Screenshot analysis

• The graffiti on the church denotes the feelings of the director and probably most people in the time the film is set. 
• The old car in the background is a signifier of the time period the film is set.
• "maggie is a twat" on the church connotes roughness and disrespect as they have vandalised a church this also denotes that religion is not present. 
• the graffiti is a polysemy as it can multiple meanings as stated above. 

Screenshot analysis

• We can denote that the title or name of the film is centrally framed this ensures that the emphasis is the photo is on the title. 
• The font used is documentary style , it is also in a bubble font which demonstrates a sense of immaturity , this is appropriate as it is from a young boys view point. 
• The font signifies decay which links to the old flats in the background.
• The flats in the background with the title "this is England" in front clearly shows a certain view point toward England and denotes working class and that the run down old flats are what England is really like.

This is England initial points.

• This is England was realised in 2006 by companies such as Warp films , Big arty production , EM media , Film4 , Optimum releasing and Screen Yorkshire. Screen Yorkshire and EM media were both companies that provided money for the production of the film. 
• This is Yorkshire was directed by Shane Meadows who also directed films such as small time and a dead mans shoes. 
• This is England is a good example of a social realist gendered film , as is it set in the midlands and highlights the contrast between working class England and the stereotypical view of high class culture and living.
•  It made 1.3 million from the uk box office after being screened for 56 weeks , in the uk the starting number of screens was 62 and the highest amount of screens was 151. Whereas in the us it ran for 15 weeks and still only made 328k this is due to the lack of screening it had starting at 1 screening and the highest amount of screenings being 14. This is due to this is England being screened in art house cinemas in the US and not making it to big branded cinema companies such as vue and Odeon. 
• Sweden and France were both countries in with this is England made more than one million pound from box office alone , the total gross of this is England came to a total of $7,847,165 which was highly impressive for an indie film.