I, Daniel Blake

3. Create a detailed profile of the director: Ken Loach

• production and distribution
• not supposed to be a blockbuster buts blew up greatly due to it's political ideology, it brought up so many debates
• the story is about a man who loses his job
• Rebecca O'brian was the producer
• one actor starved herself to get into the shoes of poor people
• rated 15 but necessarily targeted to the higher classes
• 67k views, wasnt supposed to be too popular 
• Created so much debate with like youtube videos debating about it, increasing popularity
• Its about benefits, and about a man who is foreced to work, even though he's got a serious heart condition

• Textual analysis of the trailer
• todorov's theory of equilibrium is noted
• Steve neales theory of repetition is noted
• Throughout there is clear binary opposition, conflict between the working and higher classes
• Frequently using fade transition, use of low key lighting is used a lot
• Daniel is subversive
• Trailer portrays classes in a stereotypical manor, shows a poor women in rags

• Social and Political
• Daniel blake is a man who is unable to claim benefits, even if he is following the governmental system.
• People are very sceptical, believing if this is true in the UK
• Corbyn believes to end the i, Daniel blake lives that people are living
• What the video is saying is what the UK is trying to do to lift UK sanctions
• The specific genre is Social realism which is a film that is supposed to show what real life is like and what people in everyday life are usually going through. Ken Loach's films are all in this genre
• Over 1 million food bank sanctions were made in 2014
• Ken Loach is known as a Socialist Revolutionary
• He fits for equality in the UK
• Still debating to this day

• Reseaching why I, daniel blake was rated 15
• Discrimination is shown by unable to work due to illness
• drugs
• bad behaviour like graffitti can show stereotypical lower-class behaviour
• Imitable behaviour can be associated with anti-sociable behaviour
• Language shown is very strong due to the level of negativity
• Verbal references to sexual behaviour
• Tries to make his films relatable to working class

• How was the film received?
• The film mostly recieved positive reviews and has been praised for harsh reality
• Since it's been directed by Ken Loach, its believed to been more understandable
• Criticisms such as the daily mail stating that it is left-wing bias propaganda
• Another is that the film is too melodramatic, the character is extremely depressing
• "excellent movie"
• "left the cinema with a lot to think"
• "stunningly simple"
• Debates with both left-wing and right-wing if the movie is critically bias.
• Got 4 awards, best film by baftas etc

• Jeremy Corbyn
• He quite popular and is the leader of the labour party, very left-wing
• Popular by the youth and grime artists such as stormzy
• And he's a vegetarian
• Anti-war and anti-nuclear campaigner
• Film present a realistic fiction

• Funding and commercial nature
• Wild Bunch, funded the movie
• Why not also funded it too.
• They had the premier in Newcastle, where the  film was set
• Entertainment one also helped fund the movie and is primarily involved with the distribtuin of media products

• Poster analysis
• Striking pose shows that he's and impowerful character, gives a sense of a revolution
• Concrete background suggests that Newcastle is very run down
• Graffitti represents rebellion and stereotypes the North of poverty and danger
• Costume is working class

• The other poster suggests a more working class family
• Tries to be more family friendly and uses bright lighting to contrast the melancholy feeling of the film
• the setting is a rundown and scruffy location