Film Opening Conventions Essay On Kidulthood With Respect To The Four Technical Codes

The genre of my film opening is going to be Gangster. I have looked at Kidulthood which is also Gangster genre film to help me out with camera, sound, mise en scene and editing techniques. Non-diegetic sound was used within two minutes in Adulthood.

The non-diegetic sound that was used in film was remixed RnB and a suspicious sound as someone is spying on a person.

There was also diegetic sound of people playing and shouting each others name out, all this diegetic sounds makes seem like an urban place because you can hear loads of people at once. There were plenty of people swearing in the movie, this is because most of the gangster swears frequently. The dialogue used by the characters are used with an accent, this is makes the film seem more realistic and would be unsuccessful without dialogues.

Frequent cuts were taken to show energy in the scenes and to show all the action which is going on. Different angles were shown to give audience the best view of the action covered.  Usually medium shot or long shot to show loads of people in a group and everyone is busy with something for example; one person texting on his mobile and another person is giving away leaflets for their party.

The costume used in this was particular shown in the first 2 minutes because all the students were in uniform but still one was wear a new era cap which the gangsters usually wear.

Nearly all the male character in the film got an angry face on them and all of them got attitude which also makes the film seem more realistic. One character is also shown kissing a girl in opening 2 minutes.

Slow motion to cover all the action when it shows person drilling with football. Zoom in and close up shot on people to show their facial reaction and to help audience pick up their facial reaction when the person is utilising the machine with care and concentrating. There are many characters doing something different with in 2 minutes to show that the school is busy and interesting for example; two characters is kissing each other, another two characters are handing out leaflet, different character is looking for someone and going around asking if they seen Claire and two more characters talking to each other about their life.