1. Shane Meadows and the revival of the kitchen sink drama
Charlie Hopwood

2. For my secondary research, I visited the BFI library.
When there I gained information for my films This is
England and Twenty Four Seven. The information I
collected were of magazine articles and interviews
with Shane Meadows. These mainly come from the
Sight and Sound magazine. This was helping as I
gained extra understanding of why he made the films
and how he was inspired when making them. I also
looked a book that gave me information on Shane
Meadows and many of the films he has previously
made.

3. Kitchen Sink dramas started in the late 5os early 60s. This
was used in art, theatre, television and film.
Kitchen Sink dramas or realism was a British cultural
movement that depicted heroes as angry young men. These
dramas mainly focused on the working class side to British
life. It see them look at individuals who'd spend all their time
in pubs; seeing their side to social and political controversies.

4. The films I have chosen are:
Saturday Night-Sunday
This is England Morning Twenty Four Seven

5. The film I have chosen as my focus film is Shane Meadows- This is England.
The reason I have chosen this film is because it
perfectly shows the Kitchen Sink Dramas idea of
angry young men. This films is set in the 80s
midland, around the time of skinheads. For some,
skinheads were racist; though to other people these
could be seen as Heroes.
This film is about a 12 year old boy who has not had a
good child hood. He meets a group of young skin
heads that let him into their group. When the return
of Gumbo (Stephen Graham) things in the group
change. He must decide to stay out of trouble, or
help honor his fathers name with what he thinks is
right.
The scene I am showing you helps show the idea of
angry young men as heroes.

6. The reason for the choice of this film is because
it’s a classic well known Kitchen sink drama. I’m
using this to help compare my other focus films
to see the similarities and differences.
The scene I have chosen to look at is called
‘Whatever people say I am, I am not’. This is the
perfect example to use as it shows everything all
at once about Kitchen sink dramas.
This film is about an angry young man who is
in two relationships, but one being with a
married women who he has got pregnant.
He’s only escape is getting down to the pub on
a Saturday night for a beer. With mistakes
from his actions, he must get money to help
get out of trouble.

7. My other supporting film is Shane
Meadows- Twenty Four Seven. This was
chosen to help me compare with my
other 2 chosen films. This film is
different to Shane Meadows other film
as it is filmed in black and white. This
could be an indication on Shane
Meadows and his ideas on Kitchen Sink
dramas.
What helps support this is that the film is
about young men using boxing to help
get out of trouble. The idea of angry
young men can be seen here too.
This film is about a man that decides to open
up his own boxing gym to help young
individuals stay out of trouble and put their
anger into something else.

8. One scene I have chosen to look at in twenty four seven is the
ballroom dance scene. This has been regarded as a key scene
when comparing Shane Meadows films with British New Wave.
There is a a piece of information in one of my gatherings that
helps suggests that this could be related to British New Wave.
‘Picking up the baton: Meadows and the continuing tradition of
British Art cinema’

9. The specific scene for This is England is when
Combo and the rest of the group go to a skin
head meeting. I am also looking at the scene
where Combo beats up Milky. These scenes are
useful because they help show the British new
wave idea on what life was like for young
working class men.