Year: 1995
Looking at:
- Performance
- Mise-en-scene
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Sound
1. Performance:
- right at the beginning the person is angry- we don't know why
- 2 groups: 1 group is calm while the others are trying to make the other's angry by dancing
- looks of determination
- clearly set against each other
- distance between the men and the police shows that they're not meant to get along
- angry characters
- talks to himself
- Vinz's family seem close even though no-one seems happy
- difference in character; one calm while the other never stops talking
- hubert with punchbag- distancing himself from the other men
- the man cooking hot-dogs- he's calm until Saiid steals one and you can see his annoance (he chases him)
- difference btween Saiid and his brother
- closeness of men and policemen shows that there may be further conflict on the way
- wherever they go they take stuff be it hotdogs and use stuff that isn't theirs like using a friend's tv set. They sort of make it their home
- they talk very fast and when they argue they all argue all at once
- later when they're all sat down. This could be their sort of ranking within the group
- the gormless look on Vinz's face- the look of determination
- Vinz NEVER seems to be happy
- not shaking hands show friction within the group and space between both Hubert and Vinz
- pushing Saiid away- another sign of seperation
- DJ prepares himself; his face, his hat, his t-shirt
- Saiid also talks to himself in the mirror
- Saiid's eyes widen when he's anxious
- when the policemen put on his hat- gives him even more authority
- Hubert's does a lot of different things- this sets up her character
- cigarettes add to the environment in which the 3 characters live in
- they openly say what they think about the opposition
2. Mise-en-scene:
- the same setting- graffetti
- the same clothes- signifies their social status and inequality
- the characters all seem to be shifty
- the gun- the main prop- it's the only power they have
- they are outcasts
- anger is their main defence mechanism
- drugs and cigarettes- culture and criminal world that they're caught up in
3. Cinematography:
- the spectator is part of the gang
- near the poster we walk behind the gang
- this is the same in the hospital
- all dark- their background
- lots of close-ups
- the characters are framed by windows, doors and fences
- documentary filming- the news on the tv- the camera not alaways being steady
- wide-shots- shopping mall- emptiness of their lives
