Film Analysis - Green Street by Will

Green Street is a British social realist drama based on hooliganism. It is all about the football hooliganism in England. In the film an American college student joins the West Ham Football Firm (The Green Street Elite) which is run by his brother-in-law. Through out the film they end up in fights with other football firms. Their biggest enemy is The Millwall's Bushwackers as the leader ,Tommy Hatcher, son died in a fight against Green Street Elite.

Screenshot analysis on Green Street fight scene

The shot type used here is a mid-shot, this is a good shot to use as it incorporates all the characters after the fight scene. The clothes these football hooligans are wearing are smart/casual, football hooligans originally started wearing this type of clothing during the 80s, this is so the police don't spot them as easily, examples of designer makes hat the hooligans wear are, stone island, Henri Lyord, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren etc.

The shot used here is a long shot, this shows more characters at once, and also can show the viewer the surroundings.


The shot shown here is a close up, This can show facial expressions, so for the type of thing we are doing it could show the anger or the pain on a characters face.

This shot here is another mid shot of 2 people fighting.
This is an example of a low angle shot, this type of shot shows that these people are vulnerable and are perhaps about to be attacked by some people, this does happen in the film at this point.

Teacher Feedback

Your blog is already looking much better than your last group blog and there is evidence of significant improvement in your work. Your blog than analyses the sequence from Green Street in detail will enhance your blog, you also need to include an analysis of an opening sequence by all group members, there is currently only one.
Josh, Alex and Will all need to write up a full analysis of an opening sequence. You also need to give a fuller explanation of your idea, a detailed shot list will help with this.
Great work so far, well done.

Project information and deadlines

Coursework Assignment: Title and Details

• Opening title sequence

• Evaluative writing

Percentage of final exam marks allocated to the coursework: 50% of AS

Interim Deadlines:
Practical - Rough cut - end of W/C 9th February
Writing - 9am 9th March to Moodle

Final deadlines:
Practical - Final cut - end 1st lesson W/C 2nd March
Writing - 9am 16th March to Moodle

Arrangements for handling in the coursework:
Practical - left on machines
Writing - to Moodle

Consequences of missing the deadline:
Interim marks will be taken

Mise en scene list

Location - rutherford road/porson road

Setting - the small pathway that con

nects rutherford road/porson road

Costumes - casual wear to give the impression that hooligans are everyday people

Lighting - natural because we will be filming outside

logo analysis

We looked at different logos made by film producers here are some that we looked at.



This is the universal film logo. In this logo the music builds up into a verse with a beat in between. it lasts 21 seconds.



This logo is the Warner Bros logo. the music gets louder. It lasts 14 seconds.

Analysis on fight scene.

This is a fight scene at a train station from Green Street Hooligans. It is a good example of a hooliganism fight scene in a British Social Realist Drama. It shows them building up before the fight with verbal aggression then turns into physical violence. There are shots which looks like its from CCTV which we hope to incorporate in our sequence

Green Street Hooligans

Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt (Elijah Wood) moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve (Marc Warren.) He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam.) Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) 'firm.' Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends- but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London's most fierce football rivals- Millwall and West Ham United- are set to go head to head.

Mood Board

This is our mood board which shows what types of things are going to be in our scene. such as the freeze frames when indtroducing characters, football related, fights and cctv style shot to make it look for realistic.

Analysis of opening scene in The Football Factory

The opening scene of The Football Factory (Nick Love, 2004) is ideal for this type of film. It gives you a very strong idea of what to expect in the rest of the film. You also get an idea about who the main characters are and what sort of attitude they have.

I think one of the main things which makes the opening sequence so good is the non-diegetic music. This is key to this type of scene as it builds up suspense and keeps you focused. The pace of the music increases as the scene goes on and then all of a sudden it stops. Some kind of beat then comes in which gets louder and louder until the fight breaks out. I think the sound stops so you are able to hear the punches and kind of get the feeling that your there. There are also changes in the volume of the music. Another thing I noticed is the use of dialogue overlay; this is when the main character Bill (Frank Harper) is talking to the younger ones.

The camerawork is made up mainly of establishing shots. This is important because it gives you an idea about the lighting, location and costumes. The lighting is natural because it’s filmed outside. The location is in and around some kind of town or city. The costumes consist of a coat/jacket, jeans/tracksuit bottoms and a pair of trainers. This is quite important in the film because now you understand what a typical football hooligan wears. There are also a few shot reverse shot’s, the most obvious one is probably when the woman is shouting at the men when they’re fighting. I think most of the shots are hand-held. The reason behind this is because of how the camera moves with the characters; again it tries to give you a sense of what it’s like to be there.

There are two types of editing in the opening scene. These are parallel editing and the use of slow motion. Parallel editing is used because there are three groups of men all walking at the same time. This gives you a sense of anxiety and makes you wonder where their all going. Slow motion is used when the woman passing by shouts at the men fighting and then Tommy (Danny Dyer) gets punched. They use this to show the character’s reaction to the woman, it also seems as if he’s debating stopping what he’s doing.

I think the technique used by Nick Love in the opening sequence is perfect for this film. I feel this way because it gets you into the thick of things straight away which is important for a film of this genre. In films like this it’s hard to make the fighting seem realistic but because of the way it’s filmed it does. Having an action packed opening makes you want to watch more and is a real pleaser for the audience. There isn’t actually any written information about the film in the opening scene but because of the way it unfolds I think it’s better not to have any.

Jake Crick

The Football Factory

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using thier fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together. Shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frightingly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.

Group Photo

This is our group

Idea

Our idea is to do a British Social Realist Drama. Our ideas have come from films such as The Football Factory and Green Street. We are planning to introduce the characters with freeze frames as mentioned in our last post. We will have two groups of males who meet up for a group fight scene. We will edit it so that non-diegetic music is playing while the groups are arguing and fighting. anger will be shown by close ups on the faces. In Green Street there is a scene like this with music, we will also have slow motion parts to show anger on peoples faces.

Influences of openings

We have decided that we are going to use the effect of (freeze frame) during are opening sequence, we feel this is a good way to introduce the characters and fits in well for the style we are going for.

Logo

Jake Crick
Alex Barratt
Josh White
William Wise

This is our logo for our film opening.