'This is England' Analysis of Title Sequence

Analysis of ‘This is England’

In the title sequence ‘This is England’ the font of the titles is almost typewriter like. The font could be used to record certain dates of events that have happened in England as the title suggests ‘This is England’ introducing what has happened in the country. The font also looks aged so this suggests that information has been sifted through according to what has happened in the early 80s. The films deals in social realism as the clips gathered together from the mid 80s shows actual events that have occurred. The non-diegetic music adds to the 80s feel of the movie as well. From the clips the viewer can deduce the genre of the film includes violence as the clips display violent actions of riots, explosions, destruction and devastation. However, there is also demonstration of revelation, trends, achievements and entertainment with the solving of the rubix cube, motor biking stunts and aerobics. There are lots of names of producer’s at the start of the film, which shows how the British film industry struggles to raise money for films. Although the main budget is small by Hollywood standards but they still need lots of companies to come together as they cannot afford to produce the film even with those budgets which is a contrast to the American Film Industry as they have far less producers working on a film as they have a larger budget.