Era Key film
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Kes Poor cow
Quadrophenia
Made in Britain Scum
Trainspotting Nil by mouth
Kidulthood Bigga then Ben
Conventio ns
Kes-‐ Education theme, we see a typical boy in school. The boy is an outcase, his smart but seen as very uneducated. Costume very dirty and scruffy. Mid shots used. Strict classroom. Poor cow-‐ We see an establishing shot of the location, urban houses. Typical British car and milk cart also the little boys playing football. The voice over we hear has a very British accent. Money issues are dealt with, he stole the money from
We see the teenage life being dealt with as his dad says his a part of a gang, staying out late, drinking, smoking and also when his in his room. Very dark mise en scene, doesn’t give much hope. The dialogue we hear sounds very uneducated. The location of the house looks working class which is connoted through the mise en scene. The takes of the shots are very long. Not many close ups. The abuse the dad gives his son by slapping him even though his joking.
Made in Britain, the location is a court, which sums up youth as being trouble. Close up of the main character. We hear the issues the film deals with from the judge-‐ racial injustice, theft and violence. There is a lack of dialogue. rock, very fast pace music. We also hear that he dropped out of school. We can see from the nazi sign that he is a bad skinhead who is causing trouble. The voice over sounds very un educated. Scum-‐ Themes involve racial injustice and
Trainspotting the background music is very fast pace matching the action. The voice over has an accent, which is uneducated. We denote a working class location. We denote him smoking drugs which is matched with the voice over. We denote themes such as theft, violence and drug use. We see typical British sport-‐ football. The costume are very cheap-‐ tracksuit no brand. Nil by mouth We hear dialogue which involves swearing which is common in BSR. Themes such as violence in a relationship.
Kidulthood, urban city location, teenagers getting involved in drink and sex at young age. We see them use violence at a young age. Costume are tracksuits. Music is very urban and modern. We see a recurring character of the boy who thinks he runs the world. Racial injustice in the shop between the boy and shopkeeper. Bigga then ben deals with money problems and being new in the city from another country. Monatge of the city and people. Voice
another country. The two ladies on the bench, we assume them as being racist, which suggest the film deal with racial injustice. We see the recurring character, of the man going out earning money in a non honest way and the women at home with the child. The mise en scene is very dull and low. We assume them to be upper class due to the buggie and the house. Long shots used.
violence. We denote a track shot and long takes. The dialogue is very angry and again uneducated. Mise en scene is a mix of low key and dark key.
Close up on the two main characters. Dar k mise en scene. Long takes. We don’t see the abuse, we just have to assume the effects on the women. The girl is watching the parents. Typical man, thinks he has power. Working class home.
over of a man telling them about life and what to do. Working class bedroom, deals with theft.