Hollywood and TV put the squeeze on UK's low-budget film-makers

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/31/hollywood-and-tv-put-the-squeeze-on-uks-low-budget-film-makers



  • A combination of an increasingly risk-averse Hollywood movie system and the global explosion in mega-budget TV drama is putting the pressure on smaller films. 
  • The number of  UK films costing from £500,000 to £30m to make, fell from 77 to 60 between 2014 and 2015.
  • Pressure is being put on film makers by shows such as Netflix’s £100m co-production The Crown.
  • Most drama now is a minimum of £1m an episode and the quality and the experience is very high. And the way the market has changed means that is where a lot of the money and funding now is.
  • Film production is becoming increasingly more expensive 
  • There is a lot of pressure on smaller films

Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept18 October 2017 at 00:23

    You need to summarise in your own words what this article means and relate it to what you think the effect is on pre-production.
    Miss C

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  2. JCoSS Media Dept31 October 2017 at 01:56

    The comments above need responding to as soon as possible. Thanks. Mrs E.

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