1. Genre = drama , indie
EXAM FOCUS = INDUSTRY
Chicken (2015 UK)

2. Chicken dir. Joe Stephenson (2015)
The film follows Richard, a fifteen- year-old boy with learning difficulties who lives in a shabby caravan with his older brother, Polly. Life for the siblings is harsh,
Polly is often mean to Richard and has often violent moods.
Richard finds it easier to communicate with animals – none more so than his beloved hen, Fiona. He forms a strong friendship with rebellious seventeen- year-old Annabel, whose family have recently acquired the farmland on which the brothers live.
A conflict develops

3. Release and marketing
Chicken had its world premiere in June 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film had its international premiere in competition at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival, followed by screenings at the New Hampshire International Film Festival, Giffoni International Film Festival, Cine A La Vista International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Schlingel International Film Festival and Dublin International Film Festival. It eventually received a limited theatrical release in the UK on 20 May 2016.
It was then acquired by MUBI UK, and had its British TV premiere on FilmFour April It received its DVD and Blu-ray release via Network distribution on 18 September 2017
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4. How it was received
Chicken received positive reviews and currently hold a 100% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Mark Kermode rated the film at four out of five stars stating that Scott Chambers' performance is "superb".
Anna Smith of Empire magazine gave the film a rating of four stars
Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature — Joe Stephenson (New Hampshire Film Festival 2015)[2][10]
Silver Griffoni Award for Best Film - Generation 18+ (2nd Prize) — Joe Stephenson & B Good Picture Company (Giffoni Film Festival 2016)
Award for Best Film — Chicken (Cine A La Vista International Film Festival 2016)[10]
Scott Chamber's performance as Richard got a Special Critic's Circle mention (Dublin International Film Festival 2016)
The film was shortlisted for Best Director (Joe Stephenson) and Best Newcomer (Scott Chambers) by the British Independent Film Awards.

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Notes on film

6. Chicken Director
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Interviews with Joe Stephenson about Chicken
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7. Curran & Seaton explained

8. David Hesmondhalgh
Academic and media theorist David Hesmondhalgh has written extensively about the Cultural Industries and A Level Media students need to develop an understanding of his work.
Cultural Industries: notes
Hesmondhalgh discusses the way the cultural industries operate and explores their effect on audiences: “Of one thing there can be no doubt: the media do have influence.”
He points out that societies with profitable cultural industries (e.g. USA, UK) tend to be dominated by large companies, have minimal government regulation and significant inequality between rich and poor.
Do cultural industries reinforce these conditions?
The cultural industries: a risky business
Hesmondhalgh acknowledges that media companies are operating a risky business. There is no guarantee a creative product will be a success.
They offset this risk both creatively and through business structure. In terms of media products, they use stars, sequels and well-known genres.
In terms of business, they use vertical integration and diversification to spread their risk and maximise profit.
Commodification
Hesmondhalgh discusses commodification in the cultural industries (turning everything into something that can be bought or sold).
He suggests this creates problems on both the consumption and production side. For the production side, he points to certain areas of the cultural industries where people are not fairly rewarded.
Hesmondhalgh: diversity in the media
Hesmondhalgh has explored whether the cultural industries truly reflect the diversity of people and society.
Hesmondhalgh references Mosco (1996): “There is a difference between multiplicity – a large number of voices – and diversity – whether or not these voices are actually offering different things from each other.”
Despite their size, are the cultural industries dominated by a narrow range of values and ideologies?