1. Discuss your opinion on the current state of the British cinema industry.

2. 1. Early History

3. The cinema as an entertainment industry emerged from a series of innovations in the late nineteenth century, mostly in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
In the UK, more than 30 film studio were established in and around London.
British films rapidly established a substantial share of the market at home and abroad, including some 15 per cent of the American market by 1910.
The industry's share of its home market fell from half to less than 10 per cent by 1914.
 At the same time as film production was waning, cinema going flourished as a pastime of the British public. Investment in cinemas surged, with the founding of many new companies and investment of £1.5m (£140m at current prices) in cinemas in 1908 alone[4]. The Government recognized the potential of the film industry, initially as a source of revenue, when it included cinema, together with other entertainments, such as music hall and theatre, in the Entertainment Tax, introduced in The rate, which was initially set at between 25 and 50 per cent of the price of cinema tickets, was reduced in the 1920s and then raised during the Second World War.
It was finally abolished in 1960.

4. 2. First government support
By 1925, British film production had declined to a point where fewer than 40 feature films a year were being made, compared with over 150 in The vast majority films shown here were American. In May 1925, Lord Newton raised the issue in the House of Lords, citing "industrial, commercial, educational and Imperial interests" involved, and calling for a Committee of inquiry. In 1927, the Government recognised the importance of film production to the British economy and its role in stimulating exports of other goods and services and acted to protect the home market from American domination by means of the Cinematograph Films Act The Act recognised the interdependency of production, distribution and exhibition, and sought to encourage home production by setting quotas for British-made films to be met by both distributors and exhibitors. The Act was a success, in the sense that production of films in the UK more than doubled by the end of the decade, and resulted in the establishment of several new production companies, including British International Pictures at new studios in Elstree, Warner's studios at Teddington and Fox's studios at Wembley. But it was also blamed for creating a market for poor quality, low cost films, churned out to meet the quota requirements.

5. Film production in the UK has experienced a number of booms and recessions over the years…

6. British film since 2000
The 2000s was a successful decade for the British film industry with the first seven films in the Harry Potter series taking over $637,700,000 alone.
Daniel Craig controversially become the new James Bond.
The UK film council had its last decade product films before it was abolished producing cult classics within the era such as Harry Brown, Snatch, The Business.

7. Key films and directors of 2012s
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
Director: David Yates
The King Speech
Director: Tom Hooper
The Imbetweeners Movie
- Director: Ben Palmer