British Values
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- Created on: 12-05-17 11:51
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- British Values
- Working Title
- Founded in 1984 with intention of making films with strong British identity.
- 1985 - earned early critical success with comedy 'My Beautiful Launderette'.
- Different from later Working Title films due to strong political message.
- 1984-1992 the company was run by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe.
- In 1992, Radclyffe left and replaced by Eric Fellner.
- 1994 the company had huge box office success with Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Established brand
- Went on to produce other comedies such as Bridget Jones' Diary.
- Self Deprecation
- FW
- Scene where best man Charles forgets to bring the wedding rings.
- Close up shot shows novelty ring he is forced to use as a substitute.
- Again playing a joke about how Charles can't remember such a crucial thing about a wedding.
- Still makes do with what he's got, much like Ed and Shaun and reinforces the idea that the British are inadequate.
- SD
- Shaun and Ed try to attack a zombie with a variety of household items.
- Close up shot shows all their useless weapons in washing basket.
- Shows self deprecation as scene is intended as a joke towards *** British people would be inadequate in a zombie apocalypse.
- FW
- Diffidence
- FW
- Charles tries to express his feelings for Carrie at a wedding but Hamish, Carrie's future fiance, interupts
- Medium shot shows diffidence as Charles is too shy and lacking in confidence to challenge Hamish.
- Looses out on Carrie due to more confident men
- SD
- Shaun is bullied by his younger co-workers even though he is in charge
- Reluctant to to convey his authority
- In a medium shot, Shaun cringes as he is mocked by his younger employee.
- Shaun is too afraid to stand up for himself and is desperately afraid of confrontation, like every British person.
- Shaun is bullied by his younger co-workers even though he is in charge
- FW
- Stoicism
- SD
- Shaun makes a series of plans for how to survive the apocalypse with every plan ending up in the pub with the words 'wait for it to all blow over'.
- Medium shot from fantasy sequence shows Shaun enjoying a pint with other characters.
- Shows stoicism a Shaun wants to keep calm and carry on, basically ignoring the apocalypse
- Pretending it's it's not happening as it's less hasstle.
- FW
- Fiona confesses love her feelings for Charles but he doesn't feel the same way.
- Medium shot showing Fiona as clam after she's just confessed her unrequited love and Charles tries to console her.
- Shows her stoicism as even though her heart was just broken, she doesn't let Charles see she's hurt.
- Instead she bottles it up as nothing can be changed about the situation.
- SD
- Emotional Repression
- SD
- Shaun's step father, Philip visits him in work and they share an awkward conversation, showing two men clearly dislike each other.
- Medium shot shows Philip glaring at Shaun, perfectly conveying emotional repression.
- Neither man ever talks about how they feel and keep their replies short and blunt .
- Tolerant of each other but never honest about it.
- FW
- Charles has very awkward lunch with Carrie as she wants to talk about past sexual relationships.
- Over shoulder shot captures Charles cringing as Carrie talks about past sexual encounters while he squirms and becomes uncomfortable.
- Plays on the old British stereotypes where Brits are too shy and awkward talking about sex as its too rude and then become repressed about it.
- SD
- Politeness and Good Etiquette
- SD
- Shaun and Ed hit a zombie with their car as they try and escape but Shaun insists they reverse so he can apologise.
- Long shot shows Shaun leaning out of window with worried look on his face.
- Shows politeness because Shaun can't even run to save his life as it would be rude not to apologise.
- FW
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- SD
- Working Title
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