Tuesday 7 May 2013

Dog soldiers

Dog Soldiers is a monster horror based in Scotland, the production context for Dog Soldiers is British as the film is filmed and edited in the UK the film follows the conventions you expect from a British film for example the use of British slang and British things ( British dogs and tea.) Dog Soldiers also stars British actors such as Liam Cunhingham and Kevin Mckidd.

Dog Solders was made in 2002 the same year that resident evil was made. when you look at these two film side by side you can clearly see the differences is style and budget of the two films the Hollywood film had multiple locations, visual effect in the form of CG I and a far grater budget. on the other hand the British had people in costumes, only pyrotechnics and one location, in no way am i trying to say that the British film is any worse in fact i prefer the British film for the reason they understand that you do not need to make a computer monster in post-production when it is faster, cheaper and better to make a costume for the actors to have some thing real to react to. 

in summary Dog soldiers is far different to other films i have reviewed as the foundations of the film are differences the film does not have the strong family bonds of a Bollywood nor the large budget of a Hollywood instead we use the unique British brain as our foundations our stereotype of Tea and the way we talk to make our films special and that what makes a British film so British