Marcel Media Coursework

Blinded By The Light Case Study Funding and industry contexts 1) What was the budget for Blinded By The Light and which companies contributed to the production budget? Bend It Films which is the production company that made Blinded By The Light have received multiple big investments from investors to support the film. Blinded By The Light took 15m $ to produce and grossed globally 18m $. There are two main investors which invested for the production of the film. Levantine Films and Ingenious Group. The Ingenious Group is a investment company that invests into projects to potentially earn a profit. The Ingenious Group invests into Real Estate, Infrastructure, Education and importantly Media. 2) Research the Bend It Networks website. What other films and projects has the company been involved with? Bend It Networks has worked on 12 different productions including a musical. Their famous work is a film called Bend It Like Beckham(2002) which also got turned into a live musical. They produ

1) Research the BBFC in more detail: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to the government? This history of the BBFC page may help. BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is responsible for classifying films a rating group that will be released to a cinema or DVD. BBFC is an independent, non-governmental organization which means it is not funded by the government. But instead, their main source of funds is through charged fees. 2) Read this BBFC guide to how films are rated. Summarise the process in 50 words. Minimum two compliance officers will watch the production and using the BBFC Classification guideline they will recommend the rating for the production. Once they give their rating the Compliance Manager or the Head of Compliance will approve the rating. 3) Read this BBFC outline of the issues faced when classifying a film. What issues do the BBFC consider and why? They focus on the context of the material. The main message of wh