Funding for British films.

While revising some media notes, i was reading up on fundng for the film industry. Before studing media, i never really took the time to think about where money for things like this comes from. Especially where someone like me could find funding for a film.
In my area there are a rew methods for finding funding. These are:

-EMM (East Midlands Media).
-Film Four, who funded Slumdog Millionaire.
-BB4.
-Working Title films. http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/trailers/index.htm
-Lottery funding (Last king of Scotland, This is England)
-First Light fund.
-Premier Fund.

My Trailer-Soundtrack.

Whilst drafting my trailer, i decided that i would like to incorporate a soundtrack into my trailer-to reflect the mood and atmosphere portrayed on-screen. Ideally i wanted a fast pace drum and bass track to work alongside my trailer-this style of music has the elements that'd compliment the trailer.
So i had a look on Myspce.com to find an unsigned artist, (more likely they'll allow me to use their music) and i came across one artist called 'Dj Pdex' he mainly produces drum and bass and has played live at many venues in and around the UK. He has one track on his Myspace that really intrested me. it has a slow repetative melody and a fast drum beat underneath. I listen to the track and just pictured my trailer with this soundtrack, it felt right so i thought about asking him for media usage.
I mentioned to a co-worker in my media group that i had found an artist suitable for my project and it just so happens that my friend knows him and that it shouldn't be a problem using his work. I was very pleased with this result and here was his feedback:
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Hi there Becci,
Thanks for checking my Myspace page and i'm very pleased you like my work.
Feel free to download and use the music & i'd love to see the end product.
Sam.
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http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.popupplayer&sindex=-1.1&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=37467&artid=5745939&profid=172729187&friendid=172729187&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=0&ap=1&rpeat=false

So now i have my soundtrack sorted, i'm very happy and a lot more confident with my work. I'm also starting to feel quite excited about my project and can't wait to add my soundtrack to my trailer!

The British Film Industry.

In the last few lessons we have studied the British Film Industry, this was widely inspiration and intresting. It was hugely exciting to explore the history behind the Film Industry in this country, we looked at funding for short films and how the British film scene competes with Hollywood and the large blockbusters within America, that they create.

British Cinema started in the early 1920's. When Robert W. Paul and Brit Acres made the first British Film called 'Incident at Clovelly Cottage'. By the late 1930's British Films started losing demand because of the competition from Hollywood, which was a real shame.
Even today its funny how we still fight for cinema showings of our own British films. Which brings me to the Cinematograph Films Act, that was put in place in 1927. This law ment that every single British Cinema had to show a number of British films per week, in order to boost box office admissions and help with funding. This law lasted 10 years, and unfortunately was pretty much unsuccessfull.
I found this topic very intresting, because it just made me think how much life has changed from the those days, but also how cinema has stayed the same, Britain still comes out with good, gripping films that push the bounderies. These are the sorts of films that people want to see. But we will still be at the side of the spotlight, next to our big brother, Hollywood.
Studing this wide topic has inspired me to make my teaser trailer. I can't wait to get my hands on the camera and really get some good effects with my work. I want to keep the dominant ideologies of my genre and be able to compare and contrast my work, to others'.

Media Therory. IDEOLOGY & NARRATIVES.

In the past few weeks, in our Media lessons we have studied a variety of media concepts that i will need to include into my trailer. For example, we studied ideology over two or three lessons i found this extremely intresting and helpful, as i never really deconstructed films while i watched them and thought about what it is that makes the film a specific genre.
IDEOLOGY: is an organised system of beliefs and values that inform the basis on which a particular society operates.
Within a society there might be different ideologies at play representing different sets of social interests, for example religious and non-religious people. This can cause problems, but in a away this adds to our culture that has many views on everything.

We also touched on Narritives. The root of the word Narrative comes from latin. Which translates into 'to make known'. Thre plot of a film is the narrative as its read, seen or heard. from the first to the last word or image. Its what the reader percieves.
The story is the narrative in chronological order, the abstract order of events as they follow each other. This is what the reader and the audience concieves or understands.
Science fiction Narratives was an area i found intresting. This is what you would expext to see, in a film of this genre. There are 6 suggested Sci-Fi Narratives. The Monster Scare/The threat by Aliens/ Physical violence/cultural domination...etc. This is how the audience will read the genre and enjoy the film.