We’ve seen the British government screw up the film industry so many times, changing the laws and tax breaks and now it’s being reported that £285 million of National Lottery money is to be put into the British film industry over the next five years.
The sum, which will be used to boost film production, was revealed in a new five-year plan issued by the British Film Institute (BFI).
They say the money will also be spent on increasing audience choice and education.
The plan, dubbed “New Horizons”, sets out measures to increase the variety of films shown in cinemas, particularly outside central London.
According to the BFI, “only 7% of all cinema screens are regularly devoted to non-mainstream film” and these are mostly found in the capital and the south east.
We’ll to the average man on the street you would think the cinemas we’re independent but in reality the movie studios own them, Rank Organisation they own Odeon, The Odessa Film Studio the list goes on and on.
Just look at the film releases in 2012 and try and spot the independent films. Raising the funds is the hardest part and then try and get a distribution deal it would be easier to rob a bank and get away with it. All the producers believe in their projects and they all think it will be successful but when asks for the ROI its lick the finger and put it in the air time, who know who much it will make or what the audience even want.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister David Cameron said the British film industry needed to support “commercially successful pictures”.
“We should aim even higher, building on the incredible success of recent years,” he added.
What a dick and stupid statement, we don’t go into a film thinking it’s going to fail we all know making a film is risky but it’s an art form
“The King’s Speech is a good example. In the beginning, it found it quite difficult to find the funding to close the budget – and yet it captured the hearts and minds of people not just in Britain, but around the world.”
Not to sound bitter but realistic the BFI have the producers marketplace every year a round robin with producers and the studios, getting in to this requires you to have an unrealistic number of things, they set it like this to show they are open but in reality keep out all the independent producers and the funds all go to the studios or establishes film companies.
In summary the news is crap news and will not change a thing for the independent film industry.





























