This is England and Quadrophenia

The two films Quadrophenia and This is England have similar story lines of a young boy feeling he belongs in a certain social group. Quadrophenia follows a boy becoming part of a Mod group in the sixties and This is England follows a boy in the 80's following a group of skinheads. As you can see the two posters are very similar in both layout and colour. They both have negative representation of youths in the way they are again, huddled together in a group suggesting they can easily overpower any individual. They are also all slouching against a fence in an intimidating manner that makes them appear to have an 'attitude'. The two groups have similar style clothing and hairstyles to the others they are standing with giving them an identity of a gang or group that is out of 'social normality' of the time.

The connotation of the colour in the two posters immediately suggests Britishness. When an audience thinks of Britishness, they perhaps think of civilised people which makes these two groups of people again stand out from 'social normality'. In the two posters the tag line under the titles is spray painted on which connotates crime and vandalism. This links to the photograph of the youths which represents them as criminals. In the Quadrophenia poster the 'Q' is the Mod group symbol, which allows the audience to identify them as a group.