Genre

•Drama/ Comedy

•Drama; themes and messages

•However comedic; editing, non- digetic and digetic, i.e. : ‘it was just a starting gun’, also names (Zico Marzetti, Benny Bould, Jock of the Spoono)

•Conventions followed and challenged; Micro elements such as camera angles, however editing challenges conventions

•Music changes genre; upbeat music, jolly sound (i.e. ‘lazy Sunday afternoons)

Media Language

Level shot Centre of shot

CU

Sweating, worried

Depth of field; character

Interview room, wrongdoing

Framing; centre of attention ?

Lighting; black and white, sets mood

Media language

•Meaning; comedic, kamikaze fighting

•Camera in fight scenes; hand held, frantic

•Fast cuts and cross cutting; pace, reference to past because of voiceover

•Local shop, streets, daylight; amateurish, small time

Representations•Rough urban setting; working class

•Clothing suggests status; woolly hat, dark clothing

•CU suggests, vulnerability, jail

•Accents representation of criminal; Scottish accent, slang, dodgy

•Guns, knifes; danger, desperation

•Skinheads, tattoos, plasters; violence, endure pain, evidence of damage

•Benny ;don’t expect panicking and softness from skinhead

•Suits; higher status, ‘mafia’ because ‘Marzetti’

Titles/Institution

•Bold font; clear and easy to read

•Position; whole screen, recognise characters, also why being questioned

•Big arty production; sarcasm reflects his intention

•In the style of old cinema; Charlie Chaplin style

•End credits; Light hearted because of picture, Shane Meadows