Representations in 'This is England' and 'Quadrophenia'

The “This is England” poster shows representations of the youth culture in the 80's. It introduces the characters of the film which gives the audience ideas of what the film entails and the type of people involved. From the poster you can clearly see the skinhead culture - they all seem to have a unique style from the rest of the population, whilst looking exactly the same as each other, this gives a sense of individuality together. Just from the one image, you can see a united group of people who clearly have their own, very strong, set of beliefs - they are not like everyone else, but are a typical culture of the 80's. The title of the film is written above their heads 'This is England' - this shows that the film is trying to show the audience what England was like in the 80's, and this will be shown through the 'skinhead' culture. The title is shown in the colours of the Union Jack flag which again represents the main theme of this film. The background in the image shows the audience the type of lifestyle they lead and the area they live, and also locates the audience in where the film is set.


The 'Quadrophenia' poster represents the youth culture in the 60's. Similarly to the 'This is England' poster, it introduces all the characters who stand facing the camera. The background of this image is the Mod symbol which immediately informs the audience on the culture this film is aiming to represent, this is also mirrored in the 'Q' of the title. Similarly, the characters all have their individual style to the rest of the population, but the same as each other. 


Both posters make it very clear to the audience that the films are based on certain cultures of that time period, and just from the images, educate the audience on that culture and the way they live their lives, albeit differently to each other.