Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1960)

New Wave
-Representing working class heroes
-emergence of young representations new voices not just BBC middle class middle aged man view

Analysis of "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" (1960) Directed By Karel Reisz


Mise-En-Scene:


Setting:
factory, family home, local pub (the white horse), fishing lake, Nottingham


Themes:
swinging sixties, rebellious teenagers (fell down the stairs drunk at the pub, no respect for elders throwing drink on them on purpose and shouting abuse), affairs/adultery, women being the cook of the house traditional, marriage, sex (raunchy), pregnancy, abortion

Icons:
cigarets, drink, grammar phones, shandy bass, BB Gun, Dead Rat

Narrative:
"Yes my Duck", calling Arthur a "Red" (derogatory) communist

Characters:
Arthur Seaton (Main character, Rebilous Teens), Dorren (jacks new love interest), Brenda (Wife having an affair with Arthur Married to jack)

Island People (1941)

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What was it like back then? What was Britain Like?

Jobs:
Coal Miners, Bankers, Agriculture, Industry, Manufacturing

Geography:
48 Million Living In Britain, Farm Houses, Market Towns Essex, Industrial Areas London, Glasgow, Manchester

Past Time/Hobbies:
Gardening, Knitting, Playing Cards, Playing Darts, Dancing, Going To Public Houses (Pubs)

Values & Attitudes:
Proud nation, world shipping/ world pricing, biging up small industries, families eating food all together in the evening, tolerance, unselfullness, Britain lead in skilfulness reliability humour and efficiency

Sports:
cycling, cricket, bowls, tennis, swimming, skating, curling, rabbit shooting, football

Media at the time was lead by the middle or upper classes, however working class brought fashion and music.