Scummy Man

Scummy man was released on DVD platform in 2006, for short films to make it on an individual DVD is quite rare. This shows the popularity of the film. The film has a relevance to the band “Arctic Monkeys” as they have a song called Scummy Man and clips of the film are played within the music video.

Stephen Graham a well known actor plays the character George, he is most well known for his role in Shane Meadows “This Is England” George is a deluded violent character, from the beginning of the film we can see that he is not well liked as he gets ditched by a colleague who uses foul language which immediately gives away the social realism genre.

The accents of characters and the mise-en-scene help establish the location. Several other characters are introduced throughout the film including a prostitute addicted to drugs and a taxi driver. Prostitution and drug addiction are both issues that concrete the social realism genre.

This film uses the convention from TV Dramas. It use’s binary oppositions in this case being George against the taxi driver. This is shown throughout camera shots and the use of dialogue used for e.g. George uses foul language and is very aggressive where as the taxi driver means well and cares for Nina (Prostitute) therefore the two characters oppose eachother.

Scummy man is a social realism British film that is hard hitting and shocking for its audience, this is shown by the mise-en-scene and the choice of actors and their accents for e.g. Stephen Graham is known for playing a brutal violent role and I feel that this adds to Scummy Man’s success.



Referencing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhCaLTJfjPU&feature=player_embedded