Kidulthood Trailer Analysis

Narrative
Kidulthood is a British drama based in West London, which tells a story of three friends who face difficult situations and soon realise that life come at a price. Based on a bunch of school kids who result differently to the problems they face in their lives, mainly about; sex, drugs, and money.

Props
we see a range of props being used throughout the trailer, especially during the clips where violence is taking place, we see a lot of guns, and baseball bats being used as a weapon, this relates to crime and makes us aware of how much it is going on around us in society today. These props are used to attack people this creates enigma as we worry on what will happen to these characters who are being attacked.

Costumes
The costume worn in the film by the characters is mainly hooded clothing e.g. Tracksuit and trainers, with dark colouring. This represents the way many teenagers dress today in society. With many of the characters wearing hoods, it represents the major issue of crime within today's teenagers as they wear hooded pieces of clothing when committing a crime to cover their identity, which you may also be able to see within the trailer.

Lighting
there is not much use of lighting as its mainly low key which makes it very realistic and there are no special effects. However, form the trailer were violence is taking place the lighting is very dark and dim just as the bits when their outside because the lighting then as well is dim. This symbolises the dull atmosphere being given of, and the darkness of the film. It could also represent evil commencing. In the beginning of the trailer the lighting is bright as there at a party this emphasises on the excitement going on.

Setting
the setting is in a corrupted area where a lot of violence is taking place, around their school area. It is on Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road where crime is most common and we see the most o f violence taking place.