This is England

This Is England Screenshot...

"This is England title shot"

• Centrally framed shot.
• Bubble font, which connotes childish, as character in the shot is a child, child is walking from left to right, could be a reflection of how the country has moved from left wing to right wing.
• Black marks in the white title signifying decay, resembling the mise-en-scene.
• Intentionally placed with mise-en-scene, as the background is of a council block of flats, this is making a statement, connoting the producers political views...
•  All in upper case making a statement again... this anchorage suggests it is important and informs the reader with additional information.

"Maggie is a twat"

• This shot works on rule of thirds, the boy is centrally framed, and the quote "Maggie is a twat" is positioned to the right.
• Due to this is would say this shot type would be a long shot.
• It makes a statement about what the public really think in 'the real England'. Rather than what is shown in the newspapers and tabloids.
• The car within the shot is an old school style to us in todays day and age, this suggests the time in which the film was set... 1983, also helping achieve a sense of verisimilitude.
• The quote "Maggie is a twat", is very intentional, that wasn't there before the film, again i believe this is another connotation of the producers political views, making a statement about how the election of Margret thatcher has ruined working class families and individuals.