1. Why is it An independent film?
• The film was privately co-funded by BFI and BBC films
• The film was made on a low budget this is because it is a film that
isn’t known worldwide
• The film has a distinguishable content and style
• His famous movies reflect social problems such as Poor cow which
was based on poverty, Cathy come home was about homelessness
and Riff Raff was about labour rights
• Ken loach is known for his speciality of making his films about
political issues
2. Content:
• It is not based in many locations. It is only based in one location which is in
Newcastle.
• The actors in this film are not well known
• The plot of the film follows a basic story about a man who suffered from a heart
attack . Along the way he meets a single mother with two kids. He helps them
out during a difficult time period when they move into their new place in
Newcastle. He gets to know them well.
3. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
There are 5 main characters, popular actors that are well known in the acting
industry
Corey Hawkins played Dr Dre who played as the main biopic part, Jackson Mitchell
played Eazy-E, DJ yella played by Neil Brown jr, MC Ren played by aldis Hodge and
finally oshea Jackson played the role of ice cube
4. Story line
Straight outta Compton is a film about racism towards black people in
an American society. The film highlights police oppression towards
young black men in the American society.
An example of this is when ice cube was going back to his house in the
beginning of the film but gets searched due to his colour
The films is based on a group called N.W.A which raps and sings about
the situations and issues that they have experienced so far.
5. The distribution company ‘universal picture’ is a high profile distribution
company which operates globally in films.
Both UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND LEGENDARY are popular in these industries.
They distributed the film
Universal pictures make 8 billion per year, which is a huge amount which
therefore shows it is not a independent film company and neither is
Legendary.
