Definition of British Film

The definition of British Film is basically that it is produced, directed by a british people. Also it is filmed in british scenery and may also be about the history of brition like the second world war and first. Also films like pride and prejucide that about british actors and in british scenery.

Also films like This Is England shows what England was like back in the days so films that are British gives people in the 21st Century what England was like ages ago.

Investigation on the Four Websites

I will be investigating three website and i will find out for each one of them the following:

• The purpose/mission
• What type of information is available
• Who might use the organisation or website
• 2 interesting things I learned from the organisation 

The first website I am going to investigate is http://www.britfilms.com/ 

The purpose/mission of the britfilm website is it basically enables people of any age to make a short film and sent it in to be shown at a festival, the films need to be less than 45 minutes long and need to have a British director or producer.  It is linked with the National organisation the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)


The type of information that is available when going on to the website is the following things:

• Who does what in the UK film industry
• Film- maker resources and information 
• British films and Film makers 
• Directory of international film and video films 
• Training and courses
• News and Events 
• Spotlight
• Cannes Film Festivals Guide 
• Site Map

When you click on each heading it gives a lot of information and it is available to everyone who goes on the site so the site is very useful as a lot of information is available. 

The type of People who might use the website or the organisation are the people who may be starting or wanting to start a career in directing and film making and by them sending there films to this organisation might be the best place to start, the organisation may see potential in these people and from there a whole new career may start. 

The two interesting things i found from the organisation is that they can like make dreams come true, by this i mean even with that little film they send in they may see potential in people who want to start a career in directing and it looks to me it is a good place to start. My other interests was that the website is really good at giving a lot of information to people like they even give a site map to help you it is a really useful site to look at. 

The second website I am going to look at is http://www.bfi.org.uk/ 

The purpose/mission of the BFI (British Film Institute) is to promote understanding and appreciation of film and television heritage and culture. Established in 1933, the BFI runs a range of activities and services.

The type of information that is available is as followed:

• What's on 
• Research
• Education
• Filmstore
• Archive
• Members
• About 

All these things are on the website when you first go on and they give you all sorts of information to help you along when visiting the site. 

The type of people who might use the website or organisation is young teenagers i think and younger adults because it is kind of a website where you can make films and just basically have a lot of fun and at the same time appreciate the work and art of film. 

The two interesting things I have learnt about the website is that it is really colourful and eye-catching to look out, and the other thing is that there is more information on this website than there was on the other and it even has like films people have made when going there fr the day. Which really inspires the whole idea of the organisation. 

The third website I will be looking at is http://www.netribution.co.uk/ 

The Purpose/mission of the website is all about the discovering Latin America which is the largest of its kind in the UK and for the ninth year promises to present the city of London with a wide variety of brilliant feature films and shorts, as well as exciting documentaries spanning the whole political spectrum, thrilling retrospectives, thought- provoking mater-classes, enthralling discussions with film directors and many other events. 

The type of information that is available on the website is:

• Community
• News
• Interviews
• Blogs
• Forum
• Calendar

When clicking on each one it will then give you more information as to what they are all about. 

The people who might use the website is Latin American people who are interested in the world of films. 

the two things i found interesting was that it was actually for Latin Americans and they making it all in the UK and that they are quite successful for nine years now in the city of London. 

 

The fourth website i will be looking at is http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

The purpose/mission of this website is as follows:

The UK Film Council was created in 2000 and is the Government-backed lead agency for film delivery in the UK;

Since its creation the UK Film Council has been the cornerstone of the British film industry and the funder of most of the big cultural film initiatives – we have backed more than 900 films, shorts and features, entertained more than 200 million people and helped to generate approximately £700 million at the box-office worldwide.  For every £1 of Lottery money we have invested, £5 has been generated at the box office, allowing us to reinvest that recoupment straight back into new British films;

The type of information that is available is when you first enter the website is as follows:

• About us
• Funding
• Filming
• Distrubition
• Strategy
• Research
• News

When you click on each one they give you more information on what they are about.

The people who might use the website or organisation is people who love films and enjoy to watch a good british film, maybe even families having a movie night in.

Two interesting things i have learn't about the website/organisation is firstly i like the fact that they bring british films to life and it looks really interesting. secondly i like the fact that there is a lot of information on all types of things you want to know.