Story board draft

Film Poster Draft

My film poster is based around the Kidulthood and Adulthood films posters. I have chosen similar Areas and settings with an intention of getting the same message across and the same feel about the film as both Kidulthood and Adulthood had. The main characters are in a conventional spot placed in the middle of the poster. The central position suggests that they are also the central attraction in the film. The title is placed in the stereotypical place in the middle and top of the poster. This is the best place as it gets the attention easier. The character on the right is sat down with his back turned which gives connotations of him being singled out or he maybe a small character in the film. The character at the back is a fair distance behind the rest of the characters. This suggests that he may be looking over the gang and he has some part to play. He is stood behind the wall which connotations that he is wanting to get involved as much as he feels he needs too, however the wall is seen as some sort of barrier that is impeding him from doing what he feels he needs to do. The character on the left is dressed as the typical british 'badboy' with the hooded jacket and peaked cap. He is slightly turned away which could suggest that he may have something against someone in the film but it doesn't give too much away about who he is going battle against.

Audience Theory

Audience Theory

Signs and Signifiers

Signs can be something that is in a physical state that we give meaning to. A signifier is something that we can physically see and make our own predictions on what it could mean, such as pictures, words, music etc. The signified is what we attach to the signifier and its meaning. Signs cannot be put together with meanings at random because people think differently due different social backgrounds and upbringings.

Hypodermic Needle Theory

The hypodermic needle theory is based around what a needle/syringe do which is injecting something into something else. For example in media the hypodermic needle is injecting ideas, attitudes and new beliefs into an audience. Films affect people and advertising now so sometimes this theory can work.

The main theory behind the hypodermic needle is that watching certain things can influence people to do things that they isn’t in their nature. For example watching crime films or games like Grand Theft Auto can lead to people copying what they see, a big example is that kids fight after watching programs such as power rangers.

Two Step Flow

The step flow says that we are more likely to be influenced and affected by the media if we discuss it with others.

We change our view on things a lot, especially if we see someone who we idolize on the tele have a certain opinion on something that you may not of agreed with at first but you will then change your opinion because of the person you idolize has a different opinion to you. These are called opinion leaders.

Uses and Gratifications Theory

We all use media for different types of use. We choose what we want to watch on tele.

Information- we may watch television to find things about what is happening in the world. This is so that we satisfy ourselves so we are not curious anymore.

Personal Identity- this is where we watch tele for models of our own behavior. For example watching soaps where characters are in similar situations or are a similar character to you.

Integration and Social Interaction- we may use the media to gain more knowledge about circumstances of other people by using sympathy or empathy.

Entertainment- the last one is that we watch stuff for enjoyment, or so we can relax or to purely pass time when there is nothing else to do.

I’m using these theories so that I can use signs to signify thing in my film trailer, I can try and use the hypodermic needle theory to try and inject some other ideas into peoples heads about British youths.

Revolver Entertainment

Revolver Entertainment

Revolver entertainment is one the biggest and leading distribution companies in the UK. It has been awarded 18 of the industries top awards for marketing excellence in the last 10 years. 
The main studios are situated in London and Los Angeles two of the biggest film places in the world. They mix their local knowledge with their international knowledge to make a formidable distribution team. 

In the Revolver business they believe that a theatrical focus is key and they are also experts in youth entertainment and exploiting and using both physical and digital home entertainment distribution channels. In a time of industry change Revolver remain at the forefront of possibility as pioneers in digital distribution, adopting new techniques and they have embraced new technology making them one step ahead of the game.

UK Film Council

The Uk Film council fund every aspect of british film in order to get the best films possible from a british background. They fund script development which enables films to have to best possible story to interest and 'wow' audiences. The UK film council beleive that with a great script a great film has a the best base to work from. They also fund in film culture so that all there films can attract a big audience. Having different cultures gives the film a better chance of a wider audience which also means that the film is more likely to be succesfull in money and profits.

They fund british cinema which is a massive boost towards a succesful film as having a film which has a great viewing increases DVD sales aswell as the money made from the cinema. The cinema fund also helps viewers have the best cinema experince by having the best quality sound and picture for the best possible enjoyment.

One of the most important parts of funding goes to the exporting a distribution of british film. Giving extra funds towards films helps films become exported to areas that will relate and enjoy most to get the best possible profits.

I would be looking for some funding from the Uk Film council as I will not have a huge budget to spend on actors and editing my film.

Pathe Research

Story Idea

Story first draft and ideas

Blue= Scenes

Red= Important Scenes

1.    Gang related storyline.

2.    Trouble causing gang

3.    One gang member finds a girl

4.    Gang do not know about this relationship

5.    Girl doesn’t know what past and what the gang member is like, she doesn’t know that he is a gang member

6.    He gets to know her family and he gets close to her dad who is a police officer that has just moved to the area

7.    Gang start to get suspicions about relationship as he hasn’t been with them for a while and confront him

8.    He denies the relationship

9.    He ignores texts from his girlfriend

10.                  They get into trouble when the new policemen arrests on gang member and the other tries to attack the officer but in defence uses his truncheon and puts the other gang member in hospital

11.                  The other gang members plan to get back at the policemen

12.                  They see their gang member meet up with the girl and they follow back to there house and see that the officer is her dad.

13.                  The gang decides to throw an ultimatum at him, giving him an opportunity to repay for what has happened to there mate.

14.                  His girlfriend then finds out that he Is part of that gang, but she understands that he has been with her when all those problems were happening and asks him to leave them for good as they are holding him back.

15.                  He now has to make a final decision, Stick with the girl he loves or go back to the group that he has grown up with and get back at her dad?

Kidulthood finished Textual Analysis

Camera shots/Angels From Adulthood To Show Facial Expression

I did some research looking at snap shots of the films kidulthood and adulthood. I was looking at the angles that show power of the characters. Many of the characters have there power in a certain way as many of them have lower angled shots looking up at them.



This snapshot denotes a character staring at the gun that he is holding. His facial expressions connote that he may use this as he looks like his looking at the gun as an answer to a problem he may be up against.

In this snapshot there is text saying there is "nowhere to run" which would suggest why he looks emotional as he can't escape from what is troubling him. He also looks quite angry in his face which may suggest that he has nothing to lose as he can't go anywhere so there is nothing that he can lose. The only thing he can do is gain something from the situation.

This snapshot shows the distress and emotion of the character. The blood and cuts on his face suggest that this is something personal to him and that he has had to fight.

This snapshot is medium close up which shows the posture and some clothing of the character. The character looks like he is looking to do something bad as he has an aggressive look on his face.








In this snapshot the background is crucial as this is where all the trouble started off in the first sequel in KIdULTHOOD. This is the last scene in AdULTHOOD and it is where the trouble is settled with the weapon that killed 'Trife' being the main weapon once again.

In this snapshot the camera is slightly lower to show the slight power difference. We can see who has the power in this scene from the costume. The suit show that he has more authority than 'Sam' who has a hoodie like the stereotypical gang member.






In this snapshot the camera is angled low so the character looks like he is powerful and that he will not stop at anything as he is made to look bigger than any other character at this point. The bridge in the background helps make the character 'Jay' look even bigger as he looks superior in height making him stand out even more.

Green street Textual Analysis

Kidulthood Textual Analysis

Adulthood Textual Analysis

Bullet Boy Textual Analysis

Trailer Research on Adulthood and fast 5