Kidulthood

Hanway Films, Stealth Films and Cipher films distributed this film. They are all independent distributors.

The film opens showing a school at lunch break with children playing football, while middle class student Blake (Nicholas Hoult) gives out invitations to a party. The scene switches to Trevor (Aml Ameen) using the drill press, boring out an unseen object later found out to be converting a replica gun into a real one. Alisa (Red Madrell) comments on how she "doesn't feel well" and thinking about not attending the party, but her best friend Becky (Jaime Winstone) encourages her to go. We see Sam (Noel Clarke) spitting into Katie's hair and asking her where his girlfriend Claire (Madeleine Fairley) is, but Katie says she doesn't know. Jay (Adam Deacon) is seen kissing and fingering Claire; she asks Jay if he is scared and he replies negatively. After break, Sam and his gang encounter Trife, Moony and Jay and after insulting them and forcing them to pose for pictures, steal Jays sister's Game Boy and slaps Trife. In class, Trife defends Katie from a group of girls led by Sam, beating her up.

The opening scene of Kidulthood is quite long. It crosscuts between scenes which are happening at the same time. There are a variety of camera shots used. the close ups of the one guy in the workshop show that what he is doing is secretive, we are not shown what he is doing just that he is drilling something. the whole atmosphere seem realistic of a school. School unidforms, young teenagers, slang and attitude, this makes it seem realistic.

For the first 2 minutes there a soundtrack that plays, in the background there is typical sounds of a school day, chatter and noise. The mise-en-scene is presented very well and it is very easy for the audience to understand what is happening and where it is happening.