4. PROMINENT PRODUCTION
COMPANIES
PINEWOOD STUDIOS 3 MILLS STUDIOS
SHEPPERTON STUDIOS TWICKENHAM FILM STUDIOS
THE PAINT HALL
ELSTREE FILM STUDIOS
DRAGON STUDIOS
EALING STUDIOS
5. KEY MOMENTS (FILMS,
INVENTIONS & EVENTS)
CGI HAS DEVELOPED A GREAT DEAL IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, NOWADAYS
MANY FILMS USE CGI SUCH AS AVATAR AND INCEPTION .
HDT V AND BLURAY DVD HAS BECOM E COMMONLY USED AMONGST THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE QUALIT Y OF THE PICTURE IS INCREDIBLE.
IN EXHIBITION 3D CINEM A EXPERIE NCE HAS BECOM E EXTREM E LY POPULAR
AND SUCCESSFUL.
SOME FILM FRANCHISE’S HAVE SPANNED
OVER THESE LAST TEN YEARS WITH GREAT
SUCCESS FOR EXAMPLE; HARRY POTTER HAS
ENTERTAINED AND INFLUENCED VIEWERS FOR
OVER A DECADE.
THE UK FILM COUNCIL WAS SET
UP IN THE YEAR 2000 BY THE
LABOUR GOVERNMENT, TO PROMOTE AND
DEVELOP THE UK FILM INDUSTRY. IN 2010
THE GOVERNEMENT ANNOUNCED THEY
WERE ABOLISHING THE UK FILM COUNCIL.
6. THE BUSINESS SIDE
THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT CREATED THE UK FILM COUNCIL TO PROMOTE
BRITISH FILM ACROSS THE WORLD – THE UK FILM COUNCIL WAS A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF DISTRIBUTING BRITISH FILM. WHEN THE
RECESSION HIT THE WESTERN WORLD AND THE CONSERVATIVE PART Y
CAME INTO POWER, THE UK FILM COUNCIL WAS ABOLISHED.
BRITISH FILM MANAGED TO GROW DESPITE THE RECESSION, FOR
EXAMPLE IN 2008 – THE YEAR OF THE DARK KNIGHT, MAMMA MIA! AND
QUANTUM OF SOLACE – BRITISH FILMS ACCOUNTED FOR 15% OF BOX
OFFICE TAKINGS WORLDWIDE, BANKING £2.6BN – UP NEARLY $1BN ON
THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH FILMS FOR EACH YEAR
INCLUDE; BILLY ELLIOT (2000), BRIDGET JONE’S DIARY (2001), ABOUT A
BOY (2002), LOVE ACTUALLY (2003), SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004), PRIDE
& PREJUDICE (2005), CASINO ROYALE (2006), HOT FUZZ (2007),
QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008), AN EDUCATION (2009) & HARRY POTTER
(2001 – 2011). THESE FILMS ARE DISTINCTLY BRITISH IN SUBJECT
MATTER, YET MOST STILL APPEAL TO A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE. MOST
WERE FINANCED BY BRITISH COMPANIES AND SPONSORS.
