Attack The Block

How Was The Film Produced: The film attack the block was produced buy Joe Cornish with Big Talk Productions, Films4, The Uk Film Council and Studio Canal. The film was shot in London in 2011 all around London with 5-6 weeks of Night shots.

What Is It Based On: The Film 'Attack The Block was based on and inspired by some of Joe Cornish's favourite films like E.T, Gremlins, Predator and Streets Of Fire. The Creatures are based on Joe Cornish's cat ( i think they look like the creatures from 'Predator' too) It was also based on how and where he lived in his childhood.

Any Problems That Arose In Making The Film: Joe Cornish had employed some first time actors which meant they might not know what it feels like on a set and also they might be under pressure o get it right and have to do some of the scenes again because they don't know what they are doing or forgot there lines. 

The Directors Views On The British Film Industry: Joe cornish thinks- "They take their role of championing films very seriously, and they're led by the heart. If they dislike something, they won't write about it, unless they really feel it violates one of their principles. But in Britain you get a lot of ho-humming and boiled sweet sucking and here you get commitment and passion, which I think is really cool." and also- "People don't come with any preconceptions. You can tell why some British film-makers who started in television enjoy working in America because people are a bit more accepting of you trying something different. This audience are able just to take this film as a film and not to have preconceptions of what Joe of Adam and Joe might do, not weighed down by any of that baggage. And they really dig it, you know. It's kind of really nice to talk to them as if I'm a film-maker. People here are really excited to have stuff in their town. In London, we're quite haughty. We feel we deserve them to come to us."

How They Saved Money and the Technology used: They didn't have a big enough budget to do 3D CGI Aliens so they used practical effects, old editing affects and a small amount of CG to remove detail instead of adding it. 

Any Issues With Film Rating, Any Controversy Surrounding The Film: The film rating was an issue for the public because throughout the movie the teenagers are friends and hanging around with a drug dealer and act in the movie as if the are stoned and also there is a lot of gore and violence and bad language whilst other parents say that the other message is to show teenagers to work together.  So there was controversy over if the film should be rated as a 15 or an 18.

The Film's Promotion: The film was promoted by Posters adverts and trailers and other methods of advertisement. Joe Cornish also did exclusive interviews with Film4 and there was the Premiere of 'Attack The Block' on the 4th of May 5 days before the film was released in the UK.

The Soundtrack (Include Information On The Soundtrack Creator And The Types Of Music They Referenced In Their Work): The soundtrack for the film was an original score composed by Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton of the popular electronic dance music group Basement Jaxx, and Steven Price except for the song played during the end credits ("Youths Dem Cold" by Richie Spice).

1. "The Block"
2. "Sam is Mugged"
3. "Round Two Bruv"
4. "It’s Raining Gollums"
5. "Tooling Up"
6. "Moses is Arrested"
7. "Tell Me I’m Dreaming"
8. "Throat Ripper"
9. "Rooftops"
10. "Moses - Ninja"
11. "Just Another Day"
12. "They Want Moses"
13. "Actions Have Consequences"
14. "Eat My Hat"
15. "They Fell Out of the Sky"
16. "I Need to Finish What I Started"
17. "Turn the Gas Up"
18. "Moses vs. The Monsters"
19. "Moses the Hero"
20. "The Ends" - Basement Jaxx