Three Media Texts that Influenced Our Youth Drama

KIDULTHOOD

Kidulthood is a popular youth drama that influenced us in many ways. The costumes and attitudes of the characters are almost exactly the same as what we plan to have in our opening sequence. The characters all talk slang and constantly have an angry facial expression and a negative attitude/ lack of respect towards those above them or authority figures. Their costumes are also stereotypical of a male youth, which is what our opening sequence is filled with. Below are some screen grabs of examples:

This is a shot clearly showing the costumes and facial expressions that are commonly used. 

 This is another shot showing the lack of respect and attitude towards others. 

SHANK

Shank has also influenced us for our opening title sequence through their use of  music. We feel we can create a similar soundtrack to the one used when presenting the characters. The tone and feel of the music is parallel to the atmosphere of the film therefore it would fit in well. 

THE GUVNORS

Finally,The Guvnors has also influenced us with their variety and use of shots and camera angles. The angles and shots used in The Guvnors does a good job of emphasising tension, emotion and body language of the characters therefore we feel using some of these ideas we could create the same atmosphere. Some shots also clearly show which characters are dominant and which are weaker. 

The Guvnors also has a good location/setting that we are able to find and film in ourselves. The setting is realistic considering the film in a youth drama. 

This is the setting used in The Guvnors from one of many angles, There are plenty of these locations in London that we can use.

This is also one of many shots used to show emotion/facial expressions and dominance.

      This is also one of the shots we decided to use in our title sequence.