The Third Man is the focus film for Year 12 students. A useful website is the screenonline one which has information about cast and crew alongside clips from the film. Remember that you are looking at the following areas in relation to the film:

• Context
• Intertextuality
• Ideology
• FIlm Language
• Audience/Critical response

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Use the following links to investigate how This is England was promoted online. How has it used sites such as MySpace and youtube? Why might it have used these sites? In what ways might this target an appropriate audience?

• Official site
• Official trailer from youtube
• US trailer from youtube
• News item about 18 Certificate for This is England
• This is England MySpace
• Shane Meadows MySpace
• Shane Meadows official site (run by fans)
• Warp Films site (Film production company)

Contrast the difference between the UK and US trailer, why might there be differences? How does a British film sell itself overseas?

Channel 4 News Item about 18 certificate
Official Trailer
Documentary on Skinheads

imdb - Budget and Box office takings

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