Brassed Off is a British-American comedy-drama film centred on the fictional Yorkshire town of Grimley in the 1970s. The Grimley Colliery Brass Band is as old as the mine that is located there, the source of many of the bandsmen's jobs. However, the colliery is to be closed, and threatens the livelihoods of all who live there. The Grimley Colliery Band's last chance at saving themselves is to enter the nationals, and they seem to have no hope until Gloria Mullens appears with a flugelhorn in hand. The two plotlines of the threat of the mine closing and the band's struggle to get to nationals creates an interesting and unusual fusion that was interesting in both the perspective of historical and social realism. With more and more conflicts and problems arising for the characters, the film keeps you wondering how it will all resolve.
Since I was born, I have been submersed in the warm and musical family of Brass Bands, with family members being actively involved even before I was around. Therefore, I wish to capture some of the warmth and the familial feel that the film creates, whilst presenting the problems they will face effectively.
