the establishing shot at the beginning of this sequence straight away shows us that this is somewhere in london you can tell this by the blocks of flats. the next shot if close up of a young black male's hand pushing some sort of parcel. as he is pushing it the camera pans up showing us a white male from the look on his face we can see that he has some sort of power. within their dialogue they are both using London slang which straight away suggests to the audience that this is set in London. the camera cuts between them both at a slow pace there are more on the white male but the black male seems more dominant as he is the one mostly speaking and by his body language and facial expression you can see that he is quite cool, confident and obviously knows what he is doing. this conforms to the stereotype of young black youths in London as they are usually known for having some involvement in drugs and money n crime which is extremely negative there. the moment they both touch fists is a gesture which youths do to show that everything is cool. the black male is wearing baggy jeans and a hoodie which conforms to the sterotype as urban youth are famously known for there hoodies. the white male subverts his stereotype as he has dreadlocks lots of bling and he talks street and also Jamaican. the next scene with the young girl Elisha when she opens her purse and we see the picture of her dad is another stereotypical view on London street youth. she pulls out an address which tells us she wants to go and find him the next scene when she gets out of bed you can see that she doesnt actually have a bed its just a mattress which shows poverty that her and her family don't really have alot of money this also conforms to its stereotype because its is known that urban street youth living in council estates are often living in poverty. when elisha heads for the door she asks her sister who's there and she kisses there teeth this is an indication to us that it is someone that they are not keen on at all. Elisha is in her pyjamas. At the door you can see that there is a lack of space between her door and a fence which shows us that they don't have a lot of freedom. but the music in the background subverts that telling us that they still manage to find ways to keep happy and get on with life. at the end we have a long close over the shoulder shot of elisha smiling which shows us that she is happy to see who is standing in front of her.
Sunday, 27 December 2009
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