Filmmaking in the UK(在线收听

  Jo:  I'm Jo Reffin and on today's entertainment programme on

  bbclearningenglish.com, we're talking to someone who works in the film

  business.

  Samantha Perahia

  My name's Samantha Perahia – I work for the UK Film Council, we are a government funded

  organisation who are responsible for all aspects of filmmaking in the UK. It is my

  responsibility to help anybody who wants to film in the UK – to help with locations, crew,

  facilities.

  Jo:  The UK Film Council is a government funded organisation. So the politicians

  running the UK, the government, give money to pay for this organisation to

  exist. The Film Council looks after all aspects, all parts of film making in this

  country. So Samantha can help with crew – and the film crew are the group of

  people who work together on the film – the crew. Then there's the location, the

  place where the film is filmed and finally Samantha talks about facilities – so

  any equipment or services needed when the films are made like food or parking

  for example.

  Part of Samantha's job is to get filmmakers to come and make their films in the

  UK. So how does she do that?

  Samantha Perahia

  There are many many countries around the world that have film industries that are important

  to their economy and the UK is one of the largest film making industries in the world, second

  only to the US so there's lot so of competition for countries that want to draw international

  films to their countries, so we have to make it economically attractive first and foremost.

  Jo:  The film industry is another way of saying the film business. The UK has one

  of the biggest filmmaking industries in the world, second only to the US,

  America. So second only to the US means the US is the largest and the UK is

  the second largest. Samantha says each country is trying to be the most

  successful – there's a lot of competition for countries who want to draw or

  attract international films to be filmed in their country. To attract people to

  make films in the UK, it has to be economically attractive first and foremost.

  The most important thing is the UK is a cheaper place to make films.

  You're listening to bbclearningenglish.com and we're talking about making

  films in the UK. Now how does the UK Film Council help to make the UK

  economically attractive to filmmakers?

  Samantha Perahia

  The way we do that is we have thankfully a film-friendly government who have devised a tax

  credit which is to be honest the main reason why people first come to the UK to film second

  only to the fact that we have the best facilities, crew and talent around the world.

  Jo:  Samantha is pleased, thankful, that the UK has a film-friendly government –

  the UK government wants films to be made in the UK. They have devised, they

  have created a tax credit. Now, Samantha will explain tax credit in a moment.

  But this tax credit is the one of the main reasons people come to the UK to

  make films and she used that expression 'second only' again. So people come

  to make films in the UK because of the tax credit. Samantha says that reason is

  second only to the fact that the UK has the best facilities, crew and talent for

  making films.

  So Samantha, please explain to us what this tax credit actually is? First, here's

  some language to help you. Sufficient means enough. A budget is the amount

  of money you have to spend on something. A significant amount is an

  important, fairly large amount and expenditure means money that you spend.

  Samantha Perahia

  Films which spend a sufficient amount of their budgets in the UK will be able to get a

  significant amount of their expenditure back.

  Jo:  Everyone has to pay tax to the government - so if you think of money from

  your salary or any goods that you buy, some of it will go to the government in

  what is called tax. So the tax credit means if filmmakers spend a certain

  amount of their budget in the UK, then the UK government will give the

  filmmakers some money back.

  Samantha Perahia

  Films which spend a sufficient amount of their budgets in the UK will be able to get a

  significant amount of their expenditure back.

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