BFI Trip Notes

Types of films:

• -multiplex cinema
• -arthouse cinema
• -crossover/prestige

International Audience: Uses and gratifications-

Information/education: Historical figures, celebs
social interaction: Social pleasers
personal ID: solidarity with subcultures
pure entertainment: spectacle escapism

National audience: Uses and gratifications-

Information/education: how do British people live
social interaction: crowd pleasers
personal ID: national pride
pure entertainment: spectacle escapism

Warp Films

Films between arthouse and multiplex
-an independent film and television production company based in Sheffield, UK, with a further affiliated company

Vertigo films

Vertigo Films is a British film production and film distribution company based in London, England. Vertigo Films has been responsible, for the production and distribution of Bronson, StreetDance 3D and Monsters.
They partnered with Syco (Simon Cowell) for Britain's Got Talent