Analysing Attack The Block

introduction

• Genre – Hybrid Genre (Urban Comedy Sci-Fi• Date of Release – 13th May 2011• Director – Joe Cornish• Producer – Nira Park • Production Company's - UK Film Council, Stage 6 Films, Studio Canal

and Film4 Productions

Settings

The background suggested that’s its in London.If you look close all the big bright building are far down and the block its at the front which gives the impression that its going to be far from the big buildings more on the blocks and housing states

Its very unclear you cant see, which suggests something bad is going to happen, as you can see there's lighting rock kind of thing falling from the sky which its defiantly sign of danger

On the poster the asteroids falling from the sky gives the film a connection to a sci-fi element this help identify the genre for the audience and widens the target audience by making the film a hybrid genre.

The font and size of the title help create an enigma code which attracts the targets audience.

The Tagline on the poster ‘inner city VS outer space automatically Delivers a per-conceptions of the binary opposition to the constructed audience.

Characters

The film makers constructed the poster to appeal to a wider audience as the characters are all from different ethnic background which suggest that the movie conveys ethnic stereotype which make people want to see how they are presented.

By adding a 30 year old man who is presented a stoner unemployed lazy man this helps widen the target audience as unemployed man what to see how they are represented and also widens the audience with the comedy aspect of his characters role.

The characters clothing also engages the audience by representing teenagers and widening the audience as the teens what to know how they are perceived.

21 yr. old female Student helps widen the target audience and appeal to more women to think that its not all young teenagers, and it also makes it very interesting

Institutional Promotion

Attack the block has also included a social media page for the film. This assists audience when gathering information on the film. Having a social medias for a movie is a smart idea to engage and also resaves feedback and also widen the audience as there are over 2 billion people on Facebook they see the film like it, and it shares so more people will see it.