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This Is England - Coggle Diagram
This Is England
Narrative
conventional opening
cliche, character wakes up
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close up on photo frame of a military man: emphasising his importance to the character alongside Thatcher
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establishes an equilibrium- Todorov's narrative theory of equilibrium. equilibrium - disequilibrium - eq (FORMALIST)
Shaun's equilibrium: lonely, bullied trying to find his meaning and identity
teased about clothes ("didn't know Keith Chegwin had a son" 70s out of date): what you wore indicated what music and sub cultural group you belonged to: film about belonging: reminding us everyone belonged to a group apart from Shaun
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drawing the line
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hero's journey, disequilibirum, cause and effect: because his dad died, he was forced to stay in Combo's gang brainwashed, forced to make dad's death mean something
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closing scene
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but not woody and skinhead culture: costume: glorifying skinhead culture and putting them on the brighter side
breaks the fourth wall: message feels more powerful, personal and realistic: semi biographical- reminding us this is reality In 80s: is it our fault? what would society have done?: self reflection
meeting combo
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a lot of signifiers of violence, fear and aggression with Combo's arrival: bangs on the door, unexpected machete shouting
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before he just wanted comics and sweets now he wants adult things: whiskey, wine etc.
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Ideology
ideology of the gang
GENDER EQUALITY
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family and belonging, accepting of each other
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