Attack the block

How it was produced

The film was produced by big talk productions, known for films including Shaun of the dead, Hot fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs the world. They produced the film along with Film4, The Uk film council and StudioCanal. The block itself was filmed in various council estates across London. The film was shot across London from March to May 2010, with 6 weeks of night shots.

What it was based on

 The film was based on the fact that Joe Cornish was mugged near his home in Stockwell. Cornish investigated into the mugging and the people that did it. This gave him an idea for the film, a gang. He then combined this experience with a shot of film fantasy from films that he liked such as E.T and the gremlins, this helped him to come up with the idea of aliens and gangs, yet he still managed to keep it real.

Any problems that arose in film making

 One of the problems that occured was the British slang, when the film had to be translated into other languages it was hard to translate the slang as it they were not real words. The slang words couldn't be translated exactly intothe other languages,so it took themmore time to sort that out.

The directors views on the British film industry

 Joe Cornish was interested in 80s fantasy films such as E.T, Gremilins, and Predator, he also liked gang films such as Streets of Fire, but what he really enjoyed watching was when the two genres were combined

How they saved money, the technology used

 They saved money on the film by not using the technology to show the aliens. In the film the aliens are not shown much, there is quick snaps of the aliens. This doesn't cost as much money as showing thema lot in the film as it doesn't use the technology to show the aliens. The film was filmed in various block around London, this means that they didn't have to create a new set,they used real blocks. They use also used real surroundings such as the roads, this again saved money and time as they didn't need to create a new set.

The film's promotion

The film was promoted in a few different ways such as trailers, a trailer was released about the film, showing what the film was about and showing people what happens in the film. Another way in which they promoted the film was by posters, these were put up bus stops and other places so that people would see them and then hopefully go to see the film. Apart from that there wasn't many other promotion ideas, this could be one of the reasons why the film didn't prodice as much money as they might have thought.

The soundtrack