Aims to support develop and the art films of the moving image. This description is matched with the BAFTA award.

Promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain’s rich film and television heritage and culture. This describes BFI.

The official UK agency for international cultural relations its film department promotes new British films (features and shorts). Internationally principally through festivals and showcases. Portal site britishfilms.com. This is the British council.

An independent, non-government body which classifies and censors film, video as well as computer and console based games. This is the BFFC

Government backed lead agency for film in the uk ensuring that the economic cultural and education aspects of a film are effectively represented at home and abroad. This is the UK film council.

Examples of 5 recent films produced by certain companies

Film 4:

12 years a slave, Ex Machina

20000 days on earth A most wanted man The Riot club

Entertainment one:

Zombie massacre The age of Adeline Paddington Insidious Remember

Working title:

Legend The worlds end Jonny English reborn Les miserable Paul

Big talk productions:

Cuban fury, Give out girls Raised by wolves Man up Grimsby.

Warp films:

The last panthers Dr. Easy Talking to the dead Privado The beast

Pathe:

Mandela, 127 hours, Enemy, Pride No one lives.

Who dominates the uk film industry:

It is becoming ever easier to make a feature film, thanks in large part to new technology which is cheaper and more accessible. We are currently in a boom for feature film

production, with more films made in the UK last year than ever before. However, the size of movie audiences and the rate at which we watch films is not growing at the same speed. This means the ‘pressure point’ in the filmmaking process has shifted from “Will I get it made?” to “Will anyone see it?” There were 698 films released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland in 2013. The number of film and video distributors has increased by 32% since 1996. In 2013, there were 470 companies focused on video and film distribution in the UK, only 127 of whom actually released a film in UK cinemas that year. The top 10 distributors account for 97% of the box office revenue. Just three companies (StudioCanal, eOne and Entertainment) control half of all box office income made on UK independent films.

cultural scores:Avengers: Age of Ultron- 12/35- producers and characters are American but UK filmingMad Max: Fury Road- 11/35- British actors but filmed in Namibia Ex Machina- 20/35- actors British/ EU but filmed in NorwayStar Wars: The Force Awaken- 13/35- mostly American actors, filmed in Abu Dhabi and Iceland 

Old ways to be British:

o A British directoro A British producero A predominate British casto A British production companyo A subject matter that informs on the British experience o British identity by the BFI in 'sight and sound' 

How do British films attracted audiences(either British or globally):

o by following the criteriao covering clever/ initiative ideas that are newly discoveredo show originalityo feature popular actors o playing on the British stereotypeo making sequels or prequels of British filmso moderately high budget ( Mark Kermode rules of success) 

How are they distinct/ different form   Hollywood   blockbusters?:

o niche audiences o cult film/ conceptso quintessentially Britisho smaller budget (usually), smaller audience

Audience types:

Mainstream: unlikely ever to view anything other than 'Hollywood' style blockbusters- went to see Star Wars, Avengers 

Mainstream plus: generally mainstream, but apt to see less mainstream films in a few occasions- went to see Mad Max: Fury Road- high budget 

Aficionados: tend to watch a mix of films, including major foreign language titles, and can be encouraged to become even more adventurous in their viewing choices

Film buffs1: eschew mainstream films in favour of more extreme, challenging subject matters (specialist/ cult films)- Ex Machina covers sexism and the take over of robotic use, making it a cult film