This Is England

This Is England

This Is England had a very small, limited and low budget as it is run by an independent film company.
This Is England was based on the problems in England in the 1980’s. This film concentrates only on the skinhead culture, which created these issues and had a name for causing trouble. This means that this film was made for a specific target audience, mainly middle aged and working class British citizens. This audience could have been part of the skinhead culture in the 80’s, this film would appeal to them most because it will make them relive their experience of being part and involved in the skinhead culture.
This film was set Nottingham, this was just one of the places that was involved in a lot of the problems in Britain in the 1980’s. This gives it a sense of realism to towards the film.
As the film ‘This Is England’ has been assigned to a independent film company, the main aim of the film was to give an experience to the viewer which is realistic and believable to take them back and relive their roots of that period of time(80’s).
The ‘Mise En Scene’ of the film was determined by the budget, this was because the budget was so small. This meant Shane Meadows was forced to use cheaper and easier methods to get props and other things for each scene. This meant he used many locations which were untouched by the public and by the film crew. The locations had parts of rust on them and they have been weathered since the 1980’s when most of the locations were built. This gives it a more realistic feel and look.
At the start of the film, Shane Meadows used real clips of fight and other things that was going on in Britain in the 1980’s mainly by the skinhead culture. This gives the audience the right frame of mind, give them an example of what is issues were trying to be solved in that time period. This will appeal to the middle aged, working class target audience.
The camera shots used in the film are mainly handheld, this gives the film another sense of realism and refers to the clips shown at the start of the film. These camera shot used make the audience fell like they are in the film, this will add to the experience of the film and the reliving of their roots. The lighting is all natural light, this is a cheaper way of getting light added to the scene plus this also gives the film more realism.
As the budget played an important part of the making of the film, the actors were not recognized by the general public as they had not been involved with many mainstream films. This ads to the realism of the film.