Deconstruction of the 2 minute opening or Kidulthood (Daisy)

I looked at the 2 minute opening sequence from Kidulthood. I chose kidulthood because this is the main inspriration for our opening. Kidulthood is portrayed as an urban drama involving alot of young characters.

The main effect we saw in most British Gangster films was in the opening title tha background was always black with bold writing either in white or red. The font used was a plain, simple and serious font, this already tells the audience what to expect from the film and gives them fear.

The setting of the opening was an old, dirty urban school, it was just a block building with classrooms, this emphasises the lifestyle of the characters and makes the audience adapt to their habitat. The characters are portrayed as 'chavs' 'sluts' and 'bullys,' the audience knows this as the girls have short skirts, knee high socks, big earrings and the majority have their cleavage out. All characters are portrayed as 'chavs' as they are scruffy and have a lot of gold rings and necklaces. The boys are dressed in school trousers, a shirt and tie however they do not wear the uniform smart, they are very scruffy with some boys in caps and trainers. The boys are represented as tall, powerful and intimidating this emphasises the fact that the boys are represetned as bullies and this makes the audience feel intimidated and also makes the audience fear them.

The boys are playing football in the mud, they are playing dressed in their uniform which shows the audience they have no respect for clothes and money and are just interested in having fun.

Gang warfare is majorly represented in kidulthood, the audience know this as within the first two minute sequence they have already stolen a gameboy and the main 'bully's' girlfriend. This emphasises to the audience the lack of respect for themselves and others. This also links to the conventions of vandalism and money. Watching this could make the audience feel fear for the boys who are portrayed as theifs and makes them think about what 'hoodies' are capable of in everyday life.

The dialogue of the characters is 'urban speak' the characters have a strong london accent and use alot of swear words, this reminds the audience aboout what their upbringing was like. The boys use words such as 'buff' and the repitition of 'man' this shows the audience how uneducated they are as these arent real words.

The quick shots of the characters repetitively shows the audience this scene is busy and makes them feel as if all the characters should be feared- this is represented by low angle shots of them.

This is my deconstruction to the first two minute sequence of kidulthood. The first two minutes did not show alot about the film however it is obvious many codes and conventions are used.

Spider Diagram of codes and conventions for research (Daisy)

I did a spider diagram exploring the codes and conventions of a British Gangster film. I gathered this information from my own knowledge of British Gangster films and watching some film openings for extra ideas.

Locations (Henry)

Here is where the majority of our film opening will take place - Lewisham, tell us what you think of the area in terms of how urban it seems and its suitability as a setting for a 'Brit Gansgter'

You can also drag the little orange man at the top left hand side of the map onto an area on the map to explore the area in much more detail

Here is a link to the google map site where you can drag the orange man on to:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=se13+5bj&sll=51.279011,0.273929&sspn=0.010899,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=London+SE13+5BJ,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.459639,-0.002763&spn=0.002714,0.004823&t=h&z=18

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Costume for Character 1 (Henry)

What are your views on this as a costume for one of our characters? suggestions? comments?

Research on quotes for voiceover (daisy)

Quotes
Adulthood- “A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.”
“I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child.”

Lock stock - Your body has to be here, but your mind can be anywhere.

Snatch - You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
Listen, you fucking fringe, if I throw a dog a bone, I don't want to know if it tastes good or not. You stop me again whilst I'm walking, and I'll cut your fucking Jacobs off.

The Business - A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?
The geezer was so hard even his nightmares were scared of him.

Gangster no 1 - One day I'll catch up with you. You want a war? I'll give you a fucking war one arm tied behind me back.
They'll need a dustpan and brush to scrape you off the walls. Make mincemeat out of ya. Pie and mash, puddles of blood. I'll leave you lying there. Go rot, the lot of you.

Football factory - Problem was, he'd taken so many beatings on the terraces that he weren't scared of anyone. And the correct medical term for that is a "total fuckin' psycho".The fucking pain goes on forever. But that's what makes it so exciting.
The geezer is a complete nutter who will never talk to us again, and everyone else thinks we're thieving little cunts.
The next best thing to violence is sex. And seeing as there's nearly 500,000 single women in London, I must be in with half a chance.

Layer cake - Always remember that one day all this drug monkey business will be legal. They won't leave it to people like me... not when they finally figure out how much money is to be made - not millions, fucking billions.
You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like.

Hi everyone, its Daisy, Henry and Lauren.

We are carrying out research for our AS media coursework. We are creating a 2 minute film opening and the genre we have chosen is British Gangster. We have carried out some primary research but would like to do more, so please can you answer a couple of questions?

1) In a british gangster film where the characters are young, cheeky and mischeivious -like kidulthood- what costumes do you associate with them?

2)In a british gangster film where the characters are young, cheeky and mischeivious -like kidulthood- what do you expect their motives and personality to be?

Thank you very much its really appreciated for all your answers X :)