This is England

From "This is England" we wanted to achieve the style used by Shane Meadows. This particular sequence seen above is not the exact start as their is a montage sequence in which it shows clips of England from the 1980's. We choose to look at this particular sequence as it the first instance involving the characters, which ours does. One of the main aspects we want to take from this is the cinematography. The colours of the room and the outside are quite grey. We wanted this to represent the urban in sequence, as one of our main aims is to show the dark grim greys of the urban, in contrast to the bright wide open spaces of the beach. This shows the grim urban as being a place of conflict and sadness for the character, whilst the opposite can be said for the wide spaces of the beach which act as a release for the character.

Another reason we chose to use this sequence to analyse is we have a particular interest in one of the shots. The long shot of the shop when Shaun exits is very similar to the long shot we want to achieve at the beginning of our sequence when you can hear the noise of the character being beaten/attacked.