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- The title of the film is in large bold (white) capital writing which catches the audience’s attention and automatically alerts them of the themes of the film.
- The line at the front allows the audience to be familiar with the fact that the film is based on life as a ‘kid’ before ‘adulthood’.
- The positioning of the characters reveals a great amount of information to the audience. For example the two males which appear to have their arms around the girls they are with symbolise they are together whilst the other 3 characters are positioned differently. The male on the far right is seen holding a baseball bat with his hood up which signifies that the role he plays within the film involves violence perhaps as well as him being a potential threat to the other characters.
Location clearly demonstrates that the film is based in
an urban environment as the background is quite dark and intimidating with
little signs of houses. This then allows us to form a judgement of the
lifestyles and ideas which we may come across in the film.
The film Kidulthood is of an urban setting with the characters being placed in their natural environment. As audience this is evident from the look of the location itself and the mise-en-scene. For example the clothing of the characters displays somewhat of the area they may come from, within this film the ‘street’ clothing signifies that the characters may come from an area which is more or less deprived, or even areas of which crime and deviant behaviour occur. This is due to the connotations such clothing hold within society and the negative views and stereotypes held towards the people who engage in wearing such clothing. Having such a portrayal of the characters ties in with the ideas and themes displayed within the film itself. Kidulthood revolves around teenage romance and hatred along with jealousy. Our short film itself is based around struggle and love and is also based around the same age group of Kidulthood with similar characters. Therefore this film poster can be used in helping us to produce or own as we can draw out the relatively achievable ideas and subvert these into our own.
- Title of the film is in bold capitalised letters with the colour standing out from the rest of the text and the poster itself. This captivates the attention of the audience straight away.
- Again the positioning of all the characters highlights aspects of the role they may play within the film. This is something we can insinuate from the mise-en-scene.
- The location of the characters appears to be what is known as a deprived area. This has been demonstrated through the dark lighting as well as the clothes of the characters. They are portrayed as wearing what is known as ‘hood clothing’, a trend commonly associated with teenagers. This dress code often depicts deviant behaviour.
Shot types
used within this films cover include a long shot of the characters on the
reverse as well as the character that appears at the front. The body language
of the characters appears to be quite stern with an intimidating look; this is
through the way they are positioned along with their posture and facial
expressions. One of the girls comes across as being seductive and this can be
seen through the way half her clothes are hanging off her shoulder. We can also
insinuate that the two characters who are sitting together may have a close
knit relationship as with the other two. However the character that appears alone
at the start may have some sort of a role which interrupts this relationship.
The fact that the story line of the film is based around teenagers and love and
relationships is significant as the short film we have produced involves a
similar storyline along with the same sort of characters. We have characters
that are motivated by causing disruption to others as well as characters who
are in a relationship and portraying them in the way that this film has done so
with its characters can be a potential idea. We could have studio photography
with a background that suits well to create the effect that the producers of
this film have. The text is minimal as the focus is on the characters
themselves signifying the importance they play within the film.
This is another film from the makers of Adult &
Kidulthood. As we can see this is completely different from the other two
however its conventions are as strong as the others. To begin with the image
itself plays a large role in demonstrating as well as revealing the potential
themes and ideas we as the audience will come across. The use of the dark image
connotes that the characters are almost in a misery, particularly the character
of whose picture has been used as the main image. A dominant feature of this
film poster is the fact that the characters have been placed in the head of the
character at the front; this could mean the case of the characters playing a
significant role in the main characters persona within the film itself. Moving
towards the text which has been kept to a minimum, it is evident that the film
deals with aspects of crime/deviant behaviour (bullet) the typography itself of
the text has slits through the letters the idea of the bullet travelling
through the person it is aimed at. Furthermore the buzz words towards the
bottom have been used in a triplet this could be to emphasise the key aspects
of the film, they could also be words which have come from potential viewers of
the film who have left reviews. This idea is particularly successful as it
engages and intrigues the audience towards the film itself. The use of the plosives bullet boy stand out
to the audience and draws in their attention.
