This Is England (2006) - Opening Sequence

The opening sequence from This is England, directed by British director Shane Meadows in 2006, is interesting because we are not introduced to any characters or narrative within the first 2 minutes. However we do get a strong sense of setting from the genuine 1980s footage (the film is set in 1983) and the music which we hear over the top of the footage (54-46 Was My Number - Toots and the Maytals) gives a strong sense of the skin-head subculture which the film portrays. This has made me consider how I will create a sense of setting in the opening 2 minutes of my film whilst at the same time introducing characters and providing a backstory for the events that occur later in my film. It has also affected my decisions regarding music as I have decided to use one track playing throughout the opening of my film which will fade out into the first scene much like in This Is England.