Film: Historic.

For my film I have chosen Kidulthood.



Producer: Damian Jones - also produced sequel Adulthood. 

British drama film about young teenagers in West London.
The characters in the film behave in a violent and lawless manner. They are portrayed as being reckless and anti- social young people.
They all the have stereotypical 'chav' image.

Reviews

• The Guardian - 'a rolllicking UK youth ride'
• The Times - 'it takes all the violence, sex and intoxication experienced in teenage life and condense it into a single day.'
• Rotten Tomatoes - This British drama follows a day in the lives of four poor youths living in an impoverished neighborhood in West London, where the pressure and desperation of poverty propels each of them towards the choice between a life of bleakness, violence, and crime, and the terrifying prospect of striving for a better life

Trailer of film:

Screen Shots

This screen shot from the film shows an extreme close up of one of the young characters in the film. She appears to be smoking an illegal substance but its obvious she does not care that she is underage, taking illegal drugs which has serious effects as she is just staring straight into the camera with not a care in the world. In the film she is portrayed as a typical 'chav' which you can also tell from this picture as she has her hair pushed back and is wearing big gold hooped earrings and a big gold chain. Also by the way she is staring into the camera may show that she thinks she looks 'good' or 'bad' and smoking drugs may make her look 'cool', which most people think that is what chavs think of themselves. 


This screen shot shows two guys from the film clearly in a violent situation. The are both wearing sports gear and are wearing hates and one has both a hat and their hoodie up which is another typical 'chav' look. The screen shot shows that one guy is point as knife or some sort of dangerous weapon in the other guys face clearly showing that they are violent and lawless. The guy has a very annoyed and angry facial expression as he clearly isn't taking the fact that a weapon is being held up again his face very well. This realistically portrays that young teenagers are very violent and use weapons aimlessly to show that they are 'hard' or 'tough' when they are actually seen as the weaker ones. 




This screen shot shows a character from the film drinking alcohol. She is clearly drinking underage and is sat on the floor in a dark alley way judging by the background she is in a public place so town center etc. She is by herself so her drinking clearly isn't for enjoyment or being sociable but she may be drinking because of certain problems she is facing or because she may be an alcoholic which most chavs are seen as and also by looking at this picture most people would say she is a chav because of the points made above and the fact that only the working class people who sit on the floor in a dark alley way and drink. This again portrays the fact that young teenagers/chavs do not care about others or the public around them and they will do as they please meaning they will drink underage in public.