BBC Films co-produces around eight films per year in partnership with major distributors. It has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films in recent years such as An Education, Street Dance 3D, and Match Point. BBC Films is part of the larger BBC organization, which is a public service broadcaster and one of the largest in the world. BBC Films produces films across a variety of genres including horror, comedy, drama, Shakespeare adaptations, biopics, romance, action, and dance films to attract British audiences. One of its films, The Awakening, is a 1920s set horror film about a ghost debunker investigating hauntings at a boarding school.

2. BACKGROUND/HISTORY OF BBC FILMS
BBC Films co-produces around eight films a year, working in partnership with
major international and UK distributors
It has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent
years, including
An Education
Budget $7.5 million
Box office $24,406,761
Street Dance 3D which was the first English film in 3D released in the UK
Budget £3.5 million
Box office £11 million
A Cock and Bull Story: Box office $3,931,982
Nativity: Box office £5,187,402
Match Point. Budget $15 million
Box office $85,306,374

3. 2. HOW IS THE COMPANY STRUCTURED?
BBC films is part of a larger parent company. It is owned by BBC,
which is a public service broadcaster. BBC is the largest
broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff .Its main
responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man .

4. GENRE OF FILMS
BBC Films
· Horror- The awakening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5inmkkAOy0
It is about world war 1, which effected many English people.
· Comedy drama- West is west http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a3OAOzLQLQ
Set in England.
· Shakespeare – Jane Eyre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vSb318d74
This attracts a British audience because it is a famous British Shakespeare story.
· Biographical- My week with Marilyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tbnTM7zVE
In the movie the movie is being made in London.
· Romance- Perfect sense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOqVRW9s4hg
· Action- Edge of darkness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wPwGmvUz8
· Dance- Street dance 3D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pubZTQm9d6Q&feature=fvst

5. THE AWAKENING – A BBC FILM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/the_awakening
A ghost-debunker comes to a boy's school to disprove the existence of ghosts, only to find her own beliefs
challenged.
Haunted by the death of the fiancé, Florence spends her time debunking supernatural claims, using methodical
and rational explanations to disprove the notion that the dead can still haunt us. She feels compelled to
accept a request to go to Rookwood, a boarding school in the countryside where a boy has recently been
found dead and rumors about a ghostly boy haunting the school are causing panic amongst pupils and
parents alike.
Production
• Its Budget was £3,000,000
• The film was shot in the UK located in London Berkshire, Lyme Park near Stockport and Manderston
house from July 2010. Was based in the period after WW1.
Distribution
• The film opened at Toronto international film festival in September 2011 and was officially released in the
UK and Ireland on November 1st 2011 and in Italy on 1st December 2011.
• The film made £54,478 on the opening weekend of the 11th November.
Exhibition
• Based on 24 views critics off the Rotten tomatoes website gave the film 71% and a average score of
5.8/10.
• Robin Colin from ‘The daily Telegraph’ stated Rarely does a horror film make the back of your neck tingle
with the calibre of its performances as well as its jumps and jolts – but The Awakening, a beautifully
mounted ghost story in the style of The Turn of the Screw, provides chills of both kinds."
• Was nominated for 2 awards British Independent film award and Best British newcomer.