To find out whether a film is British or not is by looking at the criteria down below. This is only the main things that the audience and people within a movie look out:
- Whether the actors are British or not.
- If the location of the movie is in Britain
- Is it related to a normal British lifestyle
- Does it contain stereotypical British items, e.g. a London Bus
Also, to find if the movie is actually British, the movie is firstly gone through a British culture test that the government have organised themselves.
Hollywood and British Production Context
Hollywood
- High Budgeted movies
- Heavy reliance on popular celebrities for casting
- Spectacle driven stories
British
- British Culture
- Can be occasionally high budgeted movies but also have the odd low budget movies. A high budget movie would be the Harry Potter sequel and a low budget movie would be 'Kill List'.
- Character Driven
James Bond
The James Bond franchise started in the early 1960s which was roughly the time when all the popular American movies were beginning to be released.
1970 and 1980
- In the 1970s there was an increase in showing sexual content (act of sex and sex linked to violence)
- Also, in the 1980s the was an big rise in videos and the 'video nasty's scare' which meant that the content of the movies would become more extreme.
Groups represented in British films
One of the main groups that have been represented in British films is the middle class people. There is more women than the men because of the less superiority of women between themselves and men.
Another one would be the typical 'trouble-maker' which is mostly portrayed in a younger character who would always be getting into trouble.
Audience Appeal
One of the audience appeal for British film would be the competition with Hollywood movies and also the character, e.g. the royal, posh, luxurious life. The fact that most of the shooting may be taken in London (one of the most popular cities in the world), people would think that it is a more well known film and watch it because of the location.
One of the main groups that have been represented in British films is the middle class people. There is more women than the men because of the less superiority of women between themselves and men.
Another one would be the typical 'trouble-maker' which is mostly portrayed in a younger character who would always be getting into trouble.
Audience Appeal
One of the audience appeal for British film would be the competition with Hollywood movies and also the character, e.g. the royal, posh, luxurious life. The fact that most of the shooting may be taken in London (one of the most popular cities in the world), people would think that it is a more well known film and watch it because of the location.
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