.