Film influences and comparisons

One film which hugely influenced the idea of our film was "Kidulthood" by Noel Clark. In this film teenagers are clearly targeted as the film contains generic conventions of an Urban Drama film. This includes having teenage characters, and encoding issues which are specific to teenagers into the narrative such as drug abuse, violence and teenage pregnancy - our media product shares these themes and youth subculture themes. Another factor that Kidulthood has in common with our film is the camerawork techniques, such as the high-angle shot used to show Katie after she has been pushed to the floor by Sam. This positions the audience to look down on her, which suggests how weak and defenceless she is towards her oppressors. This triggers the audience to feel sympathetic towards her. This is a similarity to our film as there is a scene where Veronica is being pushed around and beaten by her pimp Rodney which shows her powerlessness and fragility. Lots of close-up shots are used to portray Trevor's facial expressions when he is cutting the man's face.These help to convey how traumatising it is for him and how scared he is. Our fim also uses close-up shots to help magnify to the audience how real the emotions that Veronica is feeling are.