Shane Meadows On Low Budget Films

• He has learnt alot from producing low budget films and realised you can produce a good film with out state of the art technology and superstar actors.
• He has also learnt that having famous actors in it doesnt necessarily mean it is a good film as if the actor does not fit the story then it's better to have an established actor who does.
• Shane thought it was a challenge to produce as he had to stick to his budget and had to try to recreate the 1980's. Fortunately he found an 80's looking estate in nottingham, which had not yet been modernised, this did not affect the budget. He then had to recreate the look with props, renting cars from the 1980's era would have cost a huge £150,000, so they brought them off of ebay for a mere £100 a car.
• To create social realism they used nartural and domestic light, which also did not affect the budget.