kiaran movie analysis

7/29/2019 Kiaran movie analysis

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I have created this document to explore different posters under the genre of Social Real-

ism, this is for research to allow us to create our poster for our short film, allowing it to re-

late to other posters already created for films.

This is England

This film poster is used in for the film This is England directed by Shane Meadows. The

poster includes all the main characters standing next to each other, this indicates that they

are all friends, which can also be told from the way that their dressed very similar to each

other. The flats in the background connotes that the characters in the film live in a poor

area, this relates to the genre of social realism as most storylines from this genre revolve

around the poorer people of society whos perception of life is more of a struggle. This film

is based in the 80s, in order to get this point across to the audience the creators of the

poster have dressed the characters in a style of that generation in order for the viewers to

understand that the film is based on life at that time. The males are mainly wearing jeans

that are tightly fitted and boots, the females also dress similar to the males, which con-

trasts to the dress sense of people in todays society. My social realism short film is mainly

based in a school, therefore in order to show this to our target audience we would need tophotograph our characters in their school uniforms, for example.


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The poster has been graphed out so that the title and the slogan can be clearly seen

against the fence. The ratings from newspapers and movie awards are located at the top

of the page which contrast heavily with the sky blue background.

Kidulthood

Kidulthood is a social realism film which is based around the lives of teenagers living in

central London who are influenced badly leading them to do commit crimes.

The settingof the film shows that it is based in a rough part of a city, the characters are sit-

ting on a roof with a contrast of the dark area in the background. The characters all appear

to be threatening, there is an ethnic mix in the group which relates to todays society. The

males are all dressed darkly which relates to gangs, whereas the females are dressed in

lighter colours, which suggests that their innocent. The characters look as if their standing

on a tarmac rooftop, some of them are sitting on a concrete block which makes the area

look very industrial.

The colours are dark and grimy which relates to the nature of the poorer part of society.

Compared to the other posters, the colours of this poster look a lot more unnatural com-


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pared to the other posters, this connotes that the funding of the film has been larger and

the films havent been made independently like Fishtank and This is England.

The font is bold and clear, it contrasts with the darker colours of the poster, the i in the title

is the only letter which is lowercase, this relates to the age of the characters in the film and

connotes that the characters think that their old, but in reality they are just a small part of

the bigger world.

Fishtank

Fishtank is a film about a young girl who is growing up in an estate, the film highlights the

struggle of life in a poorer part of society. This film poster is different from the ones I have

previously analysed, this poster only contains one character who is gazing out of the win-

dow, there is no exterior setting on this poster. But it can easily be assumed that the main

character in this film does not live in a rich environment due to the rips and graffiti on the

walls.


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There is no exterior setting on this poster, the background shows what looks like the main

characters room. There is rips in the wallpaper, graffiti and paint marks on the wall. The

colour of the wall is a creamy colour, which contrasts to the title and actor names. The

main character is wearing hooped earrings and a cheap necklace which shows the class

of the character. These hints indicate to any potential viewer that the film will be based

around the working class.

The font is very bold and clear, the colour of the main title signifies that the film is mainly

about the girl on the poster.


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