Jess Medland AS Media: Warp

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Monday, 3 January 2011

Notes:

Same producer as film, Mark Herbert, but there was a second producer, Derrin Schlesinger
Shane Meadows directed the 3rd and 4th episodes
Same characters as film three years on
Tom Harper directed the 1st and 2nd episodes (not involved in film)
Written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne
Warp films/Big arty production for channel 4
Supported by Screen Yorkshire Production fund
Co financed by EM Media
A lot more characters and people involved
After the Big Brother demise, channel 4 decided to invest an extra £20 million a year into dramas
How skinheads went to mods
Unemployment
Left over ideas from film used
Warp is a developing company
Sponsored by Peugot
Different fashions and styles
Bigger cast
More artificial lighting used than film
More props
Same humour
More locations
Still pre fabricated sets
Different feel of cinematography
Post production enhancement used
Shaun isnt the only main character this time

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