Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction horror film directed by Joe Cornish. It follows a street gang in South London who witness a meteorite crash near their housing estate. They investigate and discover an alien creature. More creatures soon arrive and the gang must defend their estate from an alien invasion. The film was produced by Studio Canal, Film4, and the UK Film Council, among others. It had a low budget but creative filming techniques helped bring the alien creatures and action sequences to life in a cost effective way. Reviews for Attack the Block were positive overall, though some felt it leaned more towards an action drama than a comedy.

1. ATTACK THE BLOCK
By Joseph Julian

2. WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
 The sci-fi horror film is set on a council estate in South London and
features, among others, Paul and Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost.
 The film starts with a street gang witnessing a fiery object fall from the
sky. The group investigate it and discover an alien creature.
 Eventually more creatures arrive and the gang find themselves
defending their council estate from alien invaders

3. WHO PRODUCED IT ?
 Studio Canal
 Film4
 UK Film Council
 Big Talk Productions

4. HOW IT WAS PRODUCED?
 The film was mainly shot at night this would prove a problem with
lighting needed to be accounted for with out giving away the
impression of dark scary night.
 The aliens in the film were actually men in suits but then vfx was
added afterwards. Joe Cornish said half way through that he wanted
the hair to be more clumpier and stand up more so that the viewers
would have no idea that the aliens were men in suits.

7.  In the shot above the lead characters, mosses, is chased down a corridor by a herd of 15 monsters.
 The main plate was shot with a tracking camera on rails, it included Moses, the corridor and two of the
creatures.
 Repeat passes were then shot of the additional creatures on green screen, without the help of motion control.
By using these methods of capturing life like aliens with men and not all special effects they saved a lot of money
and time

8. THE SOUNDTRACK
(THE END)
 This was made by basement jacks and went with the film very well
as it was up beat and energetic.
 Basement jacks tend to do this style of music which is up beat and
energetic such as :
 Red alert
 Fly life
 raindrops

9. INSPIRATION
 He was inspired by old school aliens such as ET

10. PROMOTION
poster
DVD
premier

11. REVIEWS

12. REVIEWS
 Obviously people thought this film was triumph and deserved
good reviews if not excellent.
 The most common complaint was the film felt more like an action
drama then action comedy