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  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Excellent for first two questions = full marks EBI: Inaccuracies and very few points made for the longer answer question.  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the three questions: 3/3; 6/6; 2/9. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. ● Blinded By The Light generated great excitement at the Sundance Film Festival which resulted in an all-night auction that saw New Line Cinema pay $15m to distribute the film. 3) For  Question 2  on the promotion of  Blinded By The Light , use the mark scheme to identify  at least one  strategy used to promote the film that you  didn't  mention in your answer and  why  it was used. The key lesson from this question was to make  specific  reference to the CSP in your answer and ensure each exp

  Factsheet   #164   on   Television Serial Drama:   1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. Traditionally the drama serial differs from a drama series in that it tells  a story, and delivers narrative resolution, in a number of parts over a  period of time. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? Drama series’ such as ABC’s The Avengers (1961-1969) and Danger  Man (1962-1968) being notable examples. Euston Films, creators of  The Sweeney (1975-1978) and Minder (1979 – 1994), were among  the first UK companies to make filmed TV drama largely aimed at  the domestic market. This model of making television drama was not  widely adopted by the industry until the 1990s. Today all television  drama is all shot on film and made like a film, with the same high  quality productions values. 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your  own example

1)  British Film Industry factsheets #132 & #100 2)  Blinded By The Light  case study research   3)  Regulation - BBFC research and tasks  

  1) Research the  BBFC  in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government? This  history of the BBFC page  may help. The British board of film classification is independent, non governmental and non-for-profit, and has had the responsibility of classifying films since 1912, video tapes and discs since 1985, and more recently, online content. They are here to help everyone in the UK choose age appropriate films, videos and websites, wherever and however they watch or use them.  2) Read this  BBFC guide to how films are rated . Summarise the process in 50 words. Our compliance officers watch a combination of films, DVD's, and online content during each working day. With all the content they watch they make notes about drug references, sex, violence and bad language. They take all these things into consideration before making their decision. If some ratings are border line the decide whether to increase it or not.  3) Read

  Funding and industry contexts: 1) What was the budget for  Blinded By The Light  and which companies contributed to the production budget? Bend It Films developed the film with support from Levantine Films and Ingenious Media. The budget was  15 million USD.  2) Research the  Bend It Networks website . What other films and projects has the company been involved with? Beecham house, Viceroys house, BILB musical, Desi rascals, Wonderful afterlife, Angus thongs, Mistress of spices, Bride and prejudice, Bend it like Beckham, What's cooking?, Bhaji on the beach, I'm British but... 3) Research Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema  on the Warners website here . Summarise the history of New Line Cinema in a short paragraph. New line cinema produces  critically acclaimed hit films that resonate with both mainstream and niche audiences around the world.  New Line produced the Oscar winning “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, which generated a combined worldwide box office of al