Editing Cinema of the United Kingdom (section)

==Film technology==
[[File:Vue cinema London 2011 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Vue cinema, [[Leicester Square]].]]
In the 1970s and 1980s, British studios established a reputation for great special effects in films such as ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978), ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), and ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' (1989). Some of this reputation was founded on the core of talent brought together for the filming of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968) who subsequently worked together on series and feature films for [[Gerry Anderson]]. Thanks to the Bristol-based [[Aardman Animations]], the UK is still recognised as a world leader in the use of stop-motion animation.

British special effects technicians and production designers are known for creating visual effects at a far lower cost than their counterparts in the US, as seen in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981) and ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985). This reputation has continued through the 1990s and into the 21st century with films such as the [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]] series, ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000) and the [[Harry Potter]] franchise.

From the 1990s to the present day, there has been a progressive movement from traditional film opticals to an integrated [[digital film]] environment, with special effects, cutting, colour grading, and other post-production tasks all sharing the same all-digital infrastructure. The London-based [[visual effects]] company [[Framestore]], with [[Tim Webber]] the [[visual effects supervisor]], have worked on some of the most technically and artistically challenging projects, including, ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' (2008) and ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'' (2013), with new techniques involved in ''Gravity'' realized by Webber and the Framestore team taking three years to complete.<ref>Nick Roddick, [https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/tim-webber-the-man-who-put-sandra-bullock-in-space-8804917.html "Tim Webber: the man who put Sandra Bullock in space"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122140458/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/tim-webber-the-man-who-put-sandra-bullock-in-space-8804917.html |date=22 January 2014 }}, ''[[Evening Standard]]'', 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.</ref>

The availability of high-speed internet has made the British film industry capable of working closely with U.S. studios as part of globally distributed productions. As of 2005, this trend is expected to continue with moves towards (currently experimental) digital distribution and projection as mainstream technologies. The British film ''[[This Is Not a Love Song (film)|This Is Not a Love Song]]'' (2003) was the first to be [[stream]]ed live on the [[Internet]] at the same time as its cinema [[premiere]].