1. UK FILM INDUSTRY
A Brief Presentation on Numerous Factors on
the Film Industry in the UK

2. Localisation
• The trouble with localisation is that each country has
different sayings, accents, etc.
• Cars 2 ‘Mater’ is a Redneck but in other countries apart
from the USA wouldn’t make sense
• Common methods to localise films include subbing and
dubbing.

3. Advertising
• TV and Press are the best methods of advertising.
• This graph shows the correlation between the amount
spent on advertising and the gross box office.
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4. Popular Genres
• From BFI (British Film Industry) 2007 had Comedy as the
most popular genre with Drama being the second most
popular.
• The Telegraph also commented in 2009 that a public poll
showed that Comedy was the UK’s favourite genre.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6664716/Comedy-films-Britains-most-popular-genre.html#

5. Popular Films
• In 2011, Time Out surveyed 150 Film Industry experts to
list the top 100 British Films.
1. ‘Don’t Look Now’ by Nicholas Roeg
2. ‘The Third Man’ by Carol Reed
3. ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’ by Terence Davies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_100_best_British_films

6. Film Ratings
• BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) deal with the
ratings of UK released films.
• In order to be understood
by everyone, young and
old, they are easily
interpreted as shown to the
right.

7. Future of the Film Industry
• In January 2012, a report was published on the future of
the Film Industry. An extract is below:
“A revolutionary new approach to film education in British schools, financial
incentives to encourage collaborations between producers and distributors at the
initial stages of financing a project, and moves to encourage all major broadcasters
to increase current levels of support for British film are some of the
recommendations made by leading industry experts in a report published today.”
http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/8779.aspx
• The report comprised of 56 recommendations and one
recommendation included film education in schools to
teach young children about (basically) how a film is made.

8. Companies within the Region
• Amalgamated Studios – Borehamwood
• Bray Studios – Windsor
• British National Studios – Borehamwood
• Denham Film Studios – Denham
• Dragon International Film Studios – Llanilid
• Ealing Studios – Ealing
• Elstree Studios – Borehamwood
• Gainsborough Studios – Hoxton
• Gate Studios – Elstree
• Lime Grove Studios – Shepherd's Bush
• Merton Park Studios – South Wimbledon
• MGM-British Studios – Borehamwood
• Nettlefold Studios – Walton-on-Thames,
• Pinewood Studios – Iver Heath,
• Riverside Studios – Hammersmith
• Shepperton Studios – Shepperton
• Southall Studios – Southall
• Twickenham Film Studios – Twickenham
• Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden – Hertfordshire

9. Tax Breaks
• For films with a total core expenditure of £20 million or
less, the film production company can claim payable cash
rebate of up to 25% of UK qualifying film production
expenditure.
• For films with a core expenditure of more than £20 million,
the film production company can claim a payable cash
rebate of up to 20% of UK qualifying film production
expenditure.

10. Average Salaries
• Below shows the average salaries for different roles of
visual effects industry.

11. Film Industry Revenue
• The BBC reported that in 2011 the Film Industry was
worth £4.6billion in the UK alone.
• Through long-term growth, experts believe it will
continuously grow for the next 20 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19623067

12. Statistics of the Film Industry
• The core UK film industry now contributes approximately £4.3 billion per year to the UK
economy – up by 50% since 2000, when the UK Film Council was created;
• In 2009 UK films took 7% of the global box office and 17% of the UK box office; Independent
UK films took an 8.2% share of the UK box office, the highest figure of the last decade;
• UK film grossed $2 billion at the worldwide box office last year;
• UK box-office takings are at record-breaking levels, worth £944 million in the UK in 2009, up
62% from 2000;
• The overall territory box office gross for the UK and the Republic of Ireland exceeded £1
billion for the first time in 2009;
• UK Film Council investments in British films have been hugely successful – for every £1 we
have invested, £5 has been generated at the box office;
• Over 173.5 million people went to the cinema in the UK in 2009 – up 31 million from 2000,
the highest since 2002 and the second highest since 1971;
• The UK has more digital cinemas than any other European country – 365 and counting;
• Overall UK audiences had a far greater choice of films in 2009 – 503 films were released,
31% more than a decade ago;
• The UK film industry directly provides jobs for almost 44,000 people, with extended
employment impact of 95,000 jobs;
• The film industry earns over £1.3 billion in export income from film rights and film production
services;
• In 2009 alone, British films and talent scooped 36 awards.