"Bullet Boy"

Director: Saul Dibb
Year: 2004

Narrative features:

• relationships

Locations/settings:

• use of a baron landscape
• block flats
• narrow streets
• flat- safety net
• flat- not safe once the gun squad come into their home

Narrative structure:

• lots of frames of landscapes to pass the time
• pov shots- part of the gang
• happened within a few days
• repeated shot of Ricky in bed in the morning to show the days going by

Characterisation:

• the mum hasn't got much money but is still trying to hold things together
• Ricky is an 'anti- hero'
• Curtis the 12 year old brother is mature as the film progresses
• The brothers are parallel to each other, brotherly influence
• the friends in this film are like the friends in Sweet Sixteen

Ideology:

• mostly black
• most adults smoke
• the white people are like opposition: policeman, man in van and the gun squad

Genre features:

• documentary style like Sweet Sixteen
• matching shots
• parallel action- night club and the house party
• R&B music (culture) and 1960's music (when he's happy)- reflects the narrative
• central London is in the distance- he will never get there: it's ironic