analysis

this clip is when the skinheads raid the corner shop...

This clip begins with the skinheads, who conform to Hebdige's idealogy of subcultures being similar in dress and style, who are graffitying abuse against muslims on a wall "paki cunt" they also leave thier tag "Nashanel Frunt" (national front) which shows that they are not afraid and see thier movement as being right. no faces are shown whilst the graffitying is being done instead all backs are turned from the camera which to me illustated thier actions as being wrong and shameful. the surroundings show the gritty streets of nottinghanshire and also potray that the skinheads are from lower class families. there is a fast change of clips which is in the shop which is featured earlier in the film. (shop is owned by a indian man prefibly muslim) Shaun walks in casuallly and thier is aclose up of his face as he moves close to the till, "gimme a hundred fags, 2 bottles of wine and lager NOW!" this scene illustrates just how much power skinheads thought they had as this is a child speaking a grown man in his shop, something that is unheard off.. the shots used in this scene focus on facial expressions as it is a slightly humorous scene but also deasl with the main issues of racism, white nationalism and the attitudes of skinheads as a sbuculture... Shaun calls the shopkeeper a "paki bastard" this kicks of the scene where he tries to kick Shaun out of the shop, starting by a chase around the shop, the chase is filmed from one angle and shows that skinheads were full of kids. these actions potray a childlike view which is partly correct as the film is about the director Shaun Meadows childhood.
When Conbo ewnters the shop he acts innocent and agrees with the shop keeper about Shauns bad behaviour, this allows the audience to be aware of the real Combo but the shop keeper to be unaware. Whilst the shopkeeper is holding Shaun, Combo pulls out a Knife which he points at the shopkeeper calling him a "Paki" here there is a close up of Combo's facial expression which enforces his racist values. the close up shows the hate and anger he feels towartds the shop keeper without even knowing him, which puts across the ideology that racism was against anyone who was noit white. after Shaun leaves the shop Combo moves closer to the shopkeep "his dad was killed in the Faulklands war, and for what? you people move to this country and take all our jobs" (not exact words) Combo's speach here demonstrates what the Nashanel frunt were and what they stood for... with a close up in this shot (close up of the face being very common throughout the film) shows the seriousness of Combo's ideas, his face being screwed up and into the moment shows that he was affected by the fauklands war or imigrants at some point in his life, this subject is shown to be dear and personal to him. in the 1080's when this was set white nationalism wasnt as common as it wld have been some years prior, skinheads in that era were associated with dr martins and braces, this clip shows that the movement was still present but at a threatening level to anyone who wasnt white. the movement agianst imigrants was due to the area the film was set in, a low class area, and where the unemployment records were extremley high. As combo levaes the the shop he makes a threat to the shopkeeper "this is our lil shandy we'l come ere anytime we like" there is a close up on the shaken shopkeeper who does not retaliate to Combos words, showing that White's in this area were superior that colours, Shaun shows cases of racism being a norm for the White skinheads and being acceptible in this clip. the shopkeeper was stereotyped by being assocaited with curry, looked down upon to the level of "shit". this clip shows many ideologies of the 80's ere, howveer the shots remain the same throughout most of the clip there are many close up shots of the characters to show facial expressions however the film is very black and white kept simple to show the realism of the issues raised in the film. the clip also shows 3 of my main points that will be used in my independant study...racism, subcultures, and white nationalism...