Comparison between Slumdog Millionaire and Somerstown

The $15 million movie, Slumdog Millionaire was directed by British director Danny Boyle. There are a small number of British actors, though all the cast are from Indian Heritage. Warner Independant pictures made an offer of 5 million to win rights of the picture, Fox Searchlight Pictures made a $2 million offer but it was won by Warner. In September 2007 The film crew travelled to Mumbai and began casting for the film in Karjat.Filming locations included shooting in Mumbai's megaslum and in shantytown parts of Juhu. 1/3 of the film was decided to be turned into Hindi by Boyle.
I think that the codes and conventions shown in this Film do not make it a British Film. We know of Green street as a British Film, though Its possible to have Elijah Wood represented in Green street as a british hooligan, though he carrys out the 'yankie' accent throughout. In Slumdog Millionaire the cast includes Dev Patel known as as character from skins (british teenage drama).  Dev speaks in english with a slight Hindu accent, Though that is all of what we see as related to British Film. Apart from the fact the show "who wants to be a millionaire?" was once  a representation of British Film, though in Slumdog its based in Aisa. I don't think its fair to state that since Danny Boyle directed "Trainspotting" (which brings specific attention to British Film) that if he directs in Slumdog Millionaire. Its going to also have these conventions, it doesn't. I would class Slumdog as a Bollywood if it had to be classed. There are true qualities of Mumbai involved in this film, how the mother is attacked by a tribal mob. Some have argued to the "Independant" that there is not enough showing of what actualy is going on in Mumbai. And that "the movie potrayed a fake part of Mumbai that could never exist" from The Independant.

A $550,000 movie, Somers Town was directed by Shane Meadows, the film was funded by Eurostar. The film was directed, produced and written by people of British nationality, not that this is at all essential in a British film. Shane Meadows has been known to create a stereotypical british film. The story is of two young boys who make an unlikely friendship in an adult world. one of the boys a polish imagrint living in london, the other who has travelled away from home to live in london. Footage took place in London Borough of Camden. The story is set around Pheonix court, a council estate. The film is also filmed in black and white, which gives a darker picture to life, almost grey like the council estates or resembeling the British weather. I would definately class this as a British Film, if not, a top British Film. Its culture class fits perfectley with what set out to do. There could be an argument that a child living in Britain wouldn't be able to escape home as easily as this one, though there is true qualitys involved within the storyline that happen within our culture also. Its true there is a large number of polish imagrints living in Britain, and it captures that in the film. The under-age and alcohol problem of youths also, which Britiain is famous for.