Mock Research:

1. What % of global box office was the British film industry responsible for? 15%.
2. What was this % in 2009? 6.8%.
3. What might this change indicate about British film? It is becoming more popular worldwide and in England too, we are making more captivating films.
4. What films have been responsible for this change? Skyfall accounts for $1.1 billion of the $5.3 billion of the UK's tally, in 2011 Harry Potter was the reason for the higher market share with the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The King's Speech. Films that were released without the backing of a major US studio, also did well in worldwide cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Woman in Black, which made $135m (£88m) and $128m (£83.4m) at cinemas worldwide.
5. What % of the British film industry makes a profit? 7%.
6. What % of Hollywood films make a profit? 17%.
7. How does that % differ between £2m and £10m budget British films? £2m budget films only 4% made a profit and the £10m 1budget films 7% made a profit.
8. What might we infer from this difference? higher budget films made more profit.
9. Which age group makes up the largest % of UK cinema goers? 36% over 45s, 25% 15-25s.
10. Why do you think this might be? there is a rise in films aimed at an older audience
11. Which 'type' of film has seen an 18% drop in attendance? 3D films.
12. Within that 'type' which genre has seen the biggest fall? family films.
13. What did Charles Grant put this decline down to? Families need to economise, prices rise when 3D premium is taken into account as well as the need for paying for parking and tickets. He also said that 'the word can circulate when there's just a shoddy conversion' from a normal version of the film to 3D.
14. Who is Paul Greengrass? A British film director.
15. How did he describe the British film industry? A 'success story' and he predicted it would continue to see international growth, especially in China.
16. What did a BFI spokesperson say was the point of less profitable low budget British films? He said they are 'successful and beneficial to the industry for other reasons like skills and training development and for artistic and cultural importance'.
17. What was the budget for Filth and how much money did it take? Roughly the budget for Filth was £2 million and it made £4 million at the box office.
18. What advantage did James McEvoy feel £100m films have over low budget films? He said that they have a large budget to sell the film. He said that 'films like Filth can be leagues ahead of the $100m movie, but they've got no money to get a poster in the paper. So who's going to come and see them?'. 
19. What is VOD? video on demand.
20. What % increase did VOD see last year? 50%
21. What impact might VOD have on distributers and Studios? less impact
22. What impact has it had on Blockbuster rental stores?
23. What was unique about Ben Wheatleys 'A Field In England'? It was the first UK film to be released at the same time in cinemas, on TV, on DVD and through video on demand.
24. What does director of The Machine Caradog James think is the toughest part of film making? A film may be good but getting it to reach the audience is the toughest part.
25. Why have rules been relaxed on what makes a film 'British'? To encourage more investment in the UK film industry.
26. How has the use of visual effects in films been encouraged? They will include an increase in the opportunities available for using British visual and special effects. companies.
27. Name five of these rules and link them to The Kings Speech, Kill List, The World's End. End Film is set in the UK, British lead actors and majority of cast, lead characters are British citizens or residents, film based on British subject matter or underlying material, British director, scriptwriter, producer, composer, key staff and crew.
    The King's speech starred mainly British actors such as Colin Firth and Helena Bonham-Carter, it was based on a British subject matter and is about British heritage, which is another rule, the lead characters are British citizens, the director Tom Hooper is British and so are other members of the crew such as the scriptwriter, also it was filmed and set in England.
    The majority of The World's End cast were British actors such as Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as it's lead characters are British citizens. It was set in England and filmed in England, it's based on an underlying English material like pub crawls and the director Edgar Wright is British, other key members of the crew are also British, for example one of the producers Nira Park is.
    Kill List is set and filmed in England, it's lead characters are British citizens, the majority of the crew are British and director Ben Wheatley.
28. What rules has chancellor George Osbourne announced for tax on British films?He announced that tax relief would be increased from 20% to 25% on the first £20 million of qualifying production expenditure. Furthermore, productions will only have to spend 10% of their budgets on UK expenditure to qualify (down from 25%) to help more independent production companies and make the UK a more attractive co-production partner.
     
29. What is the highest grossing film in UK box office history? Skyfall
30. How much has it taken and how many screens was it available on?  It has taken £94.3 million in the UK and it was available in 587 cinemas.