British film industry

1. What % of global box office was the British film industry responsible for? - 15% in 2012
2. What was this % in 2009? - 6.8%
3. What might this change indicate about British film? - That British films are increasing in popularity.
4. What films have been responsible for this change? - Generally action films that make the most money like James Bond Skyfall, other films like Harry potter and Best Marigold hotel. 
5. What % of the British film industry makes a profit? - 7%
6. What % of Hollywood films make a profit? - 17%
7. How does that % differ between £2m and £10m budget British films? - 4%
8. What might we infer from this difference? - better to make a Hollywood film
9. Which age group makes up the largest % of UK cinema goers? - over 45's
10. Why do you think this might be? - because they are usually taking children to the cinema or they go on their own.
11. Which 'type' of film has seen an 18% drop in attendance? - 3D
12. Within that 'type' which genre has seen the biggest fall? - family film
13. What did Charles Grant put this decline down to? - cinema's are becoming more expensive so people don't buys multiple tickets.
14. Who is Paul Greengrass? - A film director
15. How did he describe the British film industry? - He describes it as a success and predicted it would continue to see international growth
16. What did a BFI spokesperson say was the point of less profitable low budget British films? - the point was that tiny budget films would create commercial success
17. What was the budget for Filth and how much money did it take?- took $4m at the box office more than twice its budgets.
18. What advantage did James McEvoy feel £100m films have over low budget films? - That the smaller budgets managed to get people to go and see it without a studio.
19. What is VOD? - Video and Demand
20. What % increase did VOD see last year? - 50%
21. What impact might VOD have on distributors and Studios? - VOD will impact them because they will become less important.
22. What impact has it had on Blockbuster rental stores?- Blockbuster stores will loose business and face failure.
23. What was unique about Ben Wheatley's 'A Field In England'? -It was realised in several different formats simultaneously in cinemas, DVD and VOD.
24. What does director of The Machine Caradog James think is the toughest part of film making?- Making a good film but can you get reach of the audience.
25. Why have rules been relaxed on what makes a film 'British'? - the old rules were that when a film was made in Britain it had to be British money but now the film industry have said that films just have to be made here in british studios. 
26. How has the use of visual effects in films been encouraged? -The points for visual effects have been increased. 
27. Name five of these rules and link them to The Kings Speech, Kill List, The World's End -films are set in the Uk, leading characters are british, There is a British films crew (director, producer, script write etc), language of films is english, films based on British history/subjects. 
28. What rules has chancellor George Osbourne announced for tax on British films? - Tax relief will increase from 20% to 25% on the first £20 million
29. What is the highest grossing film in UK box office history? - Skyfall
30. How much has it taken and how many screens was it available on? -It has taken £540m and was available at 587 cinemas in the UK