Analysis of This is England figures

This is England was released initially in 2006 in the UK and was produced by Warp films who were in collaboration with a number of British film distributors and producers. These companies include: Film 4, who helped provide financial assistance to the film makers which enabled the use of tv rights. Em Media and Screen Yorkshire also provided financial aid in producing the movie as This is England is an Indie movie.

This is England was directed and written by British director Shane Meadows. Shane meadows is an example of a social realist enthusiast. However he has directed a number of movies, tv shows and short films also. Examples of these movies include 24:7, Dead mans shoes and also once upon a time in the midlands. The movies that Shane Meadows has directed tend to vary in genre and style despite his social realist views.

Social realism is an international art movement in which film makers draw attention to the everyday working class conditions of the poor. This movement is favoured by many directors such as Shane meadows. These types of enthusiasts are usually against the current social structure in our societies and how people are socially immobile. There are many films which fall into the social realist genre, such as: Ill manors, Trainspotting, Adulthood, Kidulthood, Kes and other British films.