Sunday, October 28, 2007

Tutorial - Presentation One

Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows was born on 26th December 1972, Uttoxeter, Stafordshire and spent most of his life growing up with a bunch of rebel type skinheads in the suburb of Nottingham known as Sneinton.

As he broke free from this bunch of skinheads, it allowed him to develop his own style and pathway in life. This heavily influences his films.

Firstly he created short films and is available as a compilation known as Shanes World,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xfk86L3Sb3E Part 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hS3n4-ippaY Part 2

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LoJjzx6h5aI Part 3

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iUJIhCO4btw Part 4

Shane started small by directing small films known as “Where’s the money, Ronnie?” and “Small time”. These films weren’t very well known, however he made his first major feature film, starring Bob Hoskins, Twenty Four Seven (1997). This film was filmed in black white. It won 8 awards and had 3 nominations.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276349/awards

After this epic achievement, Shane produced his next feature film called A Room for Romeo Brass, starring Andrew Shim and Paddy Considine. This film was a success and after having these two success’ he tried to go main stream with his next film “Once Upon a Time in the Midlands” (2002).

This film flopped and Shane simply lost some fans and credibility. So with his next film “Dead man’s shoes” (2004) he decided to go all out. It stars Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell. Paddy simply avenges his brothers death in a chilling and unusual way.

This film was an amazing hit all other the UK, this enabled Shane to create his latest film, “This is England” (2006). This film is heavily influenced by Shane’s childhood and is a major hit at the box office.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dKUtD5s-z78 Twenty Four Seven Trailer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eoUgoAc1NTI A Room for Romeo Brass

http://youtube.com/watch?v=44TsO7vPZHg Once upon a time in the midlands early footage

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_vAk3Og3HLA Dean Man’s shoes trailer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H0jkv2bRFgQ This is England trailer

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