Directors
Mike Leigh is an English Director born in 1943, he is most famous for films such as 'All Or Nothing' and ' secrets & Lies' which won a BAFTA and was Oscar nominated. He inspired me for my media film as his films are not scripted as much as other films. Mike Leigh creates scenarios for scenes and makes the actors/actresses improvise on speech, he did this to make his films more realistic as the words are of real people and what they would have said if they were in the same situation.
Our main inspiration was Ken Loach- an English Film and TV director most famous for his take and influence on the social realism genre. He is famous for the films 'Kes', 'Riff-raff' and 'The Navigators.' The highlighting struggles in these films being homelessness, abuse, social class and labour rights.
Loach made people realise cinema could be about ordinary people. He ensured that the characters spoke the way they usually would (this was made easy by using amateur actors/actresses) so it would enhance the realness and uniqueness of his films.
Loach also used the camera to emphasize the realism of the film by making the film grainy, using natural lighting instead of studio lights and using hand-held cameras. He rarely used editing in order to portray a running camera at all times to the audience. His films were generally only filmed on location to promote the realism.
The Navigators Trailer:
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