Kidulthood analysis

Kidulthood Opening 0mins - 6.30 mins



Themes:
Guncrime
Parties
Sex
Relationships
Drugs
Bullying
Violence/Fighting
Popularity
Ethnicity

The first 6 minutes of the film "Kidulthood" is packed with many different, shocking themes. Although the film is very strongly stereotyped and stylised it gives a good example of what life for a teenager in a stereotypically "rough" area would be like.

There are clear divisions between groups and individuals in the opening, as the older group headed by "Sam" appear very aggressive and abusive whereas the other group withthe main character "Trife" are less powerfull and are younger. In the shots where the audience see conflict between these two groups there are lots of jump cuts to different shots that are usually very crammed full of the older boys. this shows that the younger group are not as powerfull as the others and that they are in a helpless situation.

There are also strong scenes of violence between two female groups. These shots show the victim of the bullying from a higher angle to show her helplessness and that her bullies are in a superior position. Some of the shots are handheld and jolty, to give the impression that it is from the characters' perspective. ]

However i realised that Kidulthood is very edited and therefore agaist conventions of sociol realism. So even though we will be inspired by some of there themes and characters we will take conventions from films such as 'This is England' for shooting ideas.

Asher