Film Industry 30 Questions.

30 QUESTIONS

1. The UK Film claims 15% of the Global Box Office.
2. In 2009, the British Film Industry took 6.8% of the Global Box Office.
3. This may indicate that people are appealing more to British Films, so therefore they will want to go and watch them.
4. The Films that have been responsible for this change are Skyfall,  Slumdog Millionaire, The Woman In Black and The King's Speech.
5. Only 7% of what the British Film Industry make is profit.
6. Hollywood makes a profit of 17%.
7. The  difference £2M (less than 4%) and £10M (upto 17%) is that the higher the budget, the higher the % of the Profit.
8. From this difference, we can infer that as there is more money in the budget; the more money that will be made.
9. 18-24 year olds make up the largest % of the cinema goers.
10. This is because they have the time and money to go and watch the movie. Also, they are above the highest age rating meaning that they will be able to watch any movie; so therefore more income will be made from this specific age group.
11. 3D Films drop 18% in attendance.
12.  Big Family Films such as Brave and Madagascar 3 has seen the biggest decline in 3D Films.
13.  Charles Gant said the 3D attendance at films like Madagascar 3 and Brave could be down to families' need to economise, and that prices mounted when the 3D premium is taken into account alongside the need.
14. Paul Greengrass is an English film director, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. For several tickets and parking.
15. Paul Greengrass said that "People say it's a nightmare to work in the British Film Industry. I don't. I think it has transformed from where it was 25 years ago."
16. A BFI spokesperson said the 7% figure included "tiny budget films that, while commercial success is always hoped for, are successful and beneficial to the industry for other reasons like skills and training development and for artistic and cultural importance".
17. The budget for Filth was £3M. It made £3.86M.
18. James McEvoy said that $100m (£61m) movies that "sometimes aren't very good" had an advantage over smaller films because they had a massive budget to sell the film.
19. VOD is Video On Demand.
20.  The VOD market has increased by 50% last year.
21. VOD may out sell Distributors and Studios, therefore leading them to go to bankrupt.
22. This will lead the Blockbuster rental stores to have a decline in rentals due to everyone using VOD.
23. 'A Field in England' was unique as it was released in several formats simultaneously.
24. The toughest part of Film Making, according to the Machine Caradog James, is " you make a good film but can you get it to reach an audience? It's events like this and individuals who champion independent cinema that give us a profile and any chance of a mass audience."
25. The rules have been relaxed on what makes a film 'British' is that to help encourage more investment in the UK film industry
26. The cultural tests are what encourages visual effects to be used in film making.
27.The rules are that:

• Film set in the UK-The King's Speech.
• Lead characters British citizens/residents-The King's Speech.
• Film based on British subject matter/underlying material-The King's Speech.
• Original dialogue recorded mainly in English Language-The King's Speech.
• Represents/reflects diverse British culture/heritage/creativity-The King's Speech.

28. George Osborne has announced tax relief would be increased from 20% to 25% on the first £20m of qualifying production expenditure. Productions will also only have to spend 10% of their budgets on UK expenditure to qualify - down from 25% - to help more independent production companies and make the UK a more attractive co-production partner.
29.Skyfall is the highest grossing Box Office in UK History.
30. Skyfall the Budget for $150-200M and the Box Office was £1,108,561,013.