FILM4BY HOLLY CONNELL

FILM4

• LAUNCHED - 1 NOVEMBER 1998 • FILM4 IS A BRITISH DIGITAL TELEVISION CHANNEL AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED

KINGDOM AND IS OWNED BY CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION CORPORATION.

FILMS BY FILM4

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture –

Drama,

British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film

British Independent Film Award for Best

International Independent Film

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

BOX OFFICE COMPARISONSAmerican Honey• Budget - $3.5

million• Opening weekend

- $71,203• Box office - $1.8

million

12 Years A Slave• Budget - $17.1 million• Opening weekend -

$923,715 • Total gross- $187.7

million

TARGET AUDIENCE• 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15)- THE FILM WAS MOST LIKELY MADE FOR A GENERAL

AUDIENCE. AS IT CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND INCLUDE RAPE SCENES, AND THE EXTENDED HANGING SCENE, SOME PARENTS WOULD WANT TO KEEP YOUNGER CHILDREN AWAY FROM THE MOVIE, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN ARGUMENT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SEE THE REALITY OF THE HORRORS OF SUCH IMPORTANT HISTORICAL STORIES, SO I IMAGINE OPINIONS VARIED ON THAT POINT. HOWEVER THE FILM IS RATED 15 SO IN THE AUDIENCE ABLE TO WATCH IN THE CINEMA HAD BE ABOVE 15.

TARGET AUDIENCE• AMERICAN HONEY (15) - THE FILM TITLE INFORMS US THAT THE MOVIE IS SET

IN AMERICA WHICH WOULD ATTRACT PATRIOTS OF THE COUNTRY AS THEY WOULD BE DRAWN TO THE COLOURS RED, WHITE AND BLUE, THIS WOULD ALSO APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VISIT OR ARE A TOURIST IN AMERICA MEANING IT WOULD REACH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE. FROM THE FRONT COVER, WE CAN INSTANTLY TELL THAT THE MAIN ACTRESS HAS A LACK OF PARENTAL GUIDANCE AS HER TOP IS FLYING IN THE WIND AND HAS ONE HAND UP WHICH COULD SYMBOLIZE FREEDOM.

Film Date Budget Box OfficeA Most Wanted Man 19 January 2014 $15 million $36.2 millionThe Lobster 15 May 2015 $4.5 million $15.7 millionEx Machina 16 December 2014 $15 million $36.9 millionThe Lovely Bones 24 November  2009 $65 million $93.6 million127 Hours 4 September 2010 $18 million $60.7 million