This is England

This is England - Combo Fight scene.

This lesson we analysed the mise-en-scene in British social realism.

The word 'Place' is parted down.

P = Production design - (sets,props and costumes.)

L = Lighting - (Ambient / Artificial / Natural)

A = Actors - (Performance)

C = Colour design - (Through production)

E = Era - (How is the time and place represented.)

Here is the combo fight scene from 'This is England'.

I'm going to analyse how mise-en-scene in 'This is England' is used to represent the films characters and how it displays the British social realism genre.

Production Design:  From these two shots we are able to tell the production design such as the costumes which are very basic and displayed in a casual form, For example the skin headed man is wearing a plain white vest and an ordinary pair of blue jeans. The theme of poverty is clearly established as the setting is displayed to be gritty and rough, A cramped room which contains nude magazines whilst a child is there connotes corruption of youth, stained walls with broken down curtains. This lifestyle connotes that they are the underclass people who are struggling through life, along with lack of hope. The fact that the skin headed man has alot of tattoo's and is bald can can make him seem threatening or aggressive.




Lighting

Lighting: The Dull, dark lighting here is associated with the horrific fight scene that has just occurred. Dullness represents horror and violence and goes well with the situation. The darkness also emphasizes seriousness and the cruel reality of their lives. It is also able to create a depressing atmosphere, which reflects on their misery.

Actors

Actors: The actors are casual British people, underclass with informal language.
The fact that their typical, everyday people makes it more realistic and believable for the audience, It is also able to fit in with the BSR genre/theme in a better form.

As you can see above one of the main characters is skin headed and has a tattoo placed on his forehead. This physical appearance makes him seem aggressive along with a thuggish nature, Which was clearly denoted through his extremely violent behavior and harsh language.

                                                                       Colour

Colour: The colour of this scene is shown to be unsaturated which creates a dismal effect adding onto the depressing atmosphere. The artificial lighting of the light bulb highlights the fact that there's no natural lighting, which seems almost as if these people are just trapped in this depressed cramped up room. The dark surroundings such as the bed covers and flooring connotes that there's not much brightness or joy within their dull, daunting lives.

Era

Era; The Era this was set in was not recent , I would say its bound to be round 1980's.
This is indicated by the props used as its nothing too special or modern. The characters are portrayed as if their finding it really tough to cope, which was quite common for the people back in the days during 1980's when society in Britain was going through a rough stage.