Film Restoration

Criterion are brilliant. They take classic films, masterpieces often, and make them even better by improving the quality of the original image and sound and package it up in original artwork, all handled with love and care.

But how does someone 'restore' a film ready for DVD or Blu-Ray release? What does it mean? What else is involved? What goes into deciding what image is used on a front cover of a DVD?

Find out below in this great video:

http://vimeo.com/84135659

BFI UK Production figures 2013

One of the core functions of the BFI is to analyse and support production of domestic Film and to an increasing extent, TV.
Every year the BFI publishes a huge analysis of key facts and figures for the previous calendar year and the Statistical Yearbook, invaluable for AS Film and Media Studies, will be available later this year.
In the meantime, the've published some figures in terms of the number of productions in the UK for "High-End" (expensive) TV, Film and animation.

These stats are incredibly useful for AS and Media studies and well worth a read. I'd also highly recommend taking some notes on key figures.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-film-production-in-the-uk-full-year-2013-2014-01-30.pdf

When is a film British?

In light of the BAFTA Awards bizarrely giving the Best British Film award to Gravity, the BBC attempt to figure out that tricky issue of what makes a British Film. Well worth a read for AS Film especially.

http://bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26048992