Shane Meadows

'Shane Meadows is a self-taught, British Film-maker who hails from the Midlands in the UK. He was born in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK ON 26TH December 1972.' He started one of the first film festivals called flip side which allows anyone to view others work as well as their own . Before this film festival came about he decided that he was tiered of there being no where to showcase work. So him and a group of his Friends set up an event called 'six of the Best' and as a result of this event growing this lead to the creation of an international video festival. His short films are based and inspired by true life events and issues that him and others can relate to. In his interview he speaks about his passion and beliefs and states that short film allows him to experiment. Despite him making well established films such as 'This is England' he will never stop creating short film as this is what inspires him and feeds him ideas and allows him to experiment with them. As a result of his success he has now released some of his own work on DVD which means alot of his work is restricted and you will not find much of it on websites such as YouTube.

'The Stairwell' is one of his short films and is based on a narrative that everyone can relate to however makes it seem much more dramatic. In a way hes experimenting with the ordinary but in a different way. He draws the audience in by the use of the different camera angles and builds up an anti climax. He experiments with different sound however the use of non digetic sound has a strong impact. The messages we get from this short film is never knowing whats round the corner and not loosing site of people around you. The constant flickering of the light relates to the thriller genre and the use of the fast pace shots, dividing line relates to collision and division.