This is England: opening squence

Cinematography 

The opening scene is a sequa ence of clips from all sorts of 80s pop culture in it. This is dome because its gives the audience a sense of the era and tone. The clips are from things like T.Vs shows, music, games and even clips of Margaret Thatcher as she was the Prime minister at the time this film was set. You see her in a constriction vehicle. The expression on her face is very seirous and maybe a bit confused probably because she probably feels really out of place as she didn't really get involved with working class people.

There are some clips of video game being played. Things like space invader which was a very popular game at the time . Back then games were played pubs , cafes arcades and you club. You weren't able to play games at home yet which now is extremely popular now.

Theres a clip of the car from the popular show Knight Rider staring David Hasselhoff and a talking car. He played a confident and cocky american hero and the car was intelligent, and he had a British accent which represents how americans would see British people , as very extreme serotypes.

There are a lot a council fats shown which foreshadows the character Shaun and how he lives.                    

Top of the pops clip

Lady Diana and Prince Charles getting married which was a huge event at the time



Train crash bad representation of British rail

Rubik’s cub

These is a natural front March which is a neo nazi group which foreshadows the character combo

Sign of racial tension and violence

Troops on the Falklands  which is the war that Shaun dad fought in

War casualties















Mise -en-scene