2. Fish Tank
Pre-Production
Director: Andrea Arnold
Writer: Andrea Arnold
Music: Phonso Martin
Released in UK cinemas 13th
September 2009
Released in the US cinemas
17th January 2010
Production Company: BBC
Films
Distributors: Artificial Eye
(Theatrical and DVD) [UK]
Budget: £2,000,000
Opening Weekend:
£103,180 [UK]
Worldwide Box Office:
£3,523,076
The lead actor, Katie Jarvis
was scouted while having a
row with her boyfriend
across the platform of
Tilbury Town Station
Shown on 2 screens in USA
and 47 in UK
3. Fish Tank
Actors
Andrea Arnold, the
writer and director,
stated that Katie Jarvis,
the lead actor,
“worked incredibly
hard” and “got quite
tired”.
According to Arnold,
Jarvis wouldn’t dance
in front of the crew,
and they had to leave
her with a camera in
the room so that she
could dance by herself.
He noted that “when
she did her dancing, it
was absolutely about
herself; it wasn’t a
show”
4. Fish Tank
Promotion
Lots of information in the trailer
Highlights the movie’s accolades
Highlights the bad relationships around her
Highlights the tense atmosphere with abstract
imagery and rhetorical questions such as “How
much can you take?”
IFC’s Fish Tank website was quite bare-bones
It features screenshots from the film, a trailer,
synopsis, and a rundown of important crew, such as
writers and producers
It also features quotes from different critics, and
notes the awards it gained
5. National and local issues
raised in the Movie
Bad relationships
between teenagers
and their parents
In the scene where Mia
comes home, and her
mother hits her because
of a fight the she had –
they argue and swear
at each other, but her
mum doesn’t go after
her to resolve the
situation when Mia
heads upstairs
Loneliness and the
aggressive attitudes
that can come with it
In the start, where they
establish the characters
and situation, Mia is
never shown having a
single positive
relationship with
anyone, and gets into a
fight quite quickly
The film is set in
![Fish Tank
Pre-Production
Director: Andrea Arnold
Writer: Andrea Arnold
Music: Phonso Martin
Released in UK cinemas 13th
September 2009
Released in the US cinemas
17th January 2010
Production Company: BBC
Films
Distributors: Artificial Eye
(Theatrical and DVD) [UK]
Budget: £2,000,000
Opening Weekend:
£103,180 [UK]
Worldwide Box Office:
£3,523,076
The lead actor, Katie Jarvis
was scouted while having a
row with her boyfriend
across the platform of
Tilbury Town Station
Shown on 2 screens in USA
and 47 in UK](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)