This is England

Notes:

• £1.5 million budget
• funded by national lottery
• received £90,000 after production from uk film council
• made in 2006
• warp film
• directed by Shane Meadows
• based on his own experiences
• main star: never acted, bad family life, socially deprived area
• filmed in a pre-fabricated set in Sheffield
• props bought on ebay for authenticity
• natural lighting
• element of improvisation from actors
• actors given a creative input
• produced by Mark Herbert
• set in 1983, high unemployment
• skin Head culture focus, trying to change perception of them
• aimed at teenager originally but was given an 18 rating
• montage of England in 1983 shown at the start; Margret Thatcher, Princess Diana, Faulklands War
• working class audience
• British weather humour and fashion shown
• reggae music
• mise en scene; graffiti, iconic, patriotic
• handheld camera work
• no special effects
• slower pace shots than Hot Fuzz