Kidulthood

A good example of mise-en-scene, is the film 'Kidulthood'.We could identify what type of film it was in just the first 10 minutes. The films beginning is set in a school playground. We could see this as the characters were dressed in school uniform. They wore blazers, ties and school shirts which gives us the vision that they are all in the school premises. We can see people smoking in the school grounds which gives us an impression that they are rule breakers and rebellious. A lot of the characters were wearing tracksuits and hats. We could tell they were chavs from the beginning. The girls wore big hoop earrings with their hair scraped back into a high side ponytail.


The lighting was brighter in side the classrooms and darker when the characters are outside. The more dominant characters are in groups. Alot of the main characters were positioned in the background. Other students were  walking in front of the camera. In the classroom scene, there was a low angle point of view shot. The audience were seeing the girl shout down to the camera. There was an extreme close up of the boy in the DT block with the glasses on drilling. This showed just his eyes to show his concentration. At the very beginning, there was panning. The camera showed the boys playing football and then the other people in the playground. When the camera is focusing on the football, they used tracking to follow the football from one person to another. Zoom was also used to focus on the main characters so you can identify who is talking.

Throughout the small clip we saw, a number of facial expressions being shown. When the girl was getting beaten up, she had a fearful face. The girl who watched it happen looked shocked and helpless.