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1 Key Successes in the British Film Industry

2 Objective Explain why some British films have been successful

3 BAFTA – Best British Film This is often a measure of how successful a film has been, with critics anyway Awards and accolades provide extra publicity for a film and lead to increased box-office and DVD/BD sales revenue BAFTA has toyed with the Best British Film category (changes, incorporations) but now has The Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film

4 Recent BAFTA winners 2012 – Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 – The King’s SpeechThe King’s Speech 2010 – Fish Tank 2009 – Man on WireMan on Wire 2008 – This is EnglandThis is England What are the qualities of ‘Britishness’ that these films convey?

5 The Oscars British films have fared well at the ceremony Internationally recognised Boost sales significantly ‘Licence’ to make more personal films Make the films you want Curse – past performance is not a guide to future success

6 Recent British Successes at the Oscars 2011 – The King’s Speech 2009 – Slumdog Millionaire 2006 – Helen Mirren for The Queen 1998 – Shakespeare in Love, Best Picture Aardman Animations (Nick Park) – 1991, 1994, 1996 = Best Animated Short Film, 2005 = Best Animated Feature (Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts) Why has the American film industry chosen these particular British films to reward?

7 Heritage of British Success at the Oscars http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2 010/mar/08/british-oscar-winners http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2 010/mar/08/british-oscar-winners How much of this is down to actors and directors working exclusively in Britain? Why is this?

8 Honour is not always Profit Making the most money does not mean you will win the award for best film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232776/ (Fish Tank) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232776/ Look at the Inbetweeners Movie... Makes £50m, costs £4m... No Oscar glory there! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1716772/videogallery http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1716772/videogallery Look at Four Lions... Wins the BAFTA Best British Film award, but makes only a modest profit at the box office... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/

9 What does it take to be successful?

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