Bullet Boy Part One - Analysis by Nathan Somovilla
BulletBoy opens up, with Curtis shining a torch in the boot of a car. This makes the audience think that perhaps he is hiding or has been kidnapped as the car is moving. He then shines the torch onto the camera which then does a white fade-in and the title Bulletboy appears. It then goes to Curtis's brother Ricky who we can see is in prison on his his release day. It shows him lying down through an etched on mirror with gang 'tags' on which suggests that Ricky is part of a gang. When he states his details, it gives the audience background information on his character, such as his full name. This scene also suggests that he has had an emotional time which suggest that he had trouble adapting to prison life. It then cuts to another man driving through the countryside trying to light a cigarette, unaware that Curtis is in the boot of his car, until Curtis starts to kick against the boot. The drivers reply suggests that he doesn't know that there is someone in the boot which indicates that Curtis has hidden there himself and has not been kidnapped. It becomes clear that the driver ( Wisdom) and Curtis know each other as Curtis states that he "wants to see his brother." We realise, that Wisdom is going to pick up his friend who is Ricky who is Curtis's brother. Due to Wisdoms anger he drives off leaving Curtis, to which he then drives back to him and they continue to the prison. Ricky is surprised to see Wisdom and more surprised to see Curtis who should be at school. They drive away from the prison at high speed and it then cuts to Wisdom stopping the car and going to the toilet, leaving Ricky and his brother alone.
Kidulthood Part One Analysis - By Robert Palmer
I have decided to analyse the opening sequence for Kidulthood, released through Revolver Entertainment, one of the possible independent film distributors that would be ideal for our production. The film also represents the quintessential british teen drama, which although we want to stray away from themes of excessive violence and gang culture, it would be ideal to analyse for the gritty atmosphere.
The opening titles take the a bubble writing style form, which is the first hint at carefree youths. This is then confirmed by the opening montage of shots which include playing football, and students in uniform. The first instance of dialogue is in teenage slang and the accent is an instant indicator of a London Background, and the soundtrack to the opening is a constant electronic, hip-hop theme, that carries an the tension between particular groups of the students. These elements build up the background of modern youth in an undesirable urban environment.
In the scene where Sam confronts Trife and his friends, the director has applied several series of brief consecutive shots of Sam beating Trife and his friends, to enchance the intimidation. This event interchanges between the gang of girls bullying another girl. This sets out the violent tone for the rest of the film.
The costumes used compliment the themes well; besides uniforms, being prodominantly track suits and jewellery (bling). Hoods are often worn up, creating a stronger sense of intimidation from character like Sam and his gang.
The final scene applies a clever technique to differentiate the stronger and weaker characters. When Sam knocks the bullied girl to the ground, her father pulls up in his car, so Sam picks her up, and a close up shot of Sams face and the girls face shrouded by her hair, shows Sam exploiting the girl by threatning her and then kissing her on the cheek.
We are inclined to stray away from the excessive violence that is apparent in this 10 minute sequence, but we can draw from the images of background, props and clever shot composition to enhance character status in our sequence, and possibly even generate our own ideas of techniques to carry other elements of our story in a unique way.
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