'71 Analysis

‘A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.’

is a 2014 British historical film in Northern Ireland and the themes  that runs throughout this film was war, brotherhood, violence, hate, etc. This was written by Gregory Burke and directed by Yann Demange. The production companies of this film were Film4, BFI Film Fund, Warp Film and distributed by StudioCanal. The budget of the film is £8.1 million and the box office of it is $3.2 million. Although a low box office, this film had a 96% rating of positives review by Rotten Tomatoes. The location of the film was set in Blackburn, Lancashire and continued in Sheffield and Liverpool.

Throughout the film the use of the microelement mis-en-scene shows the audience what type of environment they’re watching. This is shown through their military uniform, instantly making the audience aware it’s a war based film involving violence and conflict. This is also shown through their weapons/equipment and how they lacked it, showing how long-standing the history of the film is- as modern day soldiers are usually fully equipped. Furthermore, the public were wearing very old fashioned clothing giving the audience an insight of the time zone again. Moreover, the use of the colour in the scene (where he’s running away from the war) is shown in a grey tone, making the scene look very dusty, giving the themes of war, violence and fear. This is also shown through performance; the actors had an accent, which makes the film look more believable in the location it was set in.  The use of the soldiers little brother also shows the innocent backgrounds of the soldiers’ lives and how they actually have other meanings behind their life rather than fighting in a war. The theme shown through this was brotherhood, love and family.