"Sweet Sixteen" (22 - 35)

"Secrets and Lies" 1996

Director:Mike Leigh

Writer:Mike Leigh (writer)

Release Date:24 May 1996 (UK)

Genre:Comedy Drama

Tagline:Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.

Plot:Successful black woman traces her birth mother to a lower-class white woman, who denies it; emotions run high as everyone's secrets are exposed.

"Sweet Sixteen" 2002

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313670/

Director: Ken Loach

Writer: Paul Laverty (screenplay)

Contact: View company contact information for Sweet Sixteen on IMDbPro.

Release Date: 4 October 2002 (UK)

Genre: Drama

Tagline: It's you and Liam, against the world.

Plot: Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Awards: 9 wins & 16 nominations

My proposal:

i propose for my research to look into the camera work used in low budget British films. This research will focus around films such as "Sweet Sixteen" and others like it. This research will be used to help develop the quality of our own film.