This is England - Notes

This is England -

• £1.5 million Budget.
• Funded by the National Lottery.
• Recieved £90,000 from UK film council after production.
• Made in 2006.
• Directed by Shane Meadows.
• Produced by Warp Films.
• Based on Shane Meadows personal experiences.
• Thomas Wasnt an actor before and was from a very deprived area.
• It was filmed in a pre-fabricated set in sheffield that hadn't been modernised.
• In most scenes lots of improvisation.
• He used all natural light.
• The producer was Mark Herbet.
• Set in 1983.
• Was about skinhead culture and trying to change the perception of it.
• The audience for This is England are the Working class.
• The Film has an 18 rating as it has a strong message all the way throught the film.

This film would appeal more to a working class audience as they can relate more to the experiences in the film, also people that were growing up in the 80's could relate as they went through the same thing as shaun in the film. This film woud appeal to both a male and female audience as shaun (main character) is very likeable.


The cinematography in This is England has a slow pace and starts with a montage of clips from important events that happened in the 1980's, this sets the scene for the film and takes the audience back to the 80's. No special effects were used in this low budget film and most of the trasitions were very simple.