Dead Man's Shoes
directed: Shane Meadows
- cross fade and cutting (fades to see them as adults and children as one shot)
- childhood of two brothers
- modern however the flashbacks are 1970s
- age effects over the childhood memories
- small British independent film
- music creates a happy and reminisant tone
- walking right to left shows that they are returning home
- the dissolve sets up the relationship
- depth of path
- long journey but they know it well
- one dressed for country and the other in tracksuit
- older one leading the younger one
- no talking
- late 70s in flash back as brown colours
- come towards the camera and then away
- a to b journey
The editing using cross cutting between original looking home video footage and the shot images of two brothers walking through a field. To show the whole field a scenic hide establishing shot us used to show the journey of the brothers. The long distance shots show the depth of the girls, creating an idea that they could be walking for a while. Over the top of the field, a non- diegetic song is played, creating a reminiscent melancholic tone. The music is British town folk implying that it could be a coming of age or drama film.
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