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This is England - Notes

This is England -

• £1.5 million Budget.
• Funded by the National Lottery.
• Recieved £90,000 from UK film council after production.
• Made in 2006.
• Directed by Shane Meadows.
• Produced by Warp Films.
• Based on Shane Meadows personal experiences.
• Thomas Wasnt an actor before and was from a very deprived area.
• It was filmed in a pre-fabricated set in sheffield that hadn't been modernised.
• In most scenes lots of improvisation.
• He used all natural light.
• The producer was Mark Herbet.
• Set in 1983.
• Was about skinhead culture and trying to change the perception of it.
• The audience for This is England are the Working class.
• The Film has an 18 rating as it has a strong message all the way throught the film.

This film would appeal more to a working class audience as they can relate more to the experiences in the film, also people that were growing up in the 80's could relate as they went through the same thing as shaun in the film. This film woud appeal to both a male and female audience as shaun (main character) is very likeable.


The cinematography in This is England has a slow pace and starts with a montage of clips from important events that happened in the 1980's, this sets the scene for the film and takes the audience back to the 80's. No special effects were used in this low budget film and most of the trasitions were very simple.

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Production of a film - Documentary Notes

Production Documentary 

• A film begins and ends with the producer as they find the original idea of the film and see's it all the way through to the end when it is put in the cinema.
• When making a film the producer looks at the bigger picture.
• The four main steps to making a film are; Developing, Raising money, making the film and taking it to the market place.

The First Gamble-

• The first gamble when making a film is choosing the idea and scripting it, the scripts are the big idea wrote into a film. When writing the script the producer wants to write something to inspire the director so that they can develop the idea and takes it one step further.

The Package-

• First the producers and directors make a plan.
• Included in this plan will be the budget set and the amount that they are spending on the cast etc.
• The cast and main actors are crucial  as they will attract the audience to the film.
• The script also get re-written many times and polished- this could include the creation or elimination of characters or a change of location.

Attracting Investment-

• Producers can find support from TV companies or from the Regional Film Fund 
• Producers also need to financier that will help fund the film. Ideally there should be 3-10 financier.
• Some of the investment could come from overseas, this is called Foreign Investment.
• a Multipartner is when both the Director and Producer share the role of being in charge.

Planning-

• usually in the planning stages the script is broken down and the hardest scenes are identified, this is then built into a schedule. 
• when making a film it is crucial to have the right team around the producer and director as it is a very collaborative process, For example the cinematographer acts as the producer and director's "right hand man" 

Audience-

• The Producer has to have a very clear view of the target audience.
• The Producer connects the idea of the film to what would appeal to the audience, so the audience can relate to the film. 

Above and Below the line costs-

• Above the line costs- Cost of creating the story, Cast, Crew, Script Writer, Main actors.
• Below the line costs- people that make the film and put it together ( the rest of the crew)

Film Task, Demographics

Film Task, A cut in our budget.
originally our budget was £29 million after tax. It has now been cut by a third, to work our way around this we had to make some changes to what we were going to spend the budget on, the first thing that had to be cut down was the cost of the actors, we reduced the cost of the actors to £7 million we did this by using B list actors. The Location was changed from an American location to a location in the UK reducing the cost to £5 million. We changed our director to a B list director which would only cost £2 million. The Editors used would cost us around £3 million. Altogether this comes to £19 million which is roughly a two thirds of our original budget.
To prevent this happening it is best for a film to have many investors rather than just one, this is because if the one investor pulls out the producer has no choice but to not continue with the film. However, if there was many investors and one of them pulled out it wouldn't effect the budget as much.

Film Financing - Notes

Film Financing

• The Producer has to secure the funding for the film before they start making the film.
• It can be hard to predict a budget.
• There are various legal procedures.
• Grants can be Provided by the government to encourage creativity.
• There are employment opportunities when making a film.
• The UK film council and National Lottery can offer subsidies to the film makers.
• Producers Tax Credit offers a cash subsidy to producers choosing to shoot the film in the UK.
• Tax Shelters allow those who invest in UK films to pay less tax.
• Pre-sales is the most common method of film financing.
• Pre-sales is where the producer of the film sells the rights to distribute the film before it is made
• Above the line costs are what the majority of the budget is spent on for example; Director, Producer, Location, Editors, Cast, Script writer and Special Effects. 

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