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1
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Ken Loach

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Director of I,DB

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Lifetime gross

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£260,354

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Box Office

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£12.45 million

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Paul Laverty

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Screenwriter for I,DB and other Ken Loach films

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Budget

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£3,5 million

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Politics (4)

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Highly critical of conservative government
Daniel Blake - real story
Mhairi Black – labor MP tells people to watch it ​
Actors and benefits – they talk about the benefits system ​

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Shot types

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Long shots to make the audience feel like there actually there, watching from a distance

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Ken Loach films (5)

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Recognisable characters 
Doesn’t use non-diegetic music to guide audiences emotions 
Doesn’t use much editing 
Highlight social injustices in Britain 
Uses long shots
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Preferred reading

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Feel sympathetic with the characters and feel sorry for them

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Oppositional reading

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How realistic is it

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Codes and conventions of Britain’s social realism (5)

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Linear narrative 
Semi improvised writing - more realistic 
Regional setting - Newcastle 
Existing buildings - town hall
Unknown actors
12
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Production

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BBC films
BFI
Sixteen films
WHY NOT

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Regulation and classification

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BBFC - regulators

15 age rating - sexual references, drugs and strong language

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Reviews

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Rotten Tomatoes - 92%
IMBD - 8/10
Review - 5/5
Metacritic - 78%

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Festival De Cannes

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Nominated for 5 BAFTA awards:
Best film 
Outstanding British film 
best director 
Best original screenplay 
Best supporting actress 

Won the Palme De Ore

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Platform release pattern

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number of cinemas increased as time goes on over its lifetime for the period it was screened in cinemas ​
I,DB started in 96 cinemas and rose to 273

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Targeting audiences (3)

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Relatability
Local appeal
Unknown cast big name director for social realist films

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Distribution vs SOC

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Not as big as straight outta Compton

Won’t spend as much on distribution because it was a low budget film

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Politics of social realism

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Left wing - show social realism through personal stories rather than finding ways to challenge bourgeois idea.​
Right wing - have challenge the authenticity of the representations and tried to dismiss the narrative as propaganda or not entertaining.​

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Marketing (4)

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Word of mouth
Hayley Squires - This Morning interview
Social media - #wearealldanielblake
Guerrilla projection campaign – projection on houses of parliament ​

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Trinity mirror group (5)

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Gave away 10,000 tickets for free
Helped distribute more globally
Disruptive digital display on online newspapers
Articles retweeted by Ken Loach
Appeal from the protagonist used as masthead on the front cover

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International

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UK - €4.27 million
France - €6.4 million
Italy - €1.4 million
Social realism - Neorealism in Europe

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Target audience profile

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Age: 18-60
Gender - male and female
Socio-economic group - C1, C2, D, E
Explorers – niches, challenging social realism ​
aspirers and succeeders – attracted to the status of the film
Reformers – challenges social inequality ​