This is England Frame analysis

• The frame clearly includes the council houses in the background - this shows the set of the film and the conditions/area Shaun lives in



• The car is an old car - this connotes that the film is set in the past and helps to achieve verisimilitude



• Also 'Maggie is a twat' is graffitied on the wall - again connoting that the film is set in the past tense when Maggie was Priminister



• The area looks very rough and Shaun is all alone at a young age - showing the community must be close as he is quite vulnerable in that situation and he can be trusted alone

• Denote that the title is centrally framed



• Bold/bubble styled font - connotes childishness (central protagonist is a child)



• Title is white with black marks - signifying decay



• picture behind the title is a rough looking council estate - this presents the set of the film and connotes that the film will be based on working class people and lives



• Upper case font - this anchors the reading that this is a statement 



Analysis of This is England

This is England was released 2006 by a number of different British production companies such as Film4, Warp Films, Em Media, Screen Yorkshire and UK Film Council. EM media and Screen Yorkshire financially insisted the film and helped to market it.

Shaun Meadows was the writer and director of the film. Shane Meadows had created a number of different films before such as 24:7 (1997), Dead man's shoes (2004) etc... and created films following This is England such as Le Donk (2009). 

This is England is an example of a social realist film. This basically means that the film focuses on giving the audience a true indication of which life is like in the certain set of the film. This 'social realist' theme is foreseen in other low budget British films such as 'ill manors' and bullet boys. Shaun Meadows uses this genre of social realism as he feels films like 'Bridget Jones Diary' and 'Notting Hill' present a stereotypical 'British' appeal.

1. Social realism - the realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or political comment.