UK movies looks like the are shot on cheap camcorder video .
The UK film industry has slowly gone downhill unfortunately. In the past we use to make quite a few classics with relatively big budgets, most notably Lawrence of Arabia. However, the cost of filming has risen considerably since the golden age of Hollywood, and UK doesn’t have an industry that is developed enough to afford these changes. I think this may be due to bad management. If British producers had focused on making audience friendly productions rather than putting their investment into esoteric productions which have a relatively small niche audience, we maybe in a better position today to compete with the likes of Hollywood. American movies maybe formualiac but they are often highly profitable, and in an industry that is extremely expensive only the studios that are making profitable movies can succeed in this cut throat game. Sad truth but a fact of life. Naturally this means that they often have to compromise on quality.
You mentioned that our films look cheap in comparison. This is due to the fact that one of the biggest increases in film making is the price of film itself. Most Hollywood movies are shot on a very high quality of 35mm film, this is extremely expensive and few English productions want to compromise on the other expenses of movie making just to afford a highly quality film stock.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Because The UK Is Shit Haha
Im Not Even American Haha
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June 18th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
The movie industry in America is more developed than any other country, even India.
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June 18th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Perhaps that’s the look we are going for!!!
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June 18th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
It’s supposed to look like that. It’s a dogma. The idea is to make everything look more natural and homemade, that is the charm of it. I love hollywood movies too, but they have a different feeling to them.
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June 18th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Because:
i. We focus more on the acting rather than the special effects. This has lead to our actors being better than American ones which then leads to Hollywood pilfering our actors/actresses to act as Americans in their films; and
ii. America has more money than UK so can spend tens of millions on special effects.
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June 18th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Even tho Im in the US, I love UK movies.
I have Netflix, and probably at least 60% of my movies, are UK movies, or they take place in the UK.
I rent a lot of BBC TV series also. Like Wives and Daughters.
They do look like they are really happening, and that is "the charm" ..like another person said.
" Shirley Valentine" ..love that movie !
One of the most incredible things Ive seen was the series "Lillie" from the late 70’s. Sometimes it looked like it was shot outside on live feed..and sometimes on film. Actors are very adept. So, who cares about the technique.
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June 18th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
It’s all that fog.
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June 18th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
The UK film industry has slowly gone downhill unfortunately. In the past we use to make quite a few classics with relatively big budgets, most notably Lawrence of Arabia. However, the cost of filming has risen considerably since the golden age of Hollywood, and UK doesn’t have an industry that is developed enough to afford these changes. I think this may be due to bad management. If British producers had focused on making audience friendly productions rather than putting their investment into esoteric productions which have a relatively small niche audience, we maybe in a better position today to compete with the likes of Hollywood. American movies maybe formualiac but they are often highly profitable, and in an industry that is extremely expensive only the studios that are making profitable movies can succeed in this cut throat game. Sad truth but a fact of life. Naturally this means that they often have to compromise on quality.
You mentioned that our films look cheap in comparison. This is due to the fact that one of the biggest increases in film making is the price of film itself. Most Hollywood movies are shot on a very high quality of 35mm film, this is extremely expensive and few English productions want to compromise on the other expenses of movie making just to afford a highly quality film stock.
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