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I am particularly interested in the film American Honey because of the similarities it has with the film we are going to make. This film was made at 2.7 million budget, which is not very expensive.
I learnt that American Honey counted as a British film as it had a British director and cast and other key organisations involved. Andrea Arnold is also well know for Fish Tank (2009) which had a budget of only 1.3 million pounds, compare this to Star Wars 230 million pounds.
Its key themes involve young people, their lifestyle and hedonism. these are all themes and issues not usually explored by mainstream film. Equally there were not expensive sets because everything was shot on location. Part of the social realism in this film was how the camera was handheld, depicting urban youth, also giving the imp cinema verité.
In production values our film will be very low budget like these independent British films. Also we will be shooting on location, not on a set. American Honey shares similar themes to our film, such as youth, realism and love.
You have benefited from the study day at the BFI; it has enabled you to reflect on British independent film and to consider thematic and budget issues relating to your own production in that context.
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