This is England
(0:09)..At the beginning of the scene there is a straight on shot of one side of the room and this shot includes a lot of things. In the background you can denote that there is an England flag which connotes that these characters are British. The fact that you can denote that there is a kid in this scene whilst there is a naked picture of a girl in the back shows corruption of youth. The bed and seems like something very cheap as well as the clothes which shows that these people are not very wealthy and under classed people. This is typical of a BSR film because BSR films generally make it very obvious that it is in Britain and it does not get more obvious than pinning up a England flag. Also the cheap bed is typical of BSR films because a running theme in BSR is poverty so the cheap bed and clothes emphasises the poverty like standard BSR films do.
(3:51).. Mid way through the scene the guy gets up to beat up another person. You can denote the fact that his body is covering up the light and that it is a low angle shot works very well. The low angle shot connotes him looking very superior to us as the audience and the fact that he is covering the light gives the scene a darker tone literally. As he is committing an act of violence it goes well with the lighting because violence is associated with darkness. Most negative things are associated with darker colours so this works very well. Dull,dark writing is typical of a BSR film because these films do not have a big Hollywood budget so using minimal artificial lighting and not using bright lighting saves them a lot of money. Also typical BSR films have this dull lighting to also emphasise the gritty side of Britain; that not everything is bright and cheerful but in actual fact it is dark and bleak.
(1:42) You can denote this shot is a straight on shot of Stephen Graham's face and he has 2 tattoos on his face as well as being a skin head. This all connotes that he is a tough character and he has a sort of thug personality. Later on in the scene he uses racist language towards someone which goes well with his appearance of being a thug as they are stereo typically racist. His accent is a typical British accent which suggests he is from the UK and more specifically London. This is typical of a BSR film as the protagonist usually has to look the part of being a person who doesn't take kindly to authority. This makes it more authentic for the audience seeing these type of people growing up on that side of Britain. Also BSR films typically conform to the stereotypes of thug characters to be racist and violent which they have done very well in this scene.
(3:33) A high angle shot is denoted over here which connotes everyone to be seen as vulnerable which is a sort of foreshadow as everyone in this scene later gets beaten up. You can denote that this shot also shows the colors of the whole room and connotes that they are actually not that wealthy as the beds are on the floor and there is cloth on the walls. The colors are quite dull and i think the artificial lighting from the bulb adds to that. Everything is unsaturated and this adds to the mood that this scene is intended to be depressing and the 2 out of the 4 characters are wearing the same colour clothing on the top and bottom showing their relationship may be close. This is typical of a BSR film as normally if there is more than one character in the same room they are shown to have a relationship that may or may not be friendly. Also normally BSR films emphasise the friends of the protagonist making them seem like a gang and normally they are a violent gang. Showing that two of these characters may be close shows that they also may doing everything together like a 'gang'
0:24 A straight on is used here and it is used well as you can denote everything behind the character and from this you can connote the era,that this was taken place in the 1980s as everything in the back is so simple and plain. There is nothing fancy with it and this is how the 1980s were just plain and simple. This is related to the low budget thing i had said previously but also this is typical of a BSR film as they need to make it as realistic as possible so if they had set this in the 1980's then they had o make sure the props they used were very simple and cheap to connote the era because Britain was a tough time in the 80's and people could not afford all the special,fancy furniture. This makes it authentic for the audience.
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