Shank is a UK crime film that is all about violence and it evolving young people in it and showing how it has effected the gangs and groups in these types of areas.
Genre
The Genre of this film is a Crime film. The outstanding things in this film which show that it is a crime film is the multiple uses of guns and other weapons like knifes and bars. The low key lighting shows that it is a dark time where they live and cause it is so dark even though it is mainly set in the middle of the day it shows it is a dark place and that danger is everywhere. In this trailer we see gangs hanging around under lots of stuff like multi-story car park, shows they have nothing else better to do and that they don't want to be getting involved with people like the police. From the trailer we can see it is like a twisted version of Carol Glover's theory, there is a few close people and then there is only one person left who is trying to stay alive and get revenge of what the gang did to his brother. All the uses of the high tempo straight and jump cuts in the trailer shows that this film is going to be filled with lots of action and a story line that will be in depth. The fact that this film in set and filmed in the UK shows the people of the UK what some places are like and what troubles young Black youths have in this area.
Representation.
The representation of the young black youths that we can see in this trailer is that they have a hard time trying to stay safe on the streets of where they live. The main characters brother gets killed just for trying to protect him which is why all of the conflict start in the film in the first place. This film almost plays on some of the stereotypes that the media tries to feed us with saying that Blacks are involved in crime from a young age and that it is a part of there up bringing. One stereotype that is shown by the media is that most youths that are involved in crime is that they don't have a father figure, in this film its different cause at the start he has someone to look up to but once he sees his brother get stabbed that is when he turns to violence.
Narrative
In this film looks like it is interlinked with Propp's theory, from the trailer we can see a hero, villain, father and other characters. Also it follows a standard Todorov structure with: A Equilibrium, Disruption, Restored Equilibrium. The hero is also a Protagonist which means that he is a main character as well as a hero.
Audience
The target audience for this film to me is young adults because they will just be old enough to watch this film but also old enough to understand all of the meaning and messages and values that the film brings to the viewers. Plus they will not to old to be offended by the stereotypes that the film has and not to young to try and imitate what they are seeing on there screen. I think from watching the trailer that the target audience will mainly be males because I believe that most crime films are enjoyed more by males than females. I think that the audience need to be active because it seems to be a complected storyline with lots of different passive and active people in the film, so from the trailer it looks like the audience will have to stay concentrated on what is going on with the film or they wont understand the plot.
The way that this trailer is put together is with the use of lots of different jump and straight cuts put together and this created a montage of lots of different clips. This shows of a lot of different peeks in the film and some of what you can expect to see in this film.
Media Language
The use of close ups in this trailer gives a real feel to the story. The close ups on the faces of the actors in the trailer shows the emotion of the horror they are apart of. The story line is very urban and is something that I want to implement into my film. Having a street background with the Mise en scene and the different youths involved with the costume design as well.
Adulthood is a another Uk crime film that I have got ideas from my work.
Genre
The Genre of this film is a Crime film. The outstanding things in this film which show that it is a crime film is the multiple uses of guns and other weapons like knifes and bars. The use of streets and back allies give it a real crime UK feel, similar to what we are normally used to seeing in other crime films. The younger actors add a new feel to a crime film because it isn't older actors representing the 'Gangster' crime film. It is a modern twist on the film genre.
Representation
It has a typical representation of youths in a big city. They go off the rails and get involved in a force that is too strong for them. In this film, this was violence. This is a typical view that you see in the media in modern society, the representation of youths always fighting and getting involved in drugs as a past time.
Narrative
In this film looks like it is interlinked with Propp's theory, from the trailer we can see a hero, villain, father and other characters. It is a typical view of a trailer which we are used to seeing by now in a UK crime film.
Audience
The target audience for this film to me is young adults because they will just be old enough to watch this film but also old enough to understand all of the meaning and messages and values that the film brings to the viewers. Plus they will not to old to be offended by the stereotypes that the film has and not to young to try and imitate what they are seeing on there screen. I think from watching the trailer that the target audience will mainly be males because I believe that most crime films are enjoyed more by males than females. This is something that I want my film to have, I want it to interest both female and male people so they can enjoy the film together. Media Language
This is similar to shifty, lots of close ups but also has a few more long shots and medium close ups to give a different feel to the trailer. It is slightly more glamorized that shifty because it includes some more effects that Hollywood companies would include.
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