Mise en Scene - Laura

The mise en scene suggests how there is a big difference between middle class and working class. For example, Nathan talks about how his dad, Gaz's flat is cold and messy. Later we see a shot of his mums home. It has a driveway and a nice car parked there. The house is big and looks clean and warm. This shows the difference between a middle class family home and a working class home. The difference between a home and a flat, being the only thing the working class could manage to afford. During an arguement, Gaz calls out for Nathan, however he is beign ignored. Gaz's excuse for this is that "he can't hear him through the triple glazed windows." This is sarcasm at how he knows they have lots of money and live off of the mum's new boyfriends money and home.

The performance during the film suggests how the working class male begin to give up and see themselves as failures. For example they all go to the jobclub however, make no effort in creating CVs or looking for job. Also, when Dave talks about his relationship with his wife, he says hes a failure and that his wife isnt interested anymore. When spying on the women at a womens only chippendales night at the local working mans club, Gaz over hears Dave's wife talk to a friend about how she feels that Dave has given up on her. This suggests how the lack of communication between them in their relationship has seperated their feelings, they feel the same about eachother, yet do not realise the situation.

• women peeing up the wall like a man
• suggests men are no longer needed - women can do everything men can nowadays

Audience - Laura Wright

The film "The Full Monty" won many awards and was nominated for many more. In 1998 they won an Oscar for best music. They also won an Audience Award and a BAFTA Film Award in 1998 for Best Film, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Robert Carlyle, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson. The film wonm many other awards and had a great reaction upon the audience. The film surprised the critics when it was first released, earning mostly posotive reviews.

In 2000, readers of Total Film Magazine voted The Full Monty the 49th greatest comedy film of all time.

Language - Laura Wright

Language is used in the film "The Full Monty" effectively to suggest their lifestyles. For example they carry a regional accent as they are from Sheffield. The way in which Gaz and Dave talk in front of Nathan, Gaz's son, tells us that they are carefree and dont have rules as to watch he teaches his son. For example when he sees Nathan on the weekend, he takes him out to steal bar of steel from the desolate factory to sell, telling Nathan not to worry as he can't get a criminal record until he is 16. This is not the kind of things he should be teaching his son however he is carefree on the matter. He also offers to take Nathan to the jobclub for a day out on the weekend. This is shocking to the audience as you would think that the little time he gets to spend with Nathan he would make the most of it and take him somewhere enjoyable for Nathan, like a football match.

Gaz's manner in front of his son is inappropriate. We know this by the things he makes his son do and how we talks in front of him.. For example, after encouraging Nathan to steal from the factory, when walking home they pass a woman. Amongst themselves, Gaz and dave rate her out of 10 and Gaz says "you can never tell without seeing their tits." This is inappropriate language and manner infront of Nathan. This is teaching him inappropraite language and behaviour and also disrespect towards women.

The Opening of the Film - Sarah

The news reel at the beginning is quite an important aspect to the film. Before the story has began, audiences are given an insight to what the City of Sheffield was like before the collapse if the steel industry. Without this, audiences that do not have any understanding of it may struggle to understand the feeling of the characters. With it audiences are given a look into what it was like for people who lived in cities such as Sheffield during the height of Industrialism.
There is almost something satirical about the comments made in the news reel. The Voice over states at on point the 'Sheffield - A City on the Move!" This comment was obviously made in regard to the success of the steel factories in Sheffield and how the city was developing. However, if you look at this comment in reference to the way the city turned out 25 years later, it could be seen that the move the city made was to lose its success and become the deprived area it now is.
Following the news reel, we then see main character Gary, Dave and Nathan in a desolate factory. This shows the change from what is seen in the news reel. Which shows men hard at work in busy factories and people enjoying themselves in newly built shopping centres. The comparison between the two shows the audience the drastic change between the city over time. It's almost hard to believe that it is the same city.

The news reel, for how short it is, is surprisingly imporatant. Without it, audiences may have difficulty connecting with the characters and the situatiuon they are in. It could be quite easy to judge the characters and lazy. But having seen what they've lost, and the opportunities they had to what they have now allows the audience to feel comparison towards the characters.

Mise en Scene - Sarah

The mise en scene in the Full Monty is an important aspect to the film, as it is this that gives the audience a insight into what living in Sheffield is like without having to hear it from the characters. From what is shown in the beginning of the film we can see that Sheffield has become a desolate run down area. With factories that used to be bustling with workers now empty and deserted. in the beginning to the film we see Gary, Dave and Nathan in an empty factory looking for metal they can steal to scrap. Compared to how this form of industry was shown in the news reel; full of employees woking hard, it is nowdilapidated. By showing this the audience can see what the people of Sheffield have had to go through when the steel industries were shut down.

After we see the factory, we see the chracters stranded in the middle of a river. We can see that the river has all sorts of junk that has been dumped into it, with cars trolleys and rubbish. This gives the audience the impression that now people are struggleing for jobs and money, they no longer care about the area they live in.
Anothert importand area we see the chracters in is the Job Centre. This is where the unemployed men spend their time looking for and applying for jobs. the room they spend their time in is a pokey, bland room that has a depressing feel to it.

Compared to the areas we see Gary and Dave in we then see the opposite end of the spectrum when we see the house that Gary's ex-wife lives in with her new boyfrind. The house is quite large in a nice area. Compared to the obvious working class characters the people thaty live in this house are well dressed and own a nice car.
It is apparant from the mise en scene that it was factory workers that were badly affected by the end of industrialism. Their is a feeling of depression to the workers of these old factories. But it is also obvious that people in other professions have not been as badly affected and are happy to turn a blind eye.

Mise en Scene - Emmanuel

The location of the scenes in Mis en scene shows a city going through recession, for example in the opening of the film Gaz and Dave attempt to steal some steel out of an abandoned factory to make some money, also it also represents the two characters as rebellious and defiant as stealing is illegal. Throughout the film there are locations of parks and abandoned buildings this shows that in the city of Sheffield there is a high risk of unemployment and the city in recession.

Also the performance of the characters in the film shows that there are working class for example all of the characters in the film has regional accent and the clothes they wear in the film are casual and simple, none of the characters in the film seem to wear extravagant clothes such as suits and designer wear except for the characters.

Language - Rosie Hatton

- The characters all have regional accents

- They all swear frequently and in front of their children freely. They let the kids do what they want, and they don’t worry about the son getting into trouble. Instead, they encourage it and tell him how he won’t get a criminal record until he is 16. This highlights how much they need money that he will let his child get into trouble.

- The language they choose to use shows how much they are struggling and stressed.

- The words they use express the stress they have to deal with. They are all desperate for money.