Wednesday 19 June 2013

Production Contexts

Hollywood: before Hollywood film makes were restricted by Thomas Edison, because Edison own the move makers patents and would sue independent film makers such as Biograph. to escape Edison Biograph moved to Los Angeles along with the perfect weather conditions and being free from Edison Biograph were able to start work on films and decided to look at the neighbouring areas stumbling across Hollywood, with out the restriction of Edison Biograph made "In Old California". after hearing of Biograph success in Hollywood other film makes began to move to Hollywood, In 1919 the first motion picture studio was built.
from the late 11920's to 1940 is know as "Classic Hollywood" with the golden age of Hollywood being 1930 to 1948.

Bollywood: base in India , Bollywood release around 1000 movies a year that's more than twice as many as Hollywood the golden age of Bollywood films is 1940 to 1960's. Bollywood films consist of a fusion of relationships between lovers and family, music and dance.In the 1970's commercial Cinerama grew as the Finance corporation were seen to be not going enough, this lead to Bollywood overtaking America as the worlds largest film producer.in 2000's Bollywood became more popular worldwide which has improved Bollywood's quality of films. Bollywood has a shady background when it comes to funding as in India the Bollywood films are funded by crime.

British cinema, in 1920 British films were losing to the up and coming Hollywood films, causing a drop in British films viewed in Britain dramatically, in 1927 the Governor made a new law called the cinematographers trade bill designed to ensure the success of British films.then in 1940 the war helped to make British films and cinemas as documentary's gave a whole new look on British cinema as the public needed a way to escape the war.

Independent films, produced outside of major studies, they are often distributed by by major studios so that the films can be seen by a wider audience than just independent film fans. To be and independent film the production must be funded by no more than 50% by a major film company alto a film may be made in a country the film would not be cammed an independent British film as "independent" and "British" are to different production contexts. One of the best ways for an independent film to find a company to distribute there film is to get nominated for a film awards such as Sundance.

 Interdenominational co-production, an international co-production is the agreement between two or more country's this allows all country's involved in the co-production to gain the advantages of the other country's such as locations, funding and actors. on the other hand then you are working with multiple counter's you may suffer a few drawbacks such as extra laws to abide by, language barriers, cultural barriers and creative disagreements.

Developing country's, Developing country's or third cinema tend to focus on politics and war. third cinema started in the 1960's as a range of low budget movies  were made by a group of Latin American film-makers. the films are typically produced in less that two weeks for around $15.000 unlike most other production contexts third cinema films are so cheep that event the poorest person in a third world country can view them.  

    





Wednesday 5 June 2013

Hush

Hush is and independent Horror film made in Britain, the key way to tell that Hush is an independent film is to look at the way it is Funded. Hush was funded  with the help of Film 4, UK film council, EM Media, warp X,warp films, screen Yorkshire, Fear factory, Pathe and Shona Productions. also an independent film must be at least 50% funded by the owner.

A good way to make sure that your independent film is seen is to  put in a well known actor, in the case of hush the film starred William Ash who had already been in an array  of TV shows, TV films and Films before Hush.

Hush is a horror film this is made very clear to anyone who has watched the film, the style of the film fits perfectly into the style and conventions of a horror film, for example through out the whole film the lighting is consistently dark this sets the mood of a horror and also makes the audience feel that there could be something around every corner. unlike a lot of horror films Hush is all based in a very real world with real life events this makes the film all the more scary, when you compare Hush to a film like resident evil you can really see how the real life setting is just as scary as the post apocalyptic setting in resident evil.The difference in setting between Hush and Resident Evil means that the films have to use different styles to scare people, in Resident Evil they can use gore and violence to scare people. on the other hand Hush used relatable  emotions such as loss and never seeing someone again and the fear of never seeing the face of your horrors.