British Film Teaser Trailers & Websites.

http://www.lookingforericmovie.co.uk/ Both the Trailer and the Website.
There is a consistant theme throughout the website which gives it a nice feel.
There are signs also if the main characters individuality right from the start. The fact that he can play a musical instrument and that he chooses to wear a football support top.

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/site/index.html
Trailer and Website.
The trailer is the first thing you see and there is no aditional information on the page except from the video trailer and the title of the movie. Gives a very epic and important feel to the story. It is also very long and the speed continues to get faster near the end, making it a cliff hanger and encouraging the audience to go and see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ
Bend it like beckham trailer (accessed at school so i havent got to watch it yet)

British Classics.

Grandma and parents helped me copile this list:

Kind hearts and clarrinets
Goodbye mr chips [1939] About the life and later success of a headteacher.
Breif encounter [1945] Two married people meet and soon fall in love and then have to part
James bond [1593 onwards] Secret agent gets into lots of action adventures with sexy ladies.
Henry V [1989] Based on a play by Shakespeare
Monty Python - Life of Brian [1979] About a young Jewish man who lives in the same place and time as Jesus
Lawrence of Arabia [1962] Based on the life of T.E. Lawrence
sex, lies and video tape [1989] A man who films women discussing their sexuality, and his impact on the relationship of a troubled married couple.
Saturday night, sunday morning [1960] Film adaptation of a novel of the same name.
The Third Man [1949]
Brighton Rock [1947] Centring on the criminal leader "Pinkie". The film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Howards End
Alphie
The Italian Job

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What defines being British?

I think part of what being British is is that there is no certain definition.
Me and my family decided if there was a British moto it would be "Each to their own" - suggesting that as long as you're within certain boundaries you can be how you want to be or who you want to be and it wont matter if you aren't "Normal". Everyone can find somewhere they feel at home and are accepted.

Here are some more definitions both linking to my theory of there not being a specific one:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/966849.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/3555154/We-dont-need-to-define-Britishness.html
"British national identity is becoming more and more like the weather: everybody talks about it but nobody can do anything about it. And come to think of it, it is especially like British weather: so tepid most of the time that it is difficult to describe."


http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/08/britishness-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html
"None of these are absolutely wrong, and none of it right. Really, the question “what is Britishness?” does not have an answer. For that answer relies almost entirely on where you are sitting. From where you look - depending on how your experiences in life have moulded you and your opinions - defines how you see and conceive the elusive and almost mythical concept of “Britishness"

I asked some people on Msn/Facebook on their opinion of being British and Britishness. Here's what I got:

Mark:
"Being British is hating the French"

Joe:
"i dont know how you would define that other than 'lives in/comes from britain"

Jamie McArthur:
"A country is made of individuals
to suggest there is anything connecting all those people together other than their environment is silly
So Britishness is just a collection of individuality and ever changing dynamic culture."

Coza:
"a person from Britain"

Emma:
"okay cant describe wat i wanna say
one thing tho is the weather.
britishness might be dying out"

Tanya (Argentinian Exchange):
britishness? it's living with the tipical british culture, like talking with a really brithish accent, or having tea, or knowing everything about the Kings and Queens and use umbrellas#
haha :)

Henni:
"knowing the national anthem?"

Sam Johnson:
"Britishness. is erm? Living in Britain? Having British Pastimes. Erm. Erm. Having British Heritage? Enjoying British culture?
I should put these on my blog to. Thanks for making me do my work Lily =)"

Matthew Charles:
"That said, Britishness is by default a subjective quality: there is no `standard` of Britishness we can use to decide what it is exactly."

Thom (My Brother):
"Looking stylishly pasty"

Matthew Springett:
"Tea Parties"

British Icons?