Task 4

Ill Manors (Independent film)

The genre of the film is British Crime Drama.The film was written and directed by Ben Drew who is also known as Plan B.The film focuses on 8 core characters and their circles or violence as they struggle to survive on the streets. Each story weaves into one another, painting an ultrarealistic gritty world that is on the brink of self destruction. Each story is represented by a different rap song. This is a good way to show diversity between characters.

Production
The main production company for the film was BBC Films. The BBC was good production company for ill manors because they produce lots of other independents films such as Street Dance three, Fish tank and Match Point. The average budget for a BBC film is £4 million and BBC vary from genre to genre. The script of the film is mostly based off true stories that drew had heard whilst growing up e.g. a girl turned to prostitution to pay off her drug debt. Drew had been trying to develop the film for three years because he was struggling to secure funding for his film. The finances were then helped out by Film London Microwave. They make movies off micro-budgets and they helped with ill manors secure their last bit of finance they needed for the film. The production budget was £100,000 and they used east London to film. Plan B made a CD specifically for the film and he uses the songs to tell the narratives.

Promotion
The film was advertised on the empire magazine website following the film premiere. There was also 8 different posters that ill manors had which was on bill boards, busses and on websites featuring as adverts. ill Manors was using a slogan to promote their film which was......
"We are all products of our environment...Some environments are just harder to survive in".

The Selfish Giant

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