Somers Town After Viewing

Genre

4) I would say Somers town has a genre of a comedy and also drama. Comedy because at times the film is funny and also there is some drama in it to like when Tomo fist arrives in London and has to run away from a group of boys who will beat him up. This film in particular doesn’t seem to remind me of any other films I have watched before.

5) The film’s appeal to the audience is the comedy and drama of the film shot in black and white making it different to other films.

6) When the film is subtitled during the conversations in Polish between Marek and his father; and there are also some sections in French, these factors affect the audience by them having to read the subtitles which means they will miss the expressions the characters are acting out. The audience can understand what the characters are talking about keeping the audience in the loop.

7) Similarities between Somers Town and This is England
- Both have Thomas Turgoose as a character in the film
- Both have a genre of drama
- Two characters in both films meet somehow and become best friends

Representation

8) The audience would be uncomfortable when both Tomo and Marek are vulnerable and intoxicated because this means trouble for the two characters which is when the audience may become uncomfortable.

9) Marek travels around his home environment taking photographs and Tomo follows him.

10) A message the audience could take away from the film about childhood and adolescence is you will always need your family around you because Tomo left his family for London and even though he met Marek he got into trouble which didn’t do him any favours.

11) Throughout the film my reactions towards the two boys did change at different points in the film.
a) When Tomo gets beat up for no particular reason by a group of boys
b) When the boys fight over who likes Maria the most.