Fishtank (2009)

Fishtank Casestudy

Title - Fishtank

Genre - Drama.

Writer - Andrea Arnold.

Director - Andrea Arnold.

Runtime - 123 minutes. 

Production Companies Involved - BBC Films, UK Film Council, Limelight Communication, ContextFilm, Kasander Film Company.

Distributing Companies Involved - Artifical Eye, IFC Films, Nutopia Entertainment; these are just a few distributors because overall, there were 29 distributing companies that were involved within the process of Fishtank being shown to audiences globally.

Filming Locations used within the production of the film - Barking (London), Dagenham (Essex), Havering (London), Stanford le Hope (Essex), Tilbury (Essex), Tower Hamlets (London).

Release Date (UK) - 11th September 2009

Gross amount of money made - $373,060 (USA)

Amount of money made in the opening weekend - $32,619 (USA)

Cast - Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Griffiths, Harry Treadaway, Sydney Mary Nash, Sarah Bayes.

Plot/Storyline - Fishtank tells the story of Mia (Katie Jarvis), a 15 year old girl who is a resident on an Essex council estate with her irresponsible and single mother, Joanne (Kierston Wareing) and precocious little sister, Tyler. Whilst facing the trials and tribulations of becoming a young woman, Mia faces being thrown out of school as well as awaiting admission to referral units. Alongside this, Mia starts to build an uneasy and unlikely relationship with her mothers recent boyfriend, Connor (Michael Fassbender) who slowly starts to encourage Mia to take further interest into her secret passion that is dance.