From Bedrooms to Billions (2014)

From Bedrooms to Billions is a 2014 documentary film by British filmmakers Anthony Caulfield and Nicola Caulfield that tells the story of the British video games industry from 1979 to the present day. The film focuses on how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video games industry which today dominates the modern world's entertainment landscape. The film features interviews with major British game designers, journalists and musicians from across the last 30 years.

The filmmakers originally conceived of the project as a three-part television series, but were unable to garner interest from either the BBC or Channel 4, both of which considered the project "too niche." So the team, inspired by earlier success with their 2010 film Burlesque Undressed, turned instead to crowd funding.

The Caulfields raised approximately £80,000 through two rounds of crowd funding with Indiegogo and Kickstarter generating donations of $37,000 and £60,000 respectively. Further funds have been raised through direct donations, pre-orders for DVDs and soundtrack CDs via the From Bedrooms To Billions website which has allowed them to produce the film independently.

From Bedrooms to Billions was originally scheduled for release on May 30, 2014. The digital version was eventually launched on October 3, 2014.

Synopsis

L'industrie du Jeu Vidéo devait bien commencer quelque part ... Ce film documentaire raconte l'histoire de l'industrie britannique des jeux vidéo de 1979 à nos jours. Il se concentre sur la manière dont la créativité et la vision d'un nombre relativement restreint d'individus, ont permis au Royaume-Uni de jouer un rôle clé et pionnier dans le façonnement de l'industrie des jeux vidéo d'un milliard de dollars, qui domine aujourd'hui le paysage du divertissement dans le monde moderne. Le film présente des interviews de grands concepteurs de jeux, journalistes et musiciens britanniques des 30 dernières années.

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