Dave Johns plays Daniel Blake, who is a middle aged white man who is in poverty and struggling to live in the modern society. Dave Johns is a comedian , so is therefore stepping outside his comfort zone acting in a drama film. The actors are newcomers and non- professionals, they are first time actors and some just play the role they play in real life. The film is funded by the public, it domestically earned $200,576.72 and $4,275,018 in the UK. The film was sponsored and created by BBC.
I, Daniel Blake was more successful than expected, it won a Palme' d' or which is a fence award which highlights it has had global success. it won the BAFTA for best film and the leading actor Dave Johns won best actor.
Steve Mc all- Job centre manger- 'I, Daniel Blake is a representation. I hope people don't think the film is a documentary, because it's a story that doesn't represent the reality we work in.' this published on the daily mail online, this indicates that the daily mail agree with this statement as published it on their website and promoted it., the daily mail are a right wing newspaper, where as Ken Loach is left wing. The director Ken Loach fought back and said that everything in the film is based on real events. The New York times gave a good review on the film saying that the film is powerful.
The main themes of I, Daniel Blake is poverty, injustice for older people and the difficult process of benefit applications in Britain. The film is a political drama, which is Ken Loach's speciality. The film is set in Newcastle, All the actors are from their and it is all realistic. The film also reaches to a global audience, and is unusual as most global British films are filmed in central London, because everyone globally knows it, but Ken Loach wanted to make it as realistic as possible. There are different hierarchies of people presented, the job centre managers and the police are presented as higher and more respected than Dan and Katie. Dan is represented as nice, distressed and confused middle-aged white man. The main target audience are British people who may be going through similar events, they also want to make people understand that this real and based on proper events.
There is scene where the managers and staff in the Job centre refuse to help Dan and Katie, they are then thrown out, after creating a scene, which implies that they do not care about people in difficult situations.
On the I, Daniel Blake poster, we have the main character Daniel Blake in a pose that is recreated in the film. In the film there is a scene where Daniel protests outside the Job centre and Starts with the film title 'I, Daniel Blake. This scene is recreated in the poster, but there is writing in the background of all positive reviews, and has the film title in the graffiti style.
The main themes of I, Daniel Blake is poverty, injustice for older people and the difficult process of benefit applications in Britain. The film is a political drama, which is Ken Loach's speciality. The film is set in Newcastle, All the actors are from their and it is all realistic. The film also reaches to a global audience, and is unusual as most global British films are filmed in central London, because everyone globally knows it, but Ken Loach wanted to make it as realistic as possible. There are different hierarchies of people presented, the job centre managers and the police are presented as higher and more respected than Dan and Katie. Dan is represented as nice, distressed and confused middle-aged white man. The main target audience are British people who may be going through similar events, they also want to make people understand that this real and based on proper events.
There is scene where the managers and staff in the Job centre refuse to help Dan and Katie, they are then thrown out, after creating a scene, which implies that they do not care about people in difficult situations.On the I, Daniel Blake poster, we have the main character Daniel Blake in a pose that is recreated in the film. In the film there is a scene where Daniel protests outside the Job centre and Starts with the film title 'I, Daniel Blake. This scene is recreated in the poster, but there is writing in the background of all positive reviews, and has the film title in the graffiti style.
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