Ill Manors Research Task

Institutions that were involved with Ill Manors were Film London Microwave, Aimimage and BBC Films.

The budget for the film was £100,000 which is very low and since the box office was £453,570 they did make a substantial profit.

Firstly he was denied funding because he was an inexperienced director, therefore he was not able to cast out big actors for the production however he used actors he had previously;y worked with and then went on tour to raise some revenue so he could fund himself.

The target audience for the film was aimed at people from ages 18-45 as the film consisted of very mature themes. The psycho graphic groups of struggler's, reformers and aspirer's were all targeted. The demographic groups of people in C2, D and E would also find this production appealing as they are more likely to relate to lower income lifestyles.

The Main distributor of the film was Revolver Entertainment.

Ill Manors was promoted through social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. It was also promoted by banners of the film that had been put up in the suburbs of London. The soundtrack was also a very dominant way of promoting the album.

The difference between a big blockbuster film and Ill manors is that the budget of ill manors was so small meaning that the ideas that Plan B had would have been constrained allowing him not to produce bigger scenes that would involve more money. However for the budget that Plan B had the film was outstanding. Having a small budget also meant that less money was spent on promoting the film properly. Similarities are that the film did reach a vast amount of cinema throughout the UK allowing it to be watched by a larger audience.

The trailer of the film starts of with a quote that would attract the viewer and therefore immediately engages with the audience. The quote makes the audience more eager to find out if they can actually relate to the film. The viewer may evaluate the realism of the film and may try to incorporate it to see if it matches their own lifestyle; This is an example of enigma. The trailer itself makes the viewer more engaged as it shows London how it is in the places it is not glamorised much as the centre of London. This aspect makes the viewer feel more engaged with the setting of the scene and clip. The non diegetic music also helps the viewer engage more with the clip as it is parallel to the scenes being shown.

The trailer uses the dialogue to help explain the narrative and the video to help as the spectacle and attracted audiences.

The film is meant to be an 18 due to the mature themes shown throughout the course of the film. This is due to the high sexual content and violence shown in the film. All this content could make a 15 year old to act differently however an 18 year old would percieve it more differently.