LibGuides: Film, Media arts and Performance: Film industry research

Film and media industry data

BFI: film industry statistics and reports
Browze the BFI's research data and market intelligence. Each year the BFI publish all their findings in the BFI Statistical Yearbook, and throughout the year they produce a range of official statistics.
BFI: statistical yearbook
The Statistical Yearbook presents available statistics on UK film and the UK film industry. It includes box office figures, and detailed reports on all aspects of the film industry.
BFI: weekend box office figures
Every week the BFI publishes box office figures for the top 15 films released in the UK, all other British releases and newly released films. The figures cover box offices grosses in pounds sterling, Friday to Sunday, and show the performance of each film compared to the previous week and its total UK box office gross since release.
BARB - Broadcasters audience research board
Use BARB to find UK TV viewing data such as weekly top TV programmes.

Mintel Academic Reports This link opens in a new window
Mintel is a leading name in Market Research, the Library provides access to reports published in the last two years for leading UK industries including: Technology, Media, Household Care, Health and Wellbeing, Food and Drink, Beauty and Personal Care, Automotive.
The Library subscription also covers Mintel Market Sizes which provides global market data such as market size, market share, market forecasts and segmentation.

Film industry organisations

BAFTA Guru
Guru is bursting with advice from the best creative minds in the industries so whether you're an actor, a games developer or a cinematographer, we've got something for you.
Search by skill or browse our features to find your Guru + take a look at our opportunities to see which of our schemes are currently open for applications.
British Film Institute
BFI is possibly the most important organisation for film and TV research in the UK.
British Council Film
A central resource about the British Film industry, its events, catalogue, organisations and the people involved.
ScreenSkills
ScreenSkills provide insight, career development and other opportunities to help grow and sustain the skilled and inclusive workforce which is the foundation stone of the UK's global screen success.
British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC)
The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is a representative body which promotes the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media in higher education and research.
VICE Film School
Video tutorials from VICE on documentary making: people at every stage of the VICE documentary-making process – from Executive Producers to kit interns; from fixers to hosts – will be offering their advice, totally gratis, on how to make films that people need to see.
Albert - sustainability in film and TV
We are the authority on environmental sustainability for film + TV. This is the place to share, learn and act on our impact.

albert is proudly funded by the industry, allowing us to make our tools, training and resources totally free to use.

Film resources

Internet Movie Database (IMDb) This link opens in a new window
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is a freely accessible website providing information on films, of interest to either the serious researcher or to anyone looking for the latest movie news.
Although most entries are American, IMDb covers British, European, Asian and other international films. Thousands of directors, actors and actresses, producers, writers and members of film crews are listed on the database and can be searched by name or film. For many of the people biographies, filmographies, images and links are provided and for the films the credits, reviews and synopsises are shown, with the opportunity of buying online if available.

The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
The biggest searchable collection of film and TV scripts freely available on the internet. Scripts are in HTML format.
Drews Script-o-rama
A searchable website for free filmscripts.
SimplyScripts
- links to hundreds of free, downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced and radio shows.

BFI ScreenOnline This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text articles with hundreds of hours of TV and film video and audio clips on topics related to the history of British film and television. All content can be viewed on campus. Access off-campus is restricted to textual material and still images only.

Shakespeare: An International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio
This authoritative online database of Shakespeare-related content in film, television, radio and video recordings is international in scope and holds over 7,000 records dating from the 1890s to the present day.
TED: Ideas Worth Saying
TED is a series of presentations dedicated to spreading interesting ideas in technology, entertainment and design. Videos of the presentations are available to view through the TED website.

Film reviews and trailers

Rotten Tomatoes
Search for films, celebrities and critics on the website.
Film.com
You can find reviews of films, TV programmes and DVDs here.
Culture Vulture
This site covers various apects of the arts, including film and theatre reviews.
Film Review Online
This website has reviews of film and TV movies, and includes interviews, trailers, clips, photo galleries, press releases and release/air dates.