How it was produced

 Attack the block was produced by Big Talk production,known for films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, produce the film with Film 4, the UK Film Council and studio canal. The Block itself was a composite of various council estates across London.

  What it was based on?

 Attack the Block was based on the director Joe Cornish getting mugged near his home in stockwell south London. He say's it was a very traumatic experience. He investigated the kind of kids who robbed him, talking to children on the street and in youth clubs. And he injected a shot of film fantasy into a world generally treated with some disdain by directors; a vision that would trump most pre-teen dreams.

 Any problems that arose in making the film?

There was a few problems that were encountered whilst in the process of creating the film. One of those problems was the fact that a lot of London slang was planned to be used throughout the film, this was a problem due to the fact that foreginers struggled to understand what the cast were saying this made it hard for the foreigners to follow what was going on in the storyline and plot. Also not only did the audiences in foreign countrys find it hard to understand so did the translators whose job it was to translate the British language into several differnt languages wherethe film was going to be distributed and shown. Another problem that occured whilst in the production of the film was that because the film was set at night which meant that the film could only be filmed in certain hours of the day when it was dark.

Directors view on the british film industry

The director, Joe Cornish was interested in 80's films such as ET, Gremlins and Predator he also liked gang films such as Streets of Fire but what he really enjoyed was when the two genres combined.

How they saved money by using the technology used

The producers saved money whilst creating the film as they didnt use the best technology available in order to create the monsters that were involved in the film instead they didnt focus much on the monsters at all this meant that they didnt have too make the creatures/monsters look affective and beacuse they didn't feature in the film as much in a visual way.


The films promotion

The film was advertised and promoted different ways such as  tv advertisements and poster which were situated on bus stops and busy areas around the UK for example in shopping centres etc. Also another way that the film was promoted was by using the official website that was dedicated to the film soley this allowed information for example release dates and age ratings to be displayed to the interested parties.