Case Study Revision - Gravity's Marketing

The King's Speech

The King's Speech at IMDB Guardian article on the film's funding.

The British Film Industry

Tax cuts for the British Film Industry - Daily Mail

British Film-making sees decline

Case Study 3: A Field in Englad (Ben Wheatley, 2013)

A Field in England - Official trailer

Witchfinder General - an influence on the film

Anna Higgs - Masterclass page
"In an age where access to media is opening right up, I don’t think audiences understand the business models that mean they have to wait six months before they can watch something on DVD.... Ultimately audiences just want to see something that they love ... on the best platform available, as soon as possible. The more we try things to see the results of giving them that opportunity, the more exciting it gets for British independent film."

Watch this interview with Ben Wheatly discussing his influences:

Multi-platform results

BFI release news page
Guardian link

The Wolf of Wall Street and Digital Distribution

The Wolf of Wall Street - the first film that has switched entirely to digital distribution - LA Times article

Upstream Color prezi

Case Study 2 - Upstream Color

Guardian Upstream Color review - Phillip French
Upstream Color - Can You Handle It? - The Guardian
Upstream Color discussion - Matt's blog
Upstream Color Offers A Unique Case Study - Filmmaker.com
What Upstream Color & Walden can teach us about self-publishing - Galleycat
Steven Soderburgh & Shane Carruth talk about Upstream Color - Indiewire.com
How Shane Carruth's Upstream Color hit iTunes without leaving theatres

FM2 - Case Study 1: Big Budget US Film - Gravity

Also see this link from Forbes detailing reasons for Gravity's success. 

An excellent article about how a British team are responsible for Gravity's special effects, leading to Oscar shortlisting