'Art Of The Title'

This Is England

Shots from left to right

Shot 1

• Not much is established about the storyline, other than what social class our character may be in and the general look of most of the setting and locations in the film.
• The title is shown first in bold and capital letters. The rubbign away of the white in the title coudl suggest how something within the storyline affects the innocence of a character.
• The mise-en-scene is of a run-down area of flats, this gives the indication of its genre (social realsim), but also similar locations will be used and the social standing of the characters.

Shot 2

• Show three males dressed in a common sub-culture group from the era that the film is set in, 1983.
• Credit is shown in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen in the same font style and colour as the title.
• Location seems to be a staircase from a a council flat estate, graffiti can be seen in the background to suggest this.

Shot 3

• A group of people are shown during a concert becoming quite aggressive (this is shown through their facial expressions).
• Again the credit is positioned in the bottom right-hand corner, still in the same font style and colour.

Shot 4

• From this shot we get no information about the film.
• Although it could hint at the age group/range that we will see in the film.
• Also the quality of the camera focus gives it a better sense of realsim.

Shot 5

• Showing three males wrapped in the UK flag, maybing hinting that there will some sort of unity between a group of characters in the film.

Shot 6

• Shows how developed technology which indicates a rough time period in which the film is set.
• We are known introduced to some racial diversity (the boy playing the game).
• Continuing with the font style and colour when presenting the credits and the same positioning.

Shot 7

• A group of people during a riot/fight. This could suggest political issue during the time period that the film is set.

Shot 8

• A wide/establishing shot is used to show the isolated location.
• The presence of the army could be to suggest that there is some sort of war going on in or during the film within the UK (showing of the UK flag).

Shot 9

• Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are shown to express that there could be some political issues that are worked into the storyline. (Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative Prime Minister from 1975-1990. Ronald Reagan was the American President during 1981-1989) This could provide some knowledge of the political standing at the time the film is set in.