Somers Town - 'After Viewing' [Part 1 - Genre]

(This part will be covering Genre)

4. How would you categorise this film in terms of genre? does it remind you of any other films you have seen?
 -  I would categorise Somers Town and a comedy, Drama because there are some parts where Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) shows his cheeky Nottingham side, he does this when him and Marek ( Piotr Jagiello)are discussing the pictures of Maria (Elisa Lasowski) and how that Tomo would be better as Maria's boyfriend than Marek would be. Also then Tomo first meets Marek, he nicks his pictures and runs off with them, and Marek hastily follows wanting his pictures back, Tomo runs to what i think is a housing estate. Another example is when Tomo swears are people, he swears a Marek in the cafe, the man who tells him to get off the estate etc. Somers Town  reminds me of  This is England because how Thomas Turgoose plays both characters in both films, they are very similar in different ways because of how the cheekiness and how daring both the character Thomas Turgoose. This is England and Somers Town is quite similar as in both lead roles in both films Thomas Turgoose  plays boys who are trying to find their way in life and and and who are lonely at the beginning at the the films but then they find their way and by the end of both films they have new friends who were originally strangers at the beginning.


5. What do you think the film's appeal for audiences?
-  I think that the film's appeal for the audiences is that how it can connect to the realistic things, by how that there is a lost boy who is trying to make it by himself by running away from a broken home, and he thinks he can make it in London, but he does really think it over. By the film being shot in black and white helps the effect of the emotions that can come across, also the violence that is in the film, but then the comedy side comes in and it helps ease the hard facts of the realistic side of things. Overall i think most people would like watching this film as they could relate to it, by from there own experiences, what they have seen on the news etc.


6. As well as being in black and white, the film subtitled during the conversations in polish between Marek and his father; there are also sections in French. In what ways do these factors affect your responses to the film, the situation and the characters
-   Using the subtitles in the film help make it more as if you were there because, when Marek & his father, Mariuz  are at home cooking tea, they are speaking in polish, this add the effect to what it would really be like if this wasn't a film but also it is nice how it they are speaking some English which they are learning so it does help mix the film abit, so it not all in English etc. Another section is where Mariuz finds Marek and Tomo drunk at is house, when he is shouting at Marek in Polish, you can feel the emotion between them and the tension which is built up. Also the section in French adds the feel to the film and  how it effect the feel and emotion feel. It also shows the connection between characters, and therefore makes it feel more realistic.



7. Shane Meadows' 2006 release, 'This is England', won a number of awards. Research and explore the film's critical reception and suggest what similarities and differences you can identify between 'Somers Town' and 'This is England'.
-  Well i haven't seen This is England but i can say that from i have read and seen trailers etc etc, that both films are about teenage boys trying to find their way in life and their own independence, which i have pointed out above questions. The Film  This is England  has won a number of including 'Best Film' & 'Most Promising Newcomer' at the Independent Film Awards and 'Special Jury Award' at Rome Film Festival, also 'Best British Film' at the British Academy of Film Awards.