Evaluation - Part Five

How does you media product represent particular social group?

Typography

The graphic used when the title comes up in the screen is written in black and white. This shows the contrast that is reflecting on the actor and the choice that the actor has to make in the film. The boy Kaden has to make two different choices weather Kaden will decide to go to the police and tell them the situation of what is going on or if he doesn't say anything. This then shows that the graphic when the title comes up shows that he to make a choice with two decision that contrast easy other. The writing on the screen is all chipped up this represent the life of boy, Kaden. As it is chipped it shows that he life is not perfect and feels gritty like a British social realism film.

Camera, angle,hot movement and position

The angle of the shot when Kaden's brother is cleaning the knife when there is a over shoulder shot and the camera is looking down. Kaden's brother face is covered and you do not see his face while cleaning the knife. As the camera angle is a high angle looking over the shoulder this connotes that the audience is looking down on his as he is doing a bad thing and is ashamed of him getting involved with knife crime. This represent the young social group of being violent.

Sound

The dialogue used in the scene included a variety of slang that a young social group would use. "Swear down" this represent the teenage boys as not having the best education as the do not speak high class. This give it a more of a realistic feeling as young teenage boy speak using slang words very often. The music used was a steady pace at the start of the film then as Kaden sat up on the seat the music began to kick in more. This connoted that his life was calm before but as he walks up he goes back to reality of what going wrong in his life.

Mise-en-scene

The setting in the film look like it included lots of violence because at the start of the scene there is an establish shot of police cars all on the road. This sets the scene at the start of the film as it shows the audience that the area that Kaden is living is not a good area as the is trouble that happening in the area. This brings enigma to the start of the film as the audience wonder why there are police cars. The costumes that Kaden was wearing was in all black wearing a Hood. This to the audience makes in feel as Kaden is an intimidating character who wants to start trouble. Even though he wears them clothes Kaden does not want to start trouble as he runs away from the gang in the opening sequence. The lighting that used was natural as this brings a more realistic feeling of how British Social Realism are.

Iconography

The iconography used in the opening sequence was when Kaden brother was cleaning off the knife in the kitchen. This shot is done as a close up to show the audience that this is a significant part of the film that we made. The knife that the brother is cleaning represent the brother by being a criminal. As the knife has blood on it, it shows the character as being a murderer. The knife then is iconic as the audience does not know nothing about the brother but the as you get a shot of this you identify that he is a bad person and a criminal.