Starting to Look at the Film Industry

Your understanding needs to be only of the modern British cinema industry; you don't need a detailed knowledge of its history. But the emphasis of the examination is very much on the impact of digital technology, and so you do need to have some appreciation of the role technology has played generally in the ups and downs of British cinema.

The first few tasks you do in class will be to give you a basic grasp of how things have changed - very broadly - from the 1930's until now.