27th November - Similar film director - Shane Meadow background

                                                                               



Shane Meadows 

Filmography

Shane Meadows is a successful, is an English film director, screenwriter, occasional actor and BAFTA winner. 

The two film posters either side show two of his most prestigious films, where for both of them they have been nominated and awarded, winning 21 awards and being nominated for a further 19. The majority of his films relate to petty crime, gang life, subcultures and are all set in a urban, rough environment. We take a lot of inspiration from him and look up to many of his films for ideas, props and his characterization of certain characters.

Obviously our film idea differs in some respects but after viewing several of Shane's films, are ideas may start to correspond to the extremely successful director to help us to achieve a similar, powerful response from his audience. A film is not just the screenplay, but is a corroboration from all different aspects to create a film like no other. Meadow's perfect understanding of how to create emotion for the audience through music, an original idea, a strong script linked with the acting involved. All of these points may not be completely Shane Meadow's idea but he has at least had an impact for all of these to come together so smoothly and under his supervision, creating a quality collection of his films. A key example of this would be how 'Dead Man's Shoes' and how it received such a high rating from IMDB 'the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.'.

Within the 'Top 5000' films and also rated '7.7/10'.

This Is England

I thought I would do a vague write up of one of Shane's most established films created. This film follows a young boy brought up in a society where subcultures dominates society and the boy becomes closely linked with a gang of skinheads. This film is based within the 1980's where these subcultures were at their most influential and it shows racism, crime and gang life at its best. Ideas have been stripped from this, especially the environment where it is set, within the North of England and the urban lifestyle featured. The deserted houses also adds to this production which is introduced within some scenes and helps to further this urban lifestyle. 

Chernobyl disaster abandoned houses - IDEA