British Independent Film Makers

I have decided to research British Independent Film Makers as its relevant to our final film piece, as our film opening will be a completely British film, it would be helpful to research British film openings to get a sense on what they're about and how they are directed. I am going to focus on Ken Loach and his film `Looking For Eric`

Ken Loach is an English film and television director born 17th of June, 1936. He is known for his naturalistic and social realist directing style, which are shown in most of films, especially in Looking For Eric.
Loach prefers to employ unknown actors rather than big name stars, as unknown stars have some of the life experience their characters may portray. He points out the genuine interplay between the actors and puts aside special effects. Loach also makes great effort to help the actors show themselves as naturally as possible. He believes in shooting from the first scene to the end, as it helps the actors find a response to the characters circumstances. Many of the actors he employs do not receive the full script until the first day of shooting, so they can experience the story just as the fictional character will do. In Looking For Eric, the main character (Steve Evets) discovered that football icon Eric Cantona was featured in the film when he turned around to see him in the scene, with the cameras rolling, capturing the real emotion/surprise of the actor.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2009/mar/26/looking-for-eric-ken-loach-eric-cantona
This is the trailer to the `Looking For Eric`.

Looking For Eric is British film about `the escape from the trials of modern life that football can bring to its fans.`

Director Ken Loach said "We wanted to deflate the idea of celebrities as more than human. And we wanted to make a film that was enjoying the idea of what you and I would call solidarity, but what others would call support for your friends really, and the old idea that we are stronger as a team than we are as individuals."

The film was shot on location in Greater Manchester by Ken Loach's company Sixteen Films.
The Budget of this film was £4 million and in the opening weekend the film made £215,173  in the UK after being shown on 225 screens.

I chose to look at this film as it is completely British, filmed only in Britain with British actors (apart from Eric Cantona). It also shows the real life situations that many people find themselves in. For example, the main character in this film is struggling with family live and watches football to escape. I can imagine that many football fans up and down the country go to see or watch football to escape away from the modern world. So this film relates to real people. I also chose this film as its filmed in a real life block of flats and filmed in real life locations, rather than choosing to build an expensive set in a studio representing a block of flats.

The film is in association with Film Four, meaning Film Four will show the film on their channel for a lower price than another film. It also has associations with European production companies encouraging different nationalities to view the film.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4100261657/
This is a clip of the film, showing the location and the interaction between all of the characters.