Life of a Film

This is England

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfoJx6t97RE Trailer
10 year Shaun is growing up in the 1980s. Hes not happy at school as hes being bullied and home life, without his dad around is hard . He meets a group of skinheads on his way back from a bad day at school who make him feel better and become friendly faces for him to rely on.His new friends take him in as one of their own. Shaun soon starts to behave like one of the gang.He instantly changes his view point on his own community when he meets one of the hardest skinheads around. He starts to become a shadow of his former self turning from a young boy into a young man for all the wrong reasons.A tragic incident changes his mind on life for good and soon puts some perspective back into his life.


Film production Budget
The films production Budget was £1,500,000 which was a enough to get all the cast crew and equipment needed to make on of the most successful British films of all time.


The Production companies who produced the film were: Film4, big Arts, Em media, optimum releasing,screen Yorkshire,UK film council and Warp films.
Chat room was another film that was produced by Film4 about a group of teenagers acting in a anti social way getting into trouble and challenging each others behaviour.It went straight to the cinemas across Europe including France,Germany,Poland and Greece.Big arts production also produced dead mans shoes the films opening weekend made $1,825 in the USA.EM media also produced hip hop hoax about a two Scottish friends getting signed to a great the hip hop label.Optimum releasing also produced Brighton rock opening weekend made $10,626 and were home distributed in the UK on VHS.Screen Yorkshire also produced a complete history of my sexual failures which was disturbed in cinemas in France, UK, Finland and Australia.UK film council also produced the last king of Scotland its opening weekend made £861,991 in the UK in 62 screenings.Warp Films also produced scummy man their budget was $60.00.It didn't do very well in the box office and went straight to home distribution.

The theatrical distributors for This is England were from countries all around the world.Arthaus from Norway, Ifc films and take from USA, King record co in japan, Nippon shuppan hannbai in japan, nonstop entertainment from Sweden and Optimum releasing in UK. The Home distributors were mostly for DVD . Ascot elite enterman from Germany, Canal film from Norway (Shown on TV), Madman entertainment in Australia(all media was shown) netflix and red envelope in USA and sandrew distribution in Finland.

Box office takings
The opening weekend it made $18,430 in the USA for 1 screen showing the film and in the UK it was shown in 62 screens and made £207,676.

The film is Horizontally integrated and Film4 is a subsidiary production company. Film4 only produced the film and did not take part in the distribution or Exhibition of the film.Optimum releasing are vertically integrated in the film process as they were part of the production and distribution of the film.

For home exhibition the film is available on DVD with extra footage such as deleted scenes director commentary and behind the scenes., video, Internet e.g downloading films, blue ray, films on demand e.g virgin media films paying for the film to watch during a certain amount of hours.

In my opinion I think that the film is liked because of the content and story it has to tell.It isn't a film which will appeal to everyone as the content and language is strong.I think it would be shown in cinemas but it Will appeal to the older generation as it has a purpose to it this age group(18+) would appreciate the content of the film and appreciate why the use of violence and bad language is necessary.It makes you think about how socially excepted people are in society not just in the time the film was set (in the 80s) but in society today how we judge people before even knowing or talking to them.It explores how societies groups and cultures can be taken to the extreme and how it can push all boundary's of our moral values.Its a powerful depiction of how easy peoples beliefs can be influences by the majority.The film was very successful and got a lot of great reviews which helped it to gain more media attention for the us the consumers.reviews from the times,the sun,the observer made the film have more opportunities to be discovered.Its greatest achievements other than its success with the public pleasure were the awards it received.Winner of best film from British independent awards. Winner of special jury award from Rome film festival and winner of most promised newcomer from the British independent film awards.


I think these scenes are the most important as it portrays how Shaun's journey started and ended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfoJx6t97RE Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODlqSr3eG-kThis scene is how Shaun meets the skinheads


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvyhrVLbMe0 this scene shows Shaun complying by the skinhead trade make by getting his head shaved.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwmL-ZHP3E This scene shows how Combo and Shaun's friendship grew with each other Combo being a role model for Shaun to follow in his footsteps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8uAtsaPO-E The last scene is important as the life he was living as a skinhead was over, by him throwing the flag away he was done fighting with society.