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'.