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In
Settings- in America- in 1984- November/thanksgiving
Themes- gangs, growing up in a rough environment, violence, survival, friendship
Icons- blood on the floor, guns, bins, police
Narrative- first sequence night before- kids walking- classroom- getting talked to by teachers
Characters- children
Textual analysis
graphic match blood goes yellow and dissolves into kids drawing kids talking about death on the way to school
mise en scene
Costume- one boy wearing tracksuit and cap shows gang symbols
Lighting- at the start pitch black screen with background noise, high key
Action- zooms in on a stop sign as if warning you not to go there
Makeup
Props- rubbish all around the crime scene shows it wasn't cleaned up properly, pull down near map and wall phone signifies time period
Setting- America 1984
-clothes on main boy shows higher education
-president poster has bullet hole to show they are unhappy with the president
-zooms in on a stop sign telling you not to go there
-rubbish all over the floor, garbage cans everywhere to show rough neighbourhood
Sound
-police sirens use digetic sound to highlight the message on the screen at the start
-3 loud gunshots when the camera zooms on the crime scene
-curious backing track when entering the alleyway could represent the children's curiosity
-cold wind sound when children collide shows kids hostility
Editing
-kids get lots of screen time
-graphic match blood+drawing
-transition fighting in class>fighting in the street
-facts about death with black people
Camera
-zoom in on stop sign blood- red violence
-camera follows the kids into the crime scene in a wide angle shot to show their innocence and the magnitude of the gun violence
-camera looked at everything but the teacher when teaching shows inaccuracy
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