Titling: The only titles that appear in the opening sequence are the Production Companies and the Director. These appear right at the beginning if the film in a white font over a black screen, this might be to symbolise the fact that the baddies are dominant in this film. The titles come in quite quickly and disappear just as quick to portray the speed of the film, it is fast paced with a great deal of action.
Vast amount of blackness on titling shows baddies are dominant
Camera Movement: At the beginning of the scene, the camera is still. But as the rowdy men enter, the camera slowly moves to simulate a person watching them go past. This makes the audience feel as though they are part of the film and thus, drawing them in. Because the camera is moving quite slowly to watch them, it seems as though it is watching them quite wearily, this makes the group of men seem more violent as the viewer feels as though we have to be afraid of them.
Framing Of Shot: At the beginning of the scene, there are a lot of medium and long shots to show the characters' movements and costumes. This gives the audience a sense of their personality. Later on in the scene, when the fighting begins, there are a lot of close ups used to focus in on the violence. Because the camera only zooms in on the violent parts, this establishes that the film's plot will be based around violence.
Camera Angles: When the two groups of men are hurling abuse at each other, the camera uses an over-the-shoulder shot when looking at each group to make the audience feel as though they are in the group as well, this makes the viewer develop a connection with characters a lot easier because they now feel as though they are part of the group.
Over-the-shoulder shot makes audience feel as though they are in the group which allows them to make a stronger connection with the characters
Editing: There are no real editing techniques used in this film because if there was it would make it seem to serious and high budgeted. The Director wants the film to seem quite low budgeted because then it can relate to people who live in lower class areas who do not have a lot of money, like the characters in the film.
Sound Techniques: The only sound techniques that are used in the opening scene are enhanced sounds. These are used when the glass breaks on the phone box and when the man's head smashes into a glass window because it not only does it enhance the sound, but it enhances the emphasis which makes the whole fight seem a lot more violent and deadly.
Actors Movements: All the characters in the first scene move in a way that suggests they are up for a fight and are used to being in them. When they walk, they're arms are slightly raised as they sway slightly from side to side, this gives the audience members or anyone looking at them on the street, the impression that they have big muscles on their arms which then gives the impression that they get into a lot of fights and are seen as violent and dangerous people.
Rowdy Behaviour Shows a disregard for others which adds to their violent personality
Football Factory
From seeing the first few minutes of this film, i can tell that the genre of this film is a drama because nearer the end, a woman passes by and questions the main character's lifestyle which could suggest that he will change his thoughts and views.
From the narrative, i can gather that this is set in a working class place because of the way they speak - they have a cockney accent - and because they are working class, we immediately assume that they are going to be rowdy and loud-mouthed.
Main characters coming out of an alley. Shows that what they do
is 'underground'. It's not their day job.
I can tell who the main character is because e is the only one who speaks and the camera is mainly on him.
The only title that is used in the opening sequence is the name of the film (at 2:47)
After seeing the opening sequence to this film, i can tell that this going to be a drama because of the images they show. For the opening sequence,
This Is England shows clips of different things that we associate with 1980's England, later on, we start to see that these clips are turning more into shots of war and racism which suggests that this will be the basis of the plot.
People brawling
About every 3-5 seconds, a title appears on the screen. The first to appear are the production companies, then there is the director, the title, the actors/actresses, script writer, casting, hair & makeup, costume designer, music, photography, editor, line producer, executive producer.
Title over working class estate (shows where film will be set)
Whilst the opening scene is being played, the music in the background is a reggae tune which, along with the clips of racism being showed, implies that one of our main characters will be black as well as the expected white skinhead.
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