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This is England was released in the year 2006 by a Producer called Shane Meadows, the production company's that released the film were Warp Films and Film 4. Shane Meadows has directed some short films before such as 24:7 and Deadmans Shoes, also he directed A room for romeo brass. The genre that shane mainly focuses on is a social realist genre, where by he takes some of the social problems and involves them in his films. Here is the trailer.




Box Office: 1.3m
Length of Run: 4 weeks
Number of screens: 62/151
Overall Film Takings: 3.2m

The media language used in the starting shots of this film are that of establishing ones due to setting the scenes, for example the dirty scenes of the olden buildings and the old car of which we see in a shot which is a panning shot across a street. Most of the shots are medium close ups and close ups of the main character. The long takes in this film opening surgest it is a film of a social realist or drama type film where by it will follow one character in his journey though a changing society and the decisions and choices he has to make