This Is England

This Is England was released 27th April 2007. The film was written and directed by Shane Meadows, who is an English film director, screenwriter and occasional actor, from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. He is regarded as one of the rising stars of British cinema. This Is England, was Shane Meadows seventh and won the British Independent Film Awards 2006.

This Is England is set in the summer of 1983 therefore the opening sequence shows historic moments from this period of time, including Margaret Thatcher, riots and strikes. The first half is generally happy showing famous games, dancing, Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding. When the Prince and Princess kiss a shot of a building being demolished, from then on the shots are largely negative showing racial discrimination, fires, explosions, fights etc.
The soundtrack at the beginning is 54-46 That's My Number by Toots and the Maytals, this is reggae and rather jolly which is contradictory to most of the shots in the sequence.

The title are simple and initially when the titles are shown it is against a plain black background. The first five titles include the production titles and are in time with the music. The film title "This Is England" fades up eight second after the last title. The writing is on top of a tracking shot of run down council houses and garages. The font of the whole of the titles is white and worn, with the names in capital letters.