Representation of ethnicity in Hotel Babylon

In British media, It is a common stereotype of immigrants to be portrayed as a nuisance, and being disposable to more powerful people. towards the end of the extract a clip is shown of two of the immigrants praying. This challenges the stereotype of them being disposable, as the loss of a single member of the workforce is greatly grieved. This gives a much more positive view of the immigrants than the usual, as it is not only the less powerful that grieve for him.
In the scene where the group of immigrant workers are packed into a small room and fill the space on-screen, it makes them seem much less individuals and rather a group, which shows their unimportance in society. Having them packed together like this means they have much less individual personalities and are portrayed to be great in number and also somewhat generalised.
Immigrants are generally thought of as having low-paid and unwanted jobs such as cleaning. This stereotype is both supported and challenged in this clip. The section where the female is running through the kitchen ordering and organising the workers shows her as a leader alongside the workers with much lower paid jobs. This supports the stereotype as the majority of the immigrants have jobs such as cooks and cleaners, however it also challenges the stereotype having an asian woman as some sort of leader, ordering and organising the group of individuals.

Film industry fact

• The Amazing Spiderman 2 is the largest scale film ever to be filmed in New York.
• The Amazing Spiderman had a budget of $230million, whereas it's sequel is $200million

Camera movements

Film industry fact

The Warner Bros Films was worth $1.2 billion in 2012


3D films have existed in some form since 1915


There are 3 ways to view 3D film:
-Anaglyph
-polarisation
-Eclipse
-autostereoscopy
-interference filter

TV drama

Panning shot

Panning shots are the movement of the camera from left to right or vice versa. This may be used to follow an object, show a large crowd or show an environment in detail. It may also be used in a first-person perspective.

Film Industry Facts

How many films were released in 3d in 2013 compared to in 2008?
2013: 40 films
2008: 10 films

Hom many people attend cinemas in 2013 compared to in 2008? (UK)
2013: 146 million
2008: 164 million

Box office takings: 2013 compared to 2008
2013: Highest total gross is Iron Man 3, with $10,918,410,000 selling 1,342,977,860 tickets.
2008: Highest total gross is The Dark Knight, with $9,630,390,000 selling 1,341,279,994 tickets.

Working Title Productions

Working title is a british film company founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe.
They have made a number of box office hits such as Les Miserables, The Boat That Rocked, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
The company mainly produces safe and mainstream films, but also produce some more risky films. Working Title was bought by PolyGram, which was bought by Universal, which was bought by Vivendi.
Working Title is now owned by NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast - one of the largest companies in the world. Working Title has a deal with Universal which allows them to greenlight films up to $35 million on their own. A smaller, low-budget sister company called WT2 was created, which produced movies such as Billy Elliot and Shaun of the Dead.

Working title being owned by NBCUniversal gives them a lot more money to work with, and they also get more freedom with decisions that they make. their slate of 1 risk-free movie, 2 mainstream movies and 2 riskier movies per year allows them to make plenty of money, even if one movie does less successfully as they expected it to. Being partnered with Universal also allows them to distribute their movies to a global audience as well as just a british one. They also have the money to star recognised actors in their movies such as Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as well as american stars, which appeals to both international and british audiences.

Risk-Free film:

• The World's End

Mainstream films:

• Rush
• About Time

More risky films:

• Closed Circuit
• I Give It A Year

British Independent Film case study: Submarine/WarpFilms

Warp Films

Background
When the company was first created, NESTA (National endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) funded it to create a number of short films. These included My Wrongs, Scummy man, and Rubber Johnny.
The company has had a number of successful releases in the UK such as This is England and Four Lions.
A number of the movies created by the company have received multiple awards. This Is England also had two spin-off series'; This is England '86 and This is England '88, both created by warp films.
Structure
The company is a subsidiary company of Warp. Warp also created Warp Records, and they often contain synergy between the two companies.
Warp Films also has two subsidiary companies: Warp X and Warp Films Australia.
Warp X creates feature films and Warp Films Australia creates is simply an Australian branch of Warp Films.

Films
The films created by the company are generally quite controversial and not aimed at the mainstream audiences of blockbuster movies. The films often contain questionable or controversial topics, such as terrorism, sex and dark humour.
The films are generally set in England and/or contain british actors, which is likely to attract british audiences. The British aspects are less generic and cliché than American films set in the UK too, and are more accurate to british culture.

Distribution

What company distributed The Hobbit?
Warner Bros are the company that distributed the movie. Warner Bros is a huge global conglomerate that distributes many of the largest film franchises in the world including the Harry Potter movies and the Pokemon movies.
Having Warner Bros distribute a film is likely to be beneficial for the movie's profit as they are well known for distributing huge blockbusters. For Warner Bros, the movie is certain to make a huge amount of profit, due to it being part of a series with massive following globally.

BBFC Age certificate
The age certificate in the UK was labelled 12A, which means that anyone can see the film, but anyone 12 or under has to be accompanied by an adult. This, along with the December release date, means that there will be more people able to watch the film. Children will be off school and many adults off work for the holiday, meaning that the children will be able to see the movie with their parents. This widens the possible audience greatly.

Global Release
The movie was released globally at around the same time. This means that for the majority, there is no waiting for a movie to be released in their country while it is being shown in other countries. This is beneficial to the success of the movie as this means that less people are likely to pirate the movie instead of waiting for it to be released. It also means that the movie makes much more money in a shorter space of time, which puts the movie higher on the box office chart.

Other distribution techniques
The DVD and Bluray of The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is set to be released on the 8th of April, by which time the film will have been released in cinemas worldwide.

Distribution

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