This document provides a detailed analysis of a scene from the television series "This is England 90s". The scene takes place during a family dinner where two characters reveal to the group that their father raped their sisters. As the others react with shock and anger to the news, tensions rise and Kelly storms out distressed. The analysis notes the cinematography and editing techniques used to convey emotion, tension, and realism throughout the unfolding drama of the scene.

1. This is England 90s
Episode 3 Channel 4 (2015) directed by Shane Meadows
Format: Series
Genre: Drama
Narrative Structure: The structure of ‘This is England 90s’ is set in a linear fashion as there is
a clear storyline behind the series. The event that is relieved during the dinner scene is an
event that happens because of previous events and they all tie into each other. This also
gives the scene a sense of realism.
Notes:
● Set with the same characters as the movie and the other series
● Clothing and language match with the time period of the drama
● By working with adult themes during the series helps to make the drama more realist
for the audience
● Camera remains on the living room longer than the characters have gone - location
of a murder from another episode or the calm before the storm
● Establishing shot to show the location of a normal street of terrier housing of working
class people.
● By holding on with a medium shot of the couple giving a little information of that they
are the reason for them all being there
● The table is made up with two different tables showing that they are not normally
sitting together for dinner
● Long silences with no speaking to add tension to the scene - there was only diegetic
sounds to show add tension but also to show that the event sadly is a real event and
does happen
● With the sound of the clock it can be used as time has stopped for these characters
or the time they have left to say what they need to say before combo comes out of
prison
● A foreshadow is used as the characters face Milky is held on to show that it might be
this character that is going to react badly to the news but it isn't till the end of the
scene that she
● High angled shot over the dinner table to show how small the space is and that their
friends can really escape the news

2. ● Median shot on the couple who have called everyone to the dinner table to show the
emotion on the characters face as the news is given out about what happened with
their father and what he did.
● High angle show on the couple to give the audience the thought that they are
confusing in a way
● Camera is set to capture both sides of the table as they find out the news - shot
reverse shot
● With the news of that Lol’s father rapped her and her sister, the tension and emotion
in the room increases and a deep focus is used to show the reaction of all the
characters from this news
● Camera remains on Kelly as her emotion of the news comes out about her father
● The shot Rev shot between the three sides of the table to capture the three sides of
the reactions and the emotion
● When Kelly finds out she throws a glass and storms out - the sound perspective of
the glass breaking heightens the anger in Kelly
● As she gets up the camera moves to a low angle to show that she is in control of the
situation as she is angry.
● As Kelly comes back in the room showing how small the house is and that she can
hear what is been said
● The use of high angles captures to show what is happening in the scene and also to
show the emotion in the room but also the tension.
● By not having any music or sound but the dialog it adds more tension to the scene by
keeping the audience locked into what is going on
● By using close up on Kelly as she try's to attack her sisters to show the anger in her
face about what happened and the anger about not believing
● Close up on milk as he finds out that combo is getting out of prison and coming back
and he isn't happy about it.
● The camera holds on to milk’s face as Woody explains that he has to forgive combo
so show the emotions on this face
● The music is added to show that they are begging Milk to forgive Combo and it also
adds the emotion of the room to come through in a musical motion allowing the
audience to catch their threats to what they have just witnessed
● The music takes over the dialogue to show how this whole event has changed the
characters
● Shallow focus is used to show the emotion on the characters face to capture how
broken and emotional the character is in this time.
● Shallow focus on Kelly leaving and running away because she can't believe what
they have told her
● Dark lighting in the tunnel were Kelly falls into darkness to see that her character is
broken by the news she has been given.
● As Kelly leaves the audience feeling sorry for her as she was kept out of this world
that her other sisters and mother has suffered.
● colour palette of darker shades to show how her world has become a darker
● The pace of the edit is slow at the beginning to add the tension to the beginning
before increasing near to the end
● Naturalistic feel with a slight hand held camera movement, this can also be seen as
the growing tension and emotion in the room causing the camera to move under the
press or emotion that is in this small room.

3. ● Elliptical edit - as Kelly has gone from her sister’s home, her own home and then her
running away from her family
● The scene was take in two shots to keep it the emotion real and to flow more
seamlessly
● The scene is mainly about forgiveness and how the character have to forgive each
other