'How much impact has Film Four had on the UK film industry in the last 20 years? What do you think their role will be in the future and will it ever be possible for such an institution to compete against the vertical integration that is possible with institutions such as Disney?'

'How much impact has Film Four had on the UK film industry in the last 20 years? What do you think their role will be in the future and will it ever be possible for such an institution to compete against the vertical integration that is possible with institutions such as Disney?'
 Film4 develops and co-finances some of the uks films and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK, whether they are well known established actors/actresses or new ones.
" A Memorandum has been agreed on the same terms with Film 4 and is in the

final stages of agreement with the UK Film Council (UKFC).36 It is unclear how

commercially advantageous these measures shall ultimately prove to be –

commercial lenders will rarely endorse the subsidising of another party’s equity

– but they clearly signify the engagement of the main corner stones of public

money for film with the some of the realities faced by the British production

community."Mansfield.

The Film Four channel is available to all members of the public where they are able to watch old and new films on any kind of digital television.A range of titles are showcased throughout the day to target all types of audience and to keep a more variegated audience to earn more profit.These include Hollywood Blockbusters,mainstream films,independent company films,guilty pleasures and culture orientated films.

Film four have helped develop and co-finance films such as;

Slumdog Millionaire

The Iron lady

Shame

Film four have there own website in which audiences are able to view futher information and watch films on demand and explore their site to watch interviews with not only the cast of these films but also the production companies ,distributors and the exhibitors of the films.Inaddition to film fours excellence ,audiences are able to find a film they enjoy watching into the search tab on the website and the page recommends other films specific to that individual of similiar films they would enjoy watching.

Channel four has recently announced that they are increasing there budget of film financing division,Film four to £15 million per annum for the next 5 years.This increase of money into the investment of the UK film industry reflects a deepening commitment towards film and drama.

Tessa Ross ,controller of filmfour and channel four;"Its wonderful to be able to deliver some good news to our industry,most importantly because we believe that there is a wealth of great talent here in the UK that this money will allow us to support.At a time when funding is increasingly difficult to access it will allow us to extend our reach futher towards new voices and new audiences."

Research and Knowledge[1]

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What does the future hold for the UK film industry?


The UK film industry has changed significantly over the years due to the improvements been made in the production process, distribution and exhibition of all UK films.However not all new creations been released into the media such as the addition of technological convergence have made a positive impact which may in the future lead to further destruction.

The audience is now a producer, a creator and a participant.The production of films have changed over a period of time with more and more film companies such as Working Title introducing HD video technology instead of the traditional way of creating movies using 35 mm film. David Guantlet is a media theorist who says that audiences are not only consumers but are also the creators as with the creation of 2.0 web we are able to produce our own videos,mashups etc and share them like a community on the internet were other people are able to download and watch these different clips.We are currently in a transition period where some cinemas are beginning to exchange film projectors for digital technology,an example of this is that there is approximately 240 cinemas in the UK who are switching over.However, the process of changing over comes at a price so the producers change the film into digital so it can be edited and improved and then turned back into film ready for the distributors to send to cinemas for blanket distribution.
  
Digital technology has led to a proliferation of negative distribution in the UK. Many recently released films are available to download from unofficial sites , for example my case study 'the Woman In Black' is available to download free of charge at 'greatstufftv.com' this website can be accessed from anywhere in the world due to convergence.A mobile phone is able to download films from these sites and we are able to watch them on there instead of physically visiting either mainstream or independent cinemas.Although convergence is another way of marketing the film and promoting it, the producers distributors and exhibitors of the film are unable to exceed maximum profits.As more and more people continue to use convergence as a regular way to view films and to download them , the more both independent and mainstream cinemas are losing out on profits.This is also linked in with the exhibition of films as they are available to watch on such hardware devices.










intro
production
distribution
consumption
conclusion


points to consider:
digital technology

What makes this a UK film?
Which BFI category (a, b,c,d,e look on your worksheet) does you film fit into?

What attracted it to you?
When you have watched it how does it represent UK?
Did you enjoy it.

Exchange

Where is this film being screened? 
Technical Spec:
Camera
Arricam LT, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses
Arricam ST, Zeiss Master Prime Lenses

Laboratory

Company 3, London, UK (digital intermediate)
DeLuxe 142 Features, London, UK (digital intermediate)
DeLuxe, London, UK (laboratory services)

Film negative format (mm/video inches)

35 mm (Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 200T 5213, Vision3 500T 5219)

Cinematographic process

Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)

Printed film format

35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3514DI)
D-Cinema

What sort of exhibition? Blanket? targeted? What sort of  cinemas is it screened at? What does this tell us about the audience? Is it exhibited in digital or film format? Why might this be? Can you find a budget for this?