Comparison between 'Somerstown' and 'Slumdog Millionaire'

In looking and researching British film we have been asked to research both 'Slumdog MIllionaire' and 'Somerstown', and research and compare the 'Britishness' of both films. 'Somerstown' is obvioulsly a much more blatent British film, it is a low budget Britsih film, but however has done very well. It is set and filmed in central London, and it represents the culture and socity of the time, it persifically represents the working class comunity. This is something which really emphasises it 'Britishness' as it is very common for British films to represent a certain social group ir culture in Britain, as we can see from other iconic British films such as 'Trainspotting' or 'This is England'. The film represent many fdifferent aspects of Britain and for that I think would be classed as a British film. The film has British actors and a British director - Shane Meadows who is a renoud British fim maker and a British writer Paul Fraser. I think the British influences on the film are very strong and generally it has a very british gritty feel, also a factor which makes it British. However the film is funded by Eurostar a non-British institution. This could be a factor which you argue make the film less British, however I think that the style and narrative of the film make it very typically British. 'Slumdog Millionaire' however is somewhat the opposite, it is funded by channel 4, a very typically British institution. But the stroy is originally written by an Indian author, and the book is set and about India. The story looks alot at Indian culture and the problems within India and has relation back to Britain. However the Director, like somerstown is a renound British director, who also directed 'Trainspotting' and '28 days later', so the style of the film may have British elements. Also the writer of the screenplay - Simon Beaufoy is a British writer and so the script may have British insluences in their. I think although the story is not actually about Britain and so in that respect it is not British, I think that becasue of the British input through the both the sirector the institution and the screenplay writer that there will still be also of British influence and when watching the film, like somerstown you really get a feel of the 'Britshness'