By Sonia De Abreu

A film similar to ours:KiDULTHOOD

Kidulthood (2006) is a British Drama film which focuses around the life of several teenagers in inner London. Directed by Menaj Hudah and written by Noel Clarke who also stars in the film.

Featuring bullying, casual sex, hard drug abuse, complete disregard for authority, organized crime and even murder, if ever a film wanted an ASBO more than an Oscar, it's Kidulthood. Wearing its

multiracial "messed-up youth" mantra as a badge of honour, this seems - at first glance - to be a deliberate assault on Middle England values.

• Cast• Aml Ameen as Trevor a.k.a. 'Trife'• Red Madrell as Alisa• Adam Deacon as Jay• Noel Clarke as Sam• Jaime Winstone as Becky• Femi Oyeniran as Moony• Madeleine Fairley as Claire• Rafe Spall as Lenny• Noel Clarke as Sam• Nicholas Hoult as Blake• Rebecca Martin as Katie

KiDULTHOOD poster deconstruction

Hooded tops, tracksuit bottoms demonstrating typical teenagers, patronising character.

Lighting goes from light to dark showing the arguably good and bad characters in the movie.

Dressed in a provocative manner and sitting in a careless way.

Written in black exemplifying the seriousness yet the fact that the ‘i’ is the only letter in lower case shows the ghetto aspect of the movie.

Strong marketing device to draw the audience in

The fact that these two characters are the only ones standing up shows their authority and status and that they could possible have sort of conflict with each other because they are standing at opposite ends.

Analysis of the opening sequence to kidulthood

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shsBkmx5oQY Here is the opening sequence to kidulthood and my analysis below

Costume- From the costumes that are worn in this opening sequence such as tracksuit bottoms, trainers and hoods you

immediately associate this with ASBOS, teenagers of the 21st century. You associate this type of clothing with criminals, someone patronising. The girls are dressed in a provocative manner illustrating them as easy and

careless.

Lighting is in general dark and dim emphasising the darkness and melancholy of the film.

Props- Weapons such as guns, knives and baseball bats are used a lot to illustrate the crime aspect of the movie. Yet props like flat screen televisions are not seen within the opening sequence or at all in the movie showing the

characters social class.

Language- The opening sequence uses as much ghetto language as it can with a lot of modern slang demonstrating youths of today and fitting in with the stereotype the movie is trying to portray.

Camera shots-A variety of shots are used within the opening sequence; close up camera shots are used to provide a dramatic emphasis, highlighting characters' expressions which gives a sense into what will happen within the film

based on their emotions and how they are feeling. Long range shots have been used to show viewers the environment and surroundings of which the characters are brought up in.

Sound-The mood of the film is set within the trailer based on the music played. Throughout the trailer, the music is very upbeat

which keeps the audience engaged and focused, added to the music are sound effects which also keep the audience engaged as it not only shows the level of violence within the film but also a view into what the film is about and

what kind of film it is.