3. â˘MAKES YOU THINK â The Selfish Giant, Locke (more later)
â˘MAKES YOU ASK QUESTIONS
â˘IS ASSOCIATED WITH CRITICAL SUCCESS
â˘FILM MORE AS ART AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
4. âIâVE JUST SEEN A
MAINSTREAM FILMâ
âIâVE JUST SEEN MY
BANK ACCOUNTâ
5. â˘MAKES YOU LAUGH
â˘MAKES YOU CRY
â˘IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMERCIAL SUCCESS â Gravity (Clooney)
â˘FILM AS ESCAPIST ENTERTAINMENT
8. â˘DISTRIBUTION LED INDUSTRY â MAINSTREAM FILMS ATTRACT
SIGNIFICANT ADVERTISING BUDGETS
â˘HISTORICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY THE FILM INDUSTRY IS
CONTROLLED BY HOLLYWOOD AND âTHE BIG SIXâ WHO PRODUCE
MAINSTREAM FILMS FOR MASS AUDIENCES
â˘FILM IS AN INDUSTRY, A BUSINESS
â˘ENTERTAINING, MAINSTREAM FILMS MAKE MONEY,
9. â˘HAS SATURATED CROSS MEDIA ADVERTING CAMPAIGNS â
GRAVITY OPENS IN THE UK TODAY â WHO IS GOING TO SEE
IT?
â˘IS SHOWN AT MULTIPLEX CINEMAS THAT DOMINATE UK FILM
EXHIBITION
â˘HAS FILM STARS IN THAT YOU WANT TO GO AND SEE
â˘HAS HIGHER PRODUCTION VALUES AND IS MORE
ENTERTAINING AND TARGETS YOUTH AUDIENCES
12. â˘HIGH PRODUCTION VALUES e.g. multiple camera technology
â˘SATURATED DISTRIBUTION BY A MAJOR STUDIO â SONY
â˘STAR MARKETING, BRAND/FRANCHISE FAMILIARITY (23rd Bond Film)
â˘SAFE GENRE (ACTION) â SFX/CHASE SCENES/EXPLOSIONS....
â˘KEY FOCUS ON ENTERTAINMENT VALUES
â˘MAINSTREAM, TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS, plus CULTURAL
STEREOTYPING
â˘SIMPLISTIC, PREDICTABLE SINGLE STRANDED NARRATIVE â MORE
LIKELY TO FOLLOW A CLASSIC THREE ACT STRUCTURE
â˘NARRATIVE RESOLUTION , PROPPâS THEORIES CAN OFTEN APPLY
â˘GLOSSY MISE-EN-SCENE, STUDIO and LOCATION SHOOTING
â˘COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
13. â˘LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
â˘IS RARELY SHOWN AT MULTIPLEX CINEMAS (YOU HAVE TO
LOOK FOR IT)
â˘TENDS TO HAVE LIMITED STAR MARKETING AND LOWER
PRODUCTION VALUES
â˘TENDS TO TARGET STEREOTYPICALLY AN OLDER TARGET
AUDIENCE
14.
15. â˘GENRE: SOCIAL REALISM (Mexico/Spanish production)
⢠2010: Directed by Alejandro Inarritu (Amores Perros,/Babel....)
â˘CRITICAL SUCCESS â Best Foreign Language Film (2011 Oscars)
â˘WINNER OF JURY PRIZE AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
â˘2010 BAFTA â BEST BRITISH FILM
â˘INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION â Focus , later Universal)
What makes it Independent ?
(2.54 â 8)
16. â˘No non diegetic sound, frequent periods of silence
â˘Documentary feel â use of hand held camera
â˘Complex narrative â audience are not being âled by the handâ
â˘Explores difficult narrative themes â Cancer
â˘Goes against convention â needle penetration scenes
â˘Unusual in style and content â camerawork/mise-en-scene...
â˘Surprising commercial success (normally only critical)
â˘Set in unfamiliar location for many American/British audiences
â˘Limited UK Release
17. â˘LOW PRODUCTION VALUES, LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
â˘LIMITED STAR MARKETING
â˘REALIST GENRES, LESS ESCAPIST REPRESENTATIONS
â˘CRITICAL SUCCESS, LIMITED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
â˘INTENDED TO CHALLENGE, PROVOKE, INFORM AND EDUCATE
â˘EXPLORATION OF NARRATIVE THEMES, OFTEN OPEN ENDED
â˘ON LOCATION SHOOTING
â˘NICHE, OLDER, MORE EDUCATED TARGET AUDIENCE
â˘DE-SATURATED COLOUR PALETTE, NATURAL LIGHTING, OFTEN A
MORE GRAINY MISE-EN-SCENE, MORE DIEGETIC SOUND
â˘LESS ENTERTAINMENT VALUES