The British film industry
1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. Certain things can answer whether a film is British or not : people making the film are British, is it funded from within Britain, are the cast British, is the film’s subject matter about Britain or British culture. 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and the production context of a British film? The Hollywood production context means that most films made by Hollywood studios have high budgets, a heavy reliance on celebrities both in the cast and crew and spectacle driven stories whereas t he British film production context does not have as many clearly defined characteristics. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? In the 1960's. 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970's and 1980's? The British film industry in the 1970s was dominated by the subject of censorship that continued into the video nasties banning o