Film Industry - Pride Companys

Pride:
BBC Films & Pathe

BBC Films;

Founded: Unknown, around late 1990's
Founded By: Unknown
Headquarters: BBC Films, Zone A, 7th Floor, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, UK   
Main Genre: Family Films



Pathe Films;
Founded: 1896
Founded By: Pathe Brothers
Headquarters: 6 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7TY, UK
Main Genre: All Genre




Pride premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. It was released to cinemas throughout the UK on 12 September 2014^. The distribution of the film in the UK and France was handled by Pathé. CBS Films acquired the distribution rights for the film in the United States. The film is set for a limited release in the US on 26 September, being screened in New York, LA and San Francisco.

In its opening weekend Pride took £718,778 at the UK box office. The film was the third highest-grossing release of the weekend, behind Lucy in second place and The Boxtrolls, which debuted at the top of the box office.





Here we see the writer and director of Pride, talking about the film.

Monarch Of The Glenn Re-Write

Monarch Of The Glenn Re-Write, Age Representation.

Throughout the short clip there is many things you can comment about which link to age representation. The main things I will be focusing on which link to age representation is: Mise en Scene, Sound, Editing and Camera.

Amy who is the teenager in the clip and the main focus of the clip has basically been caught out for lying to the family she has been staying with. Amy has lied about her age and by doing this she is getting herself into trouble. Although Amy doesn't dress like an adult, she dresses like a typical teenager, in the clip you see the adults working and they are all wrapped up warm and layered up, and then you see Amy walk out. The camera follows Amy from a long shot view as she walks out onto the driveway,  Amy is wearing a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Teenagers have a reputation of not wanting to wear a coat or a jumper as it will ruin their outfit and its not 'cool' to wear a coat. You can see that the weather is clearly cold and windy and this emphasizes the idea of Amy's teenage behaviour.

Moreover, when Amy does get caught out for lying about her age, she hides behinds Paul, Paul's wife and another young man. This is the sort of behaviour and body language you would expect from a teenager that is being told off. Amy comes across as if she is too immature to stand up and face her consequences, and that's why shes hiding. The fact that she has actually hid behind the two boys and are cuddled up to the woman shows how much she needs to be taken care of.

One of the next scenes is when Paul and Amy's headmaster are talking in a wooden room, this room looks very mature and it doesn't look like a place for children. You can tell that this room isn't for children as it looks very grown up, expensive and there's alcohol in the room. As the two adults walk through the room you get to see a full view of the room and it follows them round the room as they walk over to the drinks table. The fact that Paul offers the headmaster a drink and the headmaster accepts, this reinforces their power and authority. They then go on to talk about money and reimbursing the headteacher for the damage to his car, this again shows how mature and older Paul is than Amy. 

However the scene, which I think really shows Amy's child like behaviour is when Paul finds out from the headteacher of Amy's school that she hasn't sat any of her exams and has further lied to him. Paul leaves the 'adult room' and grabs Amy off her chair and proceeds to tell her off, Amy tries to talk but she can't get a word in edgeways. When Amy finally does get to talk and respond, the camera uses the argument as another reinforcement of the age difference. It's obvious that there is a high difference between Amy and Paul, however during the argument the camera is quickly flickering from behind Amy's head and then Paul's head in fast cuts. The camera is facing downwards from above Pauls head showing how much authority he has over her because of his age, and when behind Amy's head its facing upwards making Paul look really tall and intimidating. 

Speech is also a good indicator of age, and a good element of age representation because adults and teenagers typically talk with a different sociolect. For example when Paul and the head teacher talk they are both very confident with their words and they are sure about what they are saying, however when Amy talks she seem insecure, unconfident and unsure about what shes saying, making her stutter slightly and get frustrated as she can't get her words out properly. Amy blames everyone but herself for the mess she has made, she can't take responsibility for her actions as she knows that its not what she wants and she can't face the facts that she has been caught out. When Amy screams 'I hate you' to Paul it is a huge indicator of age, it's a focal point in the clip where you realise how young and insecure she actually is, because she feels intimidated and she doesn't know what to do so she just reacts with anger and says something she doesn't actually mean, all normal teenagers do it, when they're in a argument with their parents and they don't get what they want.

Lastly, one of the last scenes is when Amy is in her bedroom and when it pans across the bed and you can see that it is a typical teenage girls bedroom with teddy bears, magazines, pictures, fairy lights on the mirror etc. This compared to an adults room shows a lack of maturity. You also see the two letters she has wrote to two other characters who we never actually meet in the clip, she has written their name on the envelopes with hearts and in colourful pen, this shows how young and girly at heart she is. After you see this you then see her attempting to climb out of the window to do the classic 'runaway', which again shows her lack of maturity and shows how she is not able to act like a adult even though she wants to be one. Amy expects people to treat her like an adult but how can people when all she does is show people how much of a stroppy teen she is. The runaway is a classic old school movies scene, when the teen isn't getting their own way and can't face up to their consequences. 

Monarch of the Glen Clip