British films

discussing whether female filmmakers in Britain find it easier to make a documentary feature than a fiction feature film in the current British film industry. I will be referring to the opinions and films of Kim Longinotto, Carol Morley, Clio Barnard and Alison Stirling. I will also be looking at the statistics from film festivals and the British Film Institute, and interviews with various British female filmmakers. I will argue that documentaries are easier to make due to them being less expensive to make

First, give some context and history to British films of the 80 's. Using pp. 340-347 outline the films, filmmakers and themes of 80 's British film. Many British films during the 80’s primarily were created by directors who did not bring a lot of attention to themselves. The movies themselves did not attract attention because they did not gross as much money in comparison to the 80’s blockbusters of the American Cinema. For the British Cinema it’s generally been split between conservative

The British post-apocalyptic horror movie „28 Days Later“ formed a new zombie type. The plot portrays the survival in the post-apocalyptic society after the outbreak of a highly contagious virus. Even though the classic zombie type will never cease to exist, this movie broadened the term by making the zombies that are not dead. A human, or any other living being, can be exposed to the virus by means of bodily or fluid contact, such as a bite, or infected blood in their mouth or eyes. The people

of the BBC at the time that Dyke took over. To what degree is it facilitating the success of the BBC? The BBC was set up in 1922 as a public service broadcaster. The BBC quickly became a household name and played a part in shaping British culture. Company culture is the values and beliefs shared by the members of a ‘group’ and the BBC is a ‘group’ which has both internal (BBC employees) and external (general public) members. The BBC is financed by a TV license fee paid by each household

occurred within that time period. In “Our World War”, specifically episode one (which may act as a movie due to its length) enacts the first battle Britain had combated with the Germans in World War One, as an emotional distraught instant for the British soldiers rather than the emotionless killing of countless German men, marching uninterrupted into machine gun fire. This was the Battle of Mons. Nevertheless, the screenplay represent actual history through real captured footage of the Battle of Mons

Madden’s film reflects this exotic and romantic vision of the East. Notably, some of the deviations from the original book are designed to make India appear more exotic. As Devasundaram points out, Madden changes the title from Deborah Moggach’s These Foolish Things to something more extravagant and ‘exoticised’ (2014, p.243). Furthermore, the film even changes setting from the ‘modern IT hub’ Bangalore to the more ‘exotic’ Jaipur, thus invoking ‘orientalist stereotypes’ (ibid.). The film’s use of

Accuracy of the Film The Battle of the Somme The film 'The Battle of the Somme' was a documentary made by the British government. It was released during to the World War I to give an insight of what was happening on the battlefields in France. It was purposely designed to raise the spirits within Britain and reassure those concerned about there loved ones out on the battlefield. However, It would appear form the evidence studied that the film was not completely accurate

the Declaration of Independence. It made war with the British Empire official, pulling other colonies that had not begun to fight into the battle. The war brought much change for everyone associated with the colonies, leaving no one unaffected. The movie The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, tells the story of one family, the Martins, in South Carolina and their role in the American Revolution and how they were affected throughout it. The film portrays the American Revolution primarily from the

produced by Aamir Khan who is also the main character of the film, Bhuvan. The film is based on the Indian villagers under British raj, and during Victorian period, the late nineteenth century. The story happened in 1893, when the whole Indian village was suffered by drought and high taxes. Then under the lead of Bhuvan, the villagers won the cricket game, and forced the British to revoke the taxation and withdraw the village. The film strongly expresses the nationalist sentiment, by how Indians

non-violent civil disobedience to create political change in the film Gandhi was the Armistead Massacre. The massacre occurred because the British passed a law that stated Indians could not assemble. Indians protested by assembling anyway despite British law forbidding. When the British realized Indians where assembling the general took the troops and opened fire on the Indians causing hundreds to die. The film depicts this by showing the British troops