British Film

Teaser Trailers.

A "teaser trailer" is a film trailer which teases the audience with methods to get them more intrested in the film itself, for example the trailer may show small parts of important scenes flashed consecutively and very quickly (generally used in thrillers/action films). Some trailers may also end on a somewhat cliff hanger to appeal to the audiences sense of intrest.

British film Websites.

British film websites offer in depth information and analyses of British film examples include: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
http://www.britfilms.com/
http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

Some examples of modern British film are Adulthood and Rock n Rolla. Both these films exercise a certain degree of gritty realism about crime and other important issues but what really makes a film British?.

The film industry aswell as most others is now globalised meaning firstly that a large amount of different ideas and styles of film are intwined although this can be seen as a negative event as it has become incresingly difficult to define a film as being 'British'. To me a British film should include the following:

• Should be set in Britain



• Contain a mainly British cast



• Being produced by a British company



• Perhaps even contain issues that are or have effected Britain in the past

Some films such as Harry Potter are regarded as partly British. Although the majority of the cast is British and the film itself was filmed in Britain the producer of the film was American. With all of this in mind I would still regard Harry Potter as a British film due the author being British.

Certain Iconic images can be related to nations as a whole. Iconic images that can be related to Britain are some of those that follow:

The 1950's saw a large movement in the creation of movies based on or around war, for example the "Dam busters" 1955. The time these movies are set in create a large amount of nostalgia not about the war itself but about what the age itself included.