Guardian Article Homework
The article talks about the decline in small budget domestic UK films due to the competition and amount of big-budget Hollywood films being produced. The writer of the article also describes these films as "risk-averse" indicating that they are all quite similar in that the sole aim is to turn a profit.
Despite this, there is a steady flow of big-budget films being shot in the UK, including one of the recent Star Wars, but these are typically franchise movies as opposed to small budget films like Trainspotting.
Another topic touched on is the overall shift in focus when it comes to the film industry, regarding the boom in big budget TV shows. Netflix is leading the charge when it comes to this boasting an array of shows exclusive to the streaming service. The advantage of this is that Netflix has 90 of those shows being produced in Europe. Even though Netflix has proved itself as the dominant force, British production companies such as ITV and the BBC have had recent success with shows such as Broadchurch and Line of Duty.
Because of the success of expensive TV shows, multiple producers in the UK are having a go in hopes that it will bring more money into the British film industry.
Contradictory to the opinion of the Guardian, the BFI insists that the production of small to mid-budget films is healthy with an average budget of 32M. This is incomparable to cult British films such as Trainspotting that was produced on a budget of 3.5M.
In conclusion, the main aspects that are taking a toll on low budget British films are Big budget Hollywood productions that follow a seemingly routine formula, that aims to make money in cinemas internationally, but the biggest killer is high-budget TV series being produced by the likes of Netflix, easily accessible to consumers and profitable.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/31/hollywood-and-tv-put-the-squeeze-on-uks-low-budget-film-makers
Despite this, there is a steady flow of big-budget films being shot in the UK, including one of the recent Star Wars, but these are typically franchise movies as opposed to small budget films like Trainspotting.
Another topic touched on is the overall shift in focus when it comes to the film industry, regarding the boom in big budget TV shows. Netflix is leading the charge when it comes to this boasting an array of shows exclusive to the streaming service. The advantage of this is that Netflix has 90 of those shows being produced in Europe. Even though Netflix has proved itself as the dominant force, British production companies such as ITV and the BBC have had recent success with shows such as Broadchurch and Line of Duty.
Because of the success of expensive TV shows, multiple producers in the UK are having a go in hopes that it will bring more money into the British film industry.
Contradictory to the opinion of the Guardian, the BFI insists that the production of small to mid-budget films is healthy with an average budget of 32M. This is incomparable to cult British films such as Trainspotting that was produced on a budget of 3.5M.
In conclusion, the main aspects that are taking a toll on low budget British films are Big budget Hollywood productions that follow a seemingly routine formula, that aims to make money in cinemas internationally, but the biggest killer is high-budget TV series being produced by the likes of Netflix, easily accessible to consumers and profitable.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/31/hollywood-and-tv-put-the-squeeze-on-uks-low-budget-film-makers
Really nicely summarised Alex, very impressed.
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Please also answer the following question - What do you think is going to happen to Hollywood in the future?
Miss C
I think that Hollywood will drown out the industry o
Deletef smaller independent productions due to the regularity of big budget films that serve the purpose of turning a profit. My example of this would be super hero movies with big names that are almost always in cinemas year round.