Hollywood vs British cinema

Introduction: In this blog post I am going to research in detail about the difference between Hollywood cinema and British cinema to get a better understand for my opening sequence.

Hollywood vs British film: Hollywood is a place in Los Angeles that attracts all talent due to the glamorous lifestyles. On average around 80% of UK box office come out of mainstream films distributed by America. Many British films are also distributed by american companies. The reason Britain can't compete with Hollywood is due to globally we are very small and inferior, a cottage like industry with the industrialized american model. Another let down on Britain side is the fact that 95% of British production companies employ less that 10 people making it very difficult to grow any bigger, Hollywood also benefits from synergy (1+1=3). On the positive side Britain have some brilliant and very successful film studios such as Pinewood and shepperton and having fantastic post production facilities including framestore CFC offering world class special effects to global customers such as Hollywood. Another reason Hollywood are so successful is due to internationally distributing their films and other products so they invest heavily as they know its definite to get income in return. And everything Britain does film wise is through American companies so no money made is going back to the British film industry.


Conclusion: To conclude i feel that researching the one sided competition between Hollywood and UK film has made me realize that my opening sequence is a prime example of your average British film, non mainstream and covers a real life topic where as Hollywood is the same over and over again but grows bigger and bigger due to synergy. Finance film wise is something that Britain lacks in and won't grow till we create our own British companies where there will be a continuous cycle of income.