The opening of the British drama Kidulthood is very mysterious because of the settings and the way the different shots are used. At first we hear voices talking and screaming loudly before the actual picture is shown. First think that comes up is a close up on the football that a boy is playing with. The picture comes with slow motion. The scene is set in school and we can see students standing outside. (wide shot) There is music played in the background which is dramatic to set the audience in the right mood. Throwout the scene there is a boy shown with a big close up wearing goggles and operating a drilling machine, he is only shown for a moment but he comes up again. This might suggest that we should concentrate on him as he might be something suspicious.
The scene is set on the dark, cold day because of the clothing the students wear, it might be an autumn.
Variety of wide shots are used in order to show the type of environment the scene is set in and also to show the students and their actions which is them talking to each other. There are loads of them shown but a big close up is used on couple of students to show that they might be the main characters that we should concentrate on further in the next scenes.
www some well developed analysis of the opening scene from Kidulthood. Some use of media terminology and clear 'reading' of the text made from the denotations.
ReplyDeleteebi more universal use of media terminology: denotation, connotation, signifier, signified, shot sizes, mise en scene, choices of edit. Think about the rhythm of the editing, the type of camerwork, the feeling it gives us.