I, Daniel Blake Flashcards
who was the film directed by?
Ken loach
what two countries was the film a co-production for?
-Uk (sixteen films) and France (why not productions)
what is the film classed as?
an independent, social realist film
what three organisations did the film get funding from?
-BFI
-National lottery
-BBC
how much did the film gross?
around $8 million (Ken loach’s highest grossing film)
why did the film get so much critisism?
due to the contemporary social and political issues
what award did the film win?
The palme d’or at cannes and was nominated for many BAFTA’s
what is the BBC’s aim?
to make bold, distinctive and fearless films with range and ambition
what is the film’s political message?
-conveys a clear, left wing political message and critisises specific government policies
where was the film mostly filmed?
In location setting in Newcastle e.g the hospital and the job centre- all places that people who live similar lives to Daniel Blake have seen
how is the film shown to be an independent film?
-filmed on location setting
-features lesser known actors
-produced on a smaller budget ($3.5 million )
-contains semi-improvised dialogue
-contains dark humour
-lack of non-diagetic music
-linear narrative
-doesn’t appear on special effects
how much did the film make worldwide?
$12.45 million
how much did the film make in France?
$6.4 million
what is versimilitude?
giving the appearance of reality
what is austerity?
the measure of how much a country is in-debt
what was the film made to highlight?
injustices in the UK benefit system
the film was released when what was happening in society?
when a lot of controversy surrounding the British government’s department for work and pensions started arising- statistics released showed an average between 2011-14 90 people a month died after being told they were fit to work a couple of weeks beforehand.
how was the film referenced in parliament?
-Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa may (who’s conservative part has overseen major benefit cutbacks to watch the film)
where was the premiere taken to?
Newcastle so that the people who related to the story could take cultural ownership
who was invited to the pre-screening?
people who’s stories resonated with those of the characters in the film
what happened at the London premiere?
politicians from the labour party were invited as guests
what were the different ways the film was marketed?
-films title and one of the most important speeches in the film was beamed onto the side of the parliament building
-clean graffiti across 200 pavements
-recording videos of people reading out the speech alongside messages from people also hurt by the benefit system
-became one of the year’s biggest free to watch films
-collaborated with the mirror (which has a broader working class readership)
what did the mirror do?
-offer free tickets to it’s readers
-change it’s title font to the same font used for ‘I, Daniel Blake’
what happened in France?
an individual spray painted ‘I daniel Blake’ on the side of the UK job centre while at an anti-austerity demonstration in France
what charity movement was set up?
on twitter, a charity movement called ‘A bag for Katie’ which encouraged people to donate sanitary towels and toiletries
what are sanctions?
stopping benefits
when was the film released?
2016
what are the target audience for the film?
-socially aware people / social activists
-older audiences who have seen Ken loach’s previous work
-people who can relate to the stories of the characters in the film
