Cathy Come Home is a British Television Play broadcasted
on BBC 1 about homelessness from 1996 by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony
Garnett and directed by Ken Loach. This realistic drama documentary tells the
story of a young couple, Cathy (played by Carol White) and Reg (Ray Brooks)
through their journey of life as Reg gets injured, loses his job and Cathy has
her children taken away from her by social services. They face life of poverty and unemployment and
illegally squatting in empty houses as well as staying in shelters.
Cathy Come Home is a black and white film put on TV and
one of the first fictions made on film. Handheld camera is also used which
makes the audience pay more attention to what is going on. The mood that is
created is very intimate and sad. Cathy is trying to live with minimal money
and cope with someone to live with 3 kids. This play is set on real locations
with minimal script and natural performances.
Sound and image within Cathy
Come Home is simply used. During the play, the main conversation
is the one between Cathy and Reg, but we hear voiceovers from Reg’s mum, Reg,
Cathy etc. as well as their everyday conversations throughout their struggles.
Cars can be heard as an everyday event with party scenes. There have also been
facts given out throughout the play as a voiceover and heard unseen interviews.
The voice of God has been used.
Paying attention
throughout this play is needed to understand what is going on. As for image in
this play, the camera shots used makes it look like a documentary style and
more realistic than a fiction. Cathy and Reg’s, are intimate, sad, and set on real
locations and a minimal script being used which makes the performances natural.
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