Textual analyse

Shifty Analysis
Distribution companies first
Setting council flats
Shows funding company names. The national lottery, UK film council, Film London MICROWAVE
BBC films
Show’s producers A between the eyes production and microwave
Music bridges through to the start of the film 50 seconds in Music creates a sad atmosphere
Actor’s names introduced to the characters early on in a small font
Early in the morning sat on the bus
Urban setting
Second character Asian angry, thug, low angle shot giving power and authority
1.18 simple tittles shown
Third character drugs involved over head shot
Location shot 1.41
Suburban
4 characters: all characters distressed
Genre: serious drama

Trainspotting analysis
Start with distributor. Universal
Funding company introduced. Channel four films presents
26 seconds in lower angle shot, running, what’s he running from? Upbeat music
Medium close up show characters emotionStolen something, stolen goods falling, being chased
Voice over music
Shift location, low angle shots, looking at characters
Point of view shot, through characters eyes
Excitement of being run over
Audience positioned as driver, character laughs back at audience, character gets named, freeze frame
Location change, grotty old house
Location change, football pitch, action during game, get introduced to characters, freeze framed
Violent nature of characters, get idea of who the characters are
Multiple falling shots
2minutes voice ends

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels analyse
Start with distributor, Ska films, music 9 seconds in the finishes
Extreme close up, showing emotion, surreal start to film, dark eyes, extreme close up of mouth, shows he’s talking, shot reverse shot camera movement across both eyes, shows injuries.
See full face 1:06, talking to us
Location change, market stall, sales patter, various shots
Cuts to block, the Steve Tisch company, sound over the top
Positioned in the crowd
Ska films introduced again
Skips again to black screen
See beginning person without injuries on face
Mathew Vaughn