Feel free to use ideas from your study of ‘The English Patient,’ ‘The Duchess’ or ‘The Last King of Scotland’ to help you answer these questions.
What issues of media ownership in the contemporary film industry are raised by the film ‘London to Brighton’?
How does ‘London to Brighton’ highlight the importance of synergy in the production and distribution of a film?
What is the importance of cross media convergence in the distribution of films like ‘London to Brighton’?
Were any new technologies of production, distribution, marketing or exchange used by ‘London to Brighton’?
Tip 1 – think about if filmmakers working on a small budget would be able to use ‘film’ rather than ‘digital’ cameras – which do you think is most expensive? Can cinemas use digital projectors yet? Did you even know that digital projectors existed?
Tip 2 – Remember the last case study…film companies use new technologies, mobile ‘phones, video games, the Internet, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace etc to help them produce, distribute and market their films – how do they work?
What issues are raised by ‘London to Brighton’ in the targeting of British audiences by the film’s makers?
Tip – Why might ‘London to Brighton’ not be popular with international audiences?
The general questions again:
What is the significance of the proliferation of hardware (e.g. DVD/BluRay/‘the Internet’) for the film industry and film audiences?
What is the significance of the increase in the number and different types of films being made (by the film industry and others) on the film industry and film audiences at home or in the cinema?
What is the importance of technological convergence for the film industry and film audiences?
In what ways do your own experiences of watching this film illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour?
