Ill Manors Research

Research all the institutions involved in the production of Ill Manors. List them with a summary of what their contribution to the film was.

There are a few films involved with the making of ill manors. One of the main one in which has helped out the most is the Microwave producers. They are well known for helping out low budget films. They specialise in getting the most out of low budgets. As we can see through the Ill manors film they have. The film had any nominations and won a few awards. The BBC have also contributed to the making of the film which has made it successful. The BBC also work with low budget films.

How much did Ill Manors cost to produce (its budget)?

The Ill manors movie coast £100,000 to make and is known as a low budget film.

How was Ill Manors funded

The writer of Ill Manors Plan B had been refused to be funded with money to go out and make the film as he was inexperienced in directing and everything. So then after he wrote a film and filmed it called Michelle. Then by 2009 the London Microwave institution come and offered Plan B a chance and a small budget to film the film he had wanted to film in the first place.

What is the target audience for Ill Manors?

The target audience for the film ILL manors is mainly for the younger audience of the ages of 17-30. These people would have similarities to the characters in the movie as they could relate with the problems they have in the film. This is also targeted to middle and upper class people as the movie is all about showing what leads people on to the wrong path in life through society abandoning them, making them feel alienated. Also how they are influenced by other bad people.

Who is the main distributor of Ill Manors?

The main distributor was revolver entertainment as the rights of the film were sold to them in 2005. With the 100,000 budget from this in the box office made around 450,000 just in the box office sales.

How was Ill Manors promoted using broadcast platform?

The movie ILL Manors was promoted in many various ways through different platforms. The singer/writer Plan B has been to various events where he had spoken about the new album and also how he has used the album in the new movie which was to be released in 2012. For example Plan B has been on radio shows talking about the album and movie in the BBC Radio 1 talk stations. He had also done a live performance for the BBC singing one of his songs for the viewers on the TV and the live audience with in the BBC studios.

Compare this with a big budget blockbuster. What are the main similarities and differences?

There are big differences between big budget blockbusters and low budget films like Ill Manors. A movie in which was released in 2012 in May same time as Ill Manors was The Avengers Assemble. The Avengers has been very successful it had a budget of $220 million the film had made around $1,518,594,910 just in the box office. Compared to the Ill Manos movie the budget for Ill Manors was £100,000 they made around £450,000. The Avengers was shown all over the world whereas Ill Manors was only shown in the UK which explains such the low profit made. The Avengers also had a much higher budget meaning they could promote their movie very well.

How does the trailer for Ill Manors hook audiences into the narrative and pose questions that the film will answer (Barthes: enigma codes)? Identify 3 ways/techniques.

The film trailer Ill Manors is a great way of hooking the audience in. They have managed to do this through the use of the music building tension interesting the audience. They have also used good editing as the editing was really fast with each shot not being a single second long. This would mean that it would build up enigma codes as they don’t show the whole story. This would make them want to know what will happen making the audience go in to cinemas. They also showed various different stories to the movie showing there’s loads going on.

How does the trailer of Ill Manors balance plot and spectacle?

When viewers see the trailer they’ll understand the plot more through the dialogue being used as we know what’s happening and what kind of situations are taking place. It also does not confuse them as if there was no dialogue there would be confusion to what is happening in the scenes being watched.

Think about the certificate of Ill Manors (18 certificates). Research film certification and outline what is deemed acceptable for this certificate. What is the difference between a 15 certificate and 18 certificates?

The differences between the 15 and 18 certificates are very different.

15

strong violence

frequent strong language (eg 'f***').

portrayals of sexual activity

strong verbal references to sex

sexual nudity

brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

discriminatory language or behaviour

drug taking

18

very strong violence

frequent strong language (eg 'f***') and/or very strong language (eg ‘c***’)

strong portrayals of sexual activity

scenes of sexual violence

strong horror

strong blood and gore

real sex (in some circumstances)

discriminatory language and behaviour