This is England

 

Production design
We can see these characters in 'This is England' are not wealthy and would be described as the underclass, this is shown through the set which is a room inside a flat full of posters of nude women, England flag, and damaged curtains. The connotation for this is that they are bachelors who aren't sophisticated and would be working in places such as factories.

In the screen grab below we see the two main characters dressed in basic casual clothing for the costume. They are both wearing a white shirt, black trousers and black shoes. As the costumes are identical it suggests that it could be some sort of uniform which reminds the audience that they are working class people who must dress as they are ordered to.

 

 

Lighting

The lighting in this scene conforms to the situation that happens. We see dull and lifeless natural lighting as a way to represent the horrific fight scene that is going to happen, these depressing colours connote the death that occurs and helps creates a daunting atmosphere. The ambient through out cold and miserable.

 



 

Actors

The actors in this scene have accents which would be described as street talk, this connotes that they are not well educated, classy and formal British men stereotypically expected. It also represents their class in society. 

 

The main actors physical appearance denotes that he would be the tough and aggressive character in this film, we know this from seeing the tattoos, the bold head and the tough body language used by him.  His facial expression is full of rage and frustration when talking to the others, this outburst connotes what type of character he is so the audience are more aware.

 

 

Colour

The colour theme through out is mainly dreary and as the walls are blue it creates the ambient to feel blue, the negativity of the violent scene is shown through the colours here. The mournful blue of the walls connote the death and abuse during the end of the scene.

 

 



Era

In the picture below we can see that the props are quite modern items which we would have today, such as the cooker. Having these props denotes to the audience what era this film was created, so from this I know that this film was recent.

 

The language also hints towards the audience on what era this film was produced. As the actors use quite a lot of slang such as 'I got the munchies' this also explains that it was a recent film.