Scene analysis

The title sequence I will be analysing is the social realist drama 'This Is England' directed by Shane Meadows.
The title sequence in this film shows video clips, like videos that would have been shown in the news. You can tell that all of these video images were from and or represent the eighties, so this shows the audience that the film is going to be set in the eighties. It shows video clips of working class areas, such as council flats and estates which feature many conventions of a working class area, such as graffiti. Another main feature of this title sequence is politics, as there is repeated imagery of Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands war. This suggests that the film is going to be based on politics. It also features the British flag numerous times and shows clips of race riots, which shows that racism will also feature in the film, tied in with the political aspect. Finally, the music shows us that the film will be about the eighties as it is a ska/two-tone song which was very popular in that time. All of these features give us an overview that the film will be an accurate and political, maybe even controversial portrayal of the theme that the director is trying to reach.