2007 to 2009 Events That Effected British Cinema

-

2007 to 2009 

Events That Effected British Cinema

Gordon Brown had taken over as priminster of the uk after Tony Blaire unlike Tony, Gordon was disliked by the people due to lack of charisma and the labour party being blamed for British involvement in Iraq after following the Americans which cost the lives of many British soldiers.
This may explain the release of films like Hot Fuzz (2007) which was a satirical comedy of police in England in a time were government officials were seen as not knowing what they were doing (Gordon Brown).
Due to the labour government many changes where made in paramount that effected the working class like; The Welfare Reform Act (2007)

Changes to provision of Housing Benefit


Origianlly housing benefit is sent directly to landlords, not the tenants. The Act changed this so that rent money is paid to the tenant who will then be expected to pay this to the landlord. One of the stated motivations for this change is that it will give tenants an appreciation of the sums involved in their benefit claims and this will foster greater social responsibility. Criticism of this change has focused on vulnerable people such as drug addicted people and those with mental health problems
The Act also introduces a housing benefit sanction for those who are found guilty of anti social behaviour; benefit can be withdrawn and/or the tenants can be evicted.

Abolition of Incapacity Benefit

The Act replaces Incapacity Benefit with a new benefit, Employment and support allowance. The new benefit will require that regular effort is made by (non-exempted) claimants to seek work or take part in work-related assessments and regularly meet with an advisor. Those failing to do so may see a reduction of their benefit.

Older people and single mothers

The stated aims of the legislation were to increase the numbers of older people (50+) and single mothers in employment - two groups that face particular difficulties in returning to work.

Changes like this in parliament caused film like Fish Tank (2009) which commented on the working class and living in poverty through the social realism genre.

Other Events 

Global financial crisis/stock crash in 2008 caused cash in housing markets and worldwide debt causing worldwide debt due to American companies on wall street stacking loans and debts and hiding them in accounts/loans that put people in debt.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pan's Labyrinth Assignment How Do Film Techniques Create Meaning?

-
Pan's Labyrinth Assignment   How Do Film Techniques Create Meaning?  Pans Labyrinth (2006) Directed by Guillermo del Toro stars Ivana Barquero as Ofelia In falangist Spain in 1944 as she and her mother  (Ariadna Gil)  reunite with her cold officer stepfather (Sergi Lopez) which she attempts to escape from by going into a world of fantasy. Mise-en-scene (M.E.S) and Cinematography are used to convey a multitude of meanings in the film in this particular piece of work I will be analysing from one scene in the film and breaking down its meanings conveyed using these techniques. The Death Of Dr Ferreiro 1.14.42 to 1.21.18 M.E.S is used in this scene to convey the mood and tone of the scene such as the pathetic fallacy of the rain in the setting when Dr Ferreirio (Alex Angulo) is woken up to help medicate a captured rebel after intense torture, the rain symbolises the sadness/despair of the doctor as we see throughout the film how his character despises the actions of
Read more

Trainspotting Context Reseach Task

-
Trainspotting Context Research Task Margaret  Thatchers England 1979 to 1990 was the prime minister for the uk. This was devastating for the working class of these years especially in Scotland due to her introduction of the poll tax, the reason behind this pole tax being one of the most damaging legislations past to the lower class of the UK was because it was an even tax for all meaning if you had a giant mansion owned multiple cars and had a multi million company you would still pay an equal amount to people who lived in a one room flat, made the rich pay less and the poor pay more rather than increasing or lowering the tax depending on your income and living conditions. Scotland hated this in particular because they were put on the poll tax before anyone i the UK to test the system which lead to the events we see in Trainspotting people losing there lively hood and turing to drugs and crime to find there way in the pulverising Thatcher government which not only increased the
Read more

A Level Film, Creating My Short Film

-
Image
A Level Film, Creating My Short Film (Coursework) I will be creating a short film between 4-5 minutes in length, I will be using a narrative which establishes and develops a single character. Working Title: The Canvas. The narrative will follow a artist as he express his inner emotions of depression and madness as he delves into the dark corners of his mind to create a piece of art, ending the film on the exhibition of the art work. My genre will follow that of a psychological horror with an experimental style using black and white colours to create a dark narrative tone pulling references from the short films: The Grandmother (1970), 33 minutes,  use of low key lighting and dark background to convey determination of a characters mental state, using a similar setting to German Expressionism to explore my characters inner psych. Swimmer (2012) 16 minutes, use of exaggerated mise en scene and unconventional narrative to convey a characters inner demons, as I will be expre
Read more