During one of our lessons with Darren we analysed the title sequence and opening sequence of This Is England (2006) directed by Shane Meadows. The title sequence of This is England is a montage of different archived pieces of footage from England in the 1980s.
The title sequence opens up with an archived piece of footage of the famous children's puppet Roland Rat and then it cuts to the first on screen graphics saying the production company behind the film. The next piece of archived footage is then of Margaret Thatcher in a digger. Shane Meadows could have put these pieces of footage next to each other because he is trying to suggest or foreshadow in the film that Margaret Thatcher to the characters is like an annoying rat. This was a common feeling amongst people in the 1980s because many people were still bitter over the fact that she invaded the Falklands island and also because she closed all the mines. The montage sequence does also contain a lot of footage from the Falklands therefore this could be linking to the context of the film.
During the title sequence of This Is England whenever an actors name comes up there appears to be a load of rolling numbers underneath their name. This is because director Shane Meadows is trying to represent a British Soldiers dog tag number. So the rolling of the numbers represents the echo of the number of soldiers that have died. Hence linking to the Falklands conflict and the context of the film.
The text in the title sequence is white and looks very rough and broken and the background colour is black, The difference in colour in the text and in the background could indicate the racism that takes place in the movie and generally what England was like at the time as well as the cultural difference. The rough and broken style text could also suggest that the movie is violent and that is represents a rough England.
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