Media representation

In this text the male protagonist is being represented as an influenced child he is only 12 years old, which shows he is vulnerable as easlily influenced by issues which he can relate to. males together are being represented as two types, one= the skinheads, who are shown to be violent agressive and RACISTS. this is one of the main themes which is continuous througout the film. the other type of men is those who stand down, men who will not stand up for what is right. women are also presented as being sex objects in need of a man, as shown in the film when a teenage girl tries to have sexual relationships with the 12 year old boy. women are also presented as being inferior to men but at the same time superior there is a swtich in the film of women (one in particular) roles. Children are also presented as growing up to fast, and being forced into commitments far from there reach at thier age.



The representation of minorities in this film would have been accurate for the time which it is representing (the 80's) were racism was huge, making the films representation of those days accurate to some extent. the film has been shot with low budget and shows the gritty ends of Nottinghamshire to give the effect of living in the 80's in that time. the issue of racism is shown to be a undercover but an out there subject everyone is aware that racism exist however it is nenevr brought to the attnetion of the police or stood up for by other people.


Media Languages and Forms

There are black white and asian people presented in the film, they represent the differences people shared in the 80's when racism was present. sex drugs and violence are also shown in the film they denote what they are, but connote the wrong ways they are abused, the sex drugs and violence are shown to a young boy who does not have the capability to understand what they all mean, but instead is taught to abuse drugs and the topic of sex, and use violence towards what he is taught to be right, which is fight against the minorities and become a racist.

the soundtrack is ironic as there is a raggae soundtrack throughout the film, even though it originates from the blacks, it is used to create a sense of unfairness where certain aspects of the blacks culture can be used and enjoyed blacks as a whole were ruled out and faught against because of thier colour.

clothing apprecaites the 80's cultures and trends, the youngt boy is dressed up in what today would be reffered as a "chav" ben sherman shirt and Dr Martins...however then it would have been what people were wearing. there are several images of the young boy swearing with an angry face, this connotes the result opf influencing a child about violence.

there are several close up shots when moods change, the scene at the end when violence is present there are close ups of the dead body. this shows the significance of violence in the film

Narrative

the narritive structure follows elemants of and equilibrium at the start where bullying is present, a resolution when the young boy makes freinds, hight of the film is when the young boy is influenced and follows the racists, resolution is when a black man is killed infront of the childs eyes.



the audience are lead into shock due to the issues raised in the film as they are not present in todays day and age. the film is there to also educate the audience of the issues of the 80's and how they affected the direction of racism in the UK from the 80's onwards.



Genre

the genre belongs to a british violent/racist film

it follows the trend of violoence and rasicm, the characters follow thier given roles, however the young boy fulfills a role of change in character at the end of the film where he finds his influencers to be wrong and that racism is wrong. the audience can sympathise for his vulnerability due to his young age, they however label his influencer into being the villain and the young boys first friend into being the hero...

Media Audiences
this text is directed to teenagers who should be aware of the issues this country has had in the past about racism, it is applicable to youthsw as they deal with the same issues of acceptance at school, the cases of bullying and getting into a bad crowd...the text also relates to an older genration as the film was not set too long ago, the year i was born infact, which makes it relevant to people aged 20 + who would have been growing up in that particualr time. the text would appeal to both white and other ethnicities as it deals with issues which can affect any ethnicity...