Media MatasL Course

Background and Production 1) What is the story behind the production of the film? is a rites of passage comedy drama directed by  Gurinder Chadha , who also directed  Bend It Like Beckham . Set in 1987, it revisits Manzoor's teenage years and much of it is directly based on real events. One unlikely consequence of this is that his teenage friendship with Amolak has now been immortalised – not something either of them could have imagined in their wildest dreams. 2) What was the audience reaction to the film? audiences found personal connections to the story. I could not have predicted that Israeli women in Jerusalem, white teenage American boys in Omaha, Nebraska and older white women in Australia who had seen the film would all contact me on social media and thank me for telling their story. I had not expected to be approached, at screenings from Glasgow to Seattle, by people who seemingly had nothing in common with the protagonist but said they had connected emotionally with the s

Factsheet #132: British Film 1) Write a one-sentence definition of what makes a film British. A film that is made in Britain by a British person and represents British culture and or values. ( any film that has been funded according to the bilateral co-production treaty or the European Convention and / or has scored at least 16 points on the Cultural Test.) 2) What is the difference between a Hollywood production context and production context of a British film? Hollywood production only uses high budget productions with a reliance of celebrities  while British production context allows for both high and low budget films without needing to rely on celebrities as a part of the cast and crew while focusing on British culture and values and not just spectacle driven unlike Hollywood. 3) When did the James Bond franchise start? The 1960's 4) In terms of film censorship and graphic content, what began to change in British film in the 1970s and 1980s? The British film industry in  the 1