- British films tend to focus on reality and middle-class people while portraying different areas of the country, whereas American films portray an idealized "American Dream" and the entire British population as posh Londoners. - British films receive government funding and support from smaller production companies to promote less mainstream films, while American films have larger budgets from major studios like Universal, Warner Bros, Disney, and Paramount to film in exotic locations with more CGI effects. - Both British and American films are distributed by major companies, but British films also rely on smaller independent distributors to promote smaller films and get them into film festivals.

1. British vs American Films

2. British Films

3. British Films
• Tend to focus on reality – mainly casting middle
class people
• Usually problematic
• Can include more drug abuse and swearing
• Some films however can be fantastical and
introduce to the audience new made up locations
with exotic storylines (Harry Potter)
• British films generally portray different areas of the
country differently, and represent these varied
lifestyles in films; American films portray the entire
British population as being “posh” Londoners who
are stuck up

5. British
Distribution
Companies
- Prometheus
- Sisters in Law
- Lucky Day
- Shaun of the Dead
- Attack the Block
- Wild Child
- Atonement
- Hot Fuzz
- Love Actually
- Harry Potter
- I am Legend

6. Funding
Provides funding for British Films. They provide to help
promote less-known films and work closely with the UK Film
Council
Government Funding that helps with promotion, production,
development and distribution. Helps gets small films into film
festivals and helps to make the non-mainstream films more
accessible to an audience. This is often a British Film’s Lifeline
Recognised for TV, these companies have produced several
British Films. They also provide funding and increase popularity
of smaller films. They often advertise cheaply through their own
channel or promotional bases
Smaller production companies provide equipment and funding
for British Filmmakers and helps make the films a big success.
Often receiving funding from the “Big Six” that often owns them.

7. American Films

8. American Films
• Films generally focus on the idea of the “American
Dream” with fairy-tale storylines
• American Film Companies have larger budgets, which
means they can have more CGI and expenses to film in
exotic locations
• They show a sense of escapism as they do not show the
harsh realities of everyday life compared to British Films
• American Companies get their companies from the “Big
Six”: Universal, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Disney,
Paramount and Columbia
• They own the majority of smaller production companies
too, for example, Universal Studios owns 67% of
Working Title films

9. American
Distribution
Companies