CAMERA – there are a lot of mid-shots and long shots used in the film. These are used to signify the setting and surrounding of the film – the poverty stricken and rundown estates and this connotes the stereotype for such places of violence and shootings. There are many close-up shots used of the characters to signify emotion. At the end of the film there is use of a bird-eye shot, this is to show how insignificant the character’s lives are, as the scene beforehand is of Jaybee’s girlfriend shooting herself and the shot represents her as small and a worthless life.
EDITING – there are a lot of fast-paced and shaky camera movements used to connote the seriousness of the shooting and that Angela’s future is uncertain. Focus-pulls are also used from character to character to signify that one character’s actions affects another, such as the pull from Angela’s sister to her brother, who begs the gang members to call the police.
MISE-EN-SCENE – the setting of the film is in a poor estate surrounded by drugs and violence. This connotes the stereotype portrayed by the media of where violence actually takes place in Britain. Clothing and language of the characters also represent the stereotypes of Inner City London gang members.
SOUND – sounds such as the gunshot were edited to seem realistic. The beginning of the film uses a dark non-diegetic soundtrack to notify the audience that a serious incident is going to occur whereas at the end of the film, the soundtrack changes to a piano-based saddening theme which connotes that the actions in the film have taken place and there is no point of return.
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