Mise-En-Scene On Billy Elliot

Film
Billy Elliot is a film which was made to show a young boy's story and the obstacles he had to face during the striking period which was the 1980's and how he became famous. He participated in a ballet class which at first his Dad did not approve of which led to him constantly getting told to do things he hated doing like boxing and wrestling.

Characters
Firstly, the type of people that are in the trialer are lower class people. This is due to the way they dress and their living conditions. Also, the trailer showssome stereotypical of the girls in ballet uniform and dancing which was pink and Billy Elliot boxing inhis gear which shows that these are the stuff that boys and girls do in their spare time which is stereotyping both Girls and Boys.

   

Lighting
Secondly, the lighting in which is used for some of the scenes from the Billy Elliot trailer is dark lgihting. One of the scenes in which use dark lighting is the one where he is reading a letter from his mum. They use dark lighting for this scene because it makes the audience feel sympathy for the boy because he never saw his mother sothis lighting creates sadness for the scene. Moreover, another one of the Mise-En-Scene in which i have to talk about are the actors which for this film is Billy Elliot. Billy Elliot is a countertype during the movie. This is due to him doing ballet instead of boxing which is seen as unusual because you wuldn't expect a teenager boy to be interested in something like ballet.
In addition, the main colours that are used in this trailer are dark colours. This is because the story is set in a dark time when people were protesting due to them not getting paid enough money which led to workers striking and protesting. So the director thought to include dark colours throughout the trailer to relate to the dark times of workers striking. Lastly, the final mise-en-scene in which i will be tallking about the era in which this movie was set in. The era in which the movie is set in is the 1980's i know this because it was at the same time when the workers had went on strike and protested when the workers didn't get enough pay. I think the director decided to film during the strike because he wanted the film to have another  meaning of the story rather than it just about a kid who becomes a ballet dancer as it shows how the father is affected by the strike aswell as Billy himself.