Case study exemplars: an AS case study blog by Eleanor Watson and a link to a teacher's blog

Eleanor's excellent blog on Institutions and Audiences is definitely worth reading before your exams. Have a look, too, at her other pages as she has covered key areas for the exam and looks well prepared.

Has she researched something that you did not?

http://eleanorwatsonlcmedia.blogspot.com/2011/05/case-study-kings-speech.html

BTW in the nick of time for the exam The King's Speech, has just been released on DVD! It can be had from Morrisons for only 9 quid. See your case study film as it deepens your understanding of your case study.

Here's a teacher's blog with all-in-one case studies for films. Very interesting work for revision and also a "must-see" before the exam. When you visit click on the blog headings to see the images full sized.

http://lcasmedia.blogspot.com/

Best wishes for the exam.

The King's Speech - facebook page

Helpful for exhibition and exchange issues
http://www.facebook.com/TheKingsSpeech

The King's Speech - Case Study Links for Institutions and Audiences

This link will take you to ALL you need to know. It includes the production notes for the film.
http://asanda2mediastudies.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20King%27s%20Speech

Production issues for case studies on "The King's Speech" - concept map

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Marketing and Distribution Issues to research for case studies on "The King's Speech" - Concept Map

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Exhibition and Exchange Issues to research for case studies on "The King's Seech" - Concept Map

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Mark Kermode on "the F word " and how this affected the BBFC certificates for "The King's Speech" and "Made In Dagenham"

This is an interesting talk from Mark Kermode on the use of 'the F word" in two recent British films. He argues that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)  have been "classist" by giving  "Made In Dagenham" a certificate 15, whereas The King's Speech was given a 12. Such decisions affect teenage audiences who can see the film. In the USA "The King's Speech" was given an R rating for the number of its Fs! That will also restrict the age-range of who can see it in cinemas.

Case Study Links for "The Kings Speech"

The King's Speech as a British Film aimed primarily at UK and US audiences. Several KEY areas for case studies are in capitals and in bold.  (Even though this post is an example of exchange using Web 2.0,  other examples of Exchange will be added later.)


What makes a film British?
The UK Parliament's view from 2003 on what is a British fllm - see page 6 of the report for definitions  Have things changed somewhat since then?


EXHIBITION ISSUES- Box Office in the UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jan/11/kings-speech-127-hours-box-office


EXHIBITION ISSUES and reviews: the film's reception
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/09/kings-speech-philip-french-review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jan/18/pass-notes-the-kings-speech
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8244121/The-Kings-Speech-review.html
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/89059/the-kings-speech.html
http://www.filmjunk.com/2011/01/06/the-kings-speech-review/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_kings_speech/


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8285855/Oscar-nominated-film-The-Kings-Speech-littered-with-errors.html (Awards - The Oscars. It is nominated for 12!)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/18/bafta-nominations-kings-speech-2011  (Nominated for 14 Baftas!)
Colin Firth on CBS talks about his role as King George VI with original footage of The King Stammering over his words


Critical Reviews of the Film
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/31/the-kings-speech-gross-falsification (Christopher Hitchens is critical about some aspects of the film's historical accuracy and how this may wrongly influence the movie-going audiences.)


You Tube Reviews (Web 2.0 and EXCHANGE) ( The Americans seem somewhat ahead of us here. Audiences include your friends, too! We should really be aiming at UK audiences but these reviews also help out with the film's reception here and in the US.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GBS1QUOMMU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GBS1QUOMMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGJqRxU7Aho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALIHyRpZ0lQ  ( check out posters comments, too, as these review are interractive. Some newspaper reviews also allow Web 2.0 comments too.)
How about making your own review and publishing it on YouTube? You could canvass your friends' opinions about the film first before you produce it!


The Film's facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/TheKingsSpeech


The Film's PRODUCTION ISSUES
The film's PRODUCTION notes
http://www.firth.com/king.html


The Film's origins and how it became a co-production
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-kings-speech-if-all-else-should-fail-try-junk-mail-2174647.html  ( The producers had to post the script through Geoffrey Rush's letter box - and received an angry reply from his agent!)
http://www.screendaily.com/home/awards/the-kings-speech/5022661.article  (A key article)
http://wtproductions.co.uk/the-kings-speech.html ( the film began as a play!)


The Finance
The UK Film council contributed towards the financial backing for the film alongside Prescience films, a  UK Film finance company. Harvey Weinstein in the USA also had a share.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/the-uk-financier-behind-the-kings-speech/


The King's Speech is a joint production so synergies would have arisen out of the two companies working together.

The PRODUCTION Companies ( the institutions which made the film)
http://www.bedlamproductions.co.uk/news.asp
http://see-saw-films.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See-Saw_Films
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/02/the-kings-speech-period-sets (Helpful for understanding several production issues.)

DISTRIBUTION, Marketing and The Value Chain
Momentum Pictures ,  the film's British DISTRIBUTOR  (This institution created the film's marketing plan and  marketed the film to UK audiences)
http://www.filmeducation.org/pdf/resources/secondary/KingsSpeech.pdf (Useful for the film's posters)


http://www.momentumpictures.co.uk/



The original speech given by King George VI on September 3rd 1939.