Collective identity is about how contemporary media represent nations, regions, ethnic/social collective groups in different ways.
For example this could be how 'This is England' represents Britishness and the condition of England at that time. However, the film was set further in the past than when it was shot. It would have been shot based around past beliefs of that era, however it would of been shot also with a modern day understanding of those beliefs. In shooting the past you are shooting the present. Therefore it is important to understand what has changed over time in England, understanding what it means to be British and how we create our collective identity; so identifying what makes us individual and unique from others and how do we do this, but most importantly what unites us as a country?
It could be important to compare past media text to the new wave. For example what had changed from such a film as 'Saturday Night Sunday Morning', to 'This is England' but what has also stayed the same.
Possible angles that could be approached to compare these texts could be through representations of youth, social class, gender, ethnicity, community, education, family, wealth, and symbolism and signifiers of Britishness and culture.
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Useful advice: Try to closely reference aspects of mise-en-scene when writing about films. Thus I'd suggest you separate out your case studies under Label Unit G325 Media & Collective Identity: "This is England", Then another label G325 "Fish Tank" etc then give examples of how collective identity is represented. In This is England it is through gang culture and though set in the past THIS is England explicitly suggesting it is about British identity in 2005!
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