What do you think a modern director would choose to produce a film in blakc and white, rather than colour? What Affects might they be hoping to achieve?





First of all it obviouskly makes the whole film stand out, despite the film being in black and white and the natural responce being that the colour loss of the film makes it dull it almost helps to tell the story.



Also the lower class element of the film is supported by this black and white feature. Although this is probably not a direct feature of the directors reasoning behind the colouration at was probably though of. The fact that all the characters in the film have been brought off as middle and lower class. I therefore think that the colouration is to help deplict these people as being very poor and plain



further more I think the director has used the black and white colouring to demonstraight that a movie doesn't need to rely on colour to bring in the audience, especially seeing as the Movie itself doesn't really have too many moments where colour could play a big impact. Their isn't a scene where, in my opinion a radient GREEN sun or a medow of GREEN grass would have been needed.

Finally I think the fact that MOST of the Movie being in black and white makes the final scene where the boys are in Paris with their dream girl (Whoose name is never used in the film) more special as it kind of shows the boys coming out of the dull struggles and problems they face in their lives to be with the girl of the dreams in Paris (A scene of the Movie shown in colour probably for this reason)

From the list of modern films shot in black and white you were given. Choose three and find out their release date, their genre, the director’s reputation and the critical reaction to the film.

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The film is named after Somers Town, the part of London in which it is set. Most of the filming also took place on location in that area.
Given the London location, what iconographic sights and sounds might you expect from the film?

I think all of the sounds we hear associated with London in this film are very much digetic (The Hustle and Bustle of the streets, the noisy traffic in the city).

We see some very 'London typical sights' aswell. For example we see the London Bridge, something instantly associated with Long (Hence the name LONDON BRIDGE) but also I think we see other sights such as the large blocks of flats and the B and B cafe. These places are not places that just exist in London however it is very easy to relate them to London by their structures and instandtly regonisable characteristics (e.g Tomo's Bacon sandwitch. A meal that I would immediatly think of as a big old Londoners mid morning snack!).

Something else I found was the dodgy market salesman who gives Marek the Arsenal shirt comically with Terry Henry on the back instead of Therry Henry. This in itself might just have been used to generate humour, although I think it shows the wealer dealer London image that reminds me of such London classics as Oliver Twist and Only Fools and Horses.

What are your expectations about character and narrative based on this setting?
I would expect the characters the honor this as very steriotypical citizens of the city. For example I would think due to the fact that they are likely to be very lower class I would think that they would have poor manners and act a bit like grifters (Once again relating to Oliver Twist)