Bullet Boy

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Bullet Boy

• Social Political Study
• Living with Crime

LO Identify how crime is represented in Bullet
Boy
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Bullet Boy - RECAP

• PLOT a Todorov diagram for the main events in
  Bullet Boy
• Equilibrium
• Disequilibrium
• Attempted Repair
• New Equilibrium

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Equilibrium Ricky released from prison, Curtis
happy to see him, Mum throws party
Disequlibrium Wisdom smashes gang members car
wing mirror Wisdom gives Ricky the gun Wisdom
shoots the other gangs dog Rio gets shot
New equilibrium Curtis throws gun in
river Ricky is dead
Attempted restoration Ricky tries to make peace
with other gang member Curtis apologises for
shooting Rio
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So how is crime represented in Bullet Boy?

• What crimes are evident?
• Make a list

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Gang culture
Crime out of boredom Curtis Rio
Hierarchy and reputation
Never ending cycle of crime no choice - Winston
CRIME IN BULLET BOY
One parent families
Low income household, estate living
Crime out of poverty
Revenge
Gun crime
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How are these crimes represented through the
micro elements?
Really Useful Website http//www.screenonline.org
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Costume To compare Kidulthood and Bullet Boy,
the costume used in both films is very similar to
one another. Verisimilitude is created as the
audience can relate to this as this is what
teenagers are more likely to wear. It fits the
films genre. Lighting Low key lighting is
mainly used to portray the mood and atmosphere in
the first scene where Rickys house is getting
raided. The film mainly uses low lighting, this
could be because of the budget the film was made
on or this could be on purpose.
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• Make Up The make-up used within the trailer is
  very brutal due to the fact that there is a lot
  of violence being shown which gives the make-up
  artists the chance to create make-up which is
  very detailed and full, for example, the
  characters show a lot of cuts and bruises.
• Props Throughout the trailer, there are many
  props used such as guns, torches, handcuffs etc.
  This connotes that the film will be based around
  crime as there are many scenes in the trailer
  which show the males in the characters being
  arrested or put at gun point. This allows the
  audience to be familiar with the genre and also
  have an idea about the narrative of the film.
• Setting Bullet Boy's improvisatory methods and
  use of non-actors enhance its verisimilitude, the
  black characters and the urban setting illustrate
  this. The settings and locations of Bullet Boy
  play a major role in the plot. This setting
  contains very dark lighting.

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• Representations Bullet Boy represents teenagers
  in a very stereotypical way, it fulfils the
  stereotype that the media portray of youths. The
  trailer starts with the main characters house
  being raided this implies that he is the criminal
  rather than the victim. This is exactly how the
  media portrays young black boys. Later on in this
  trailer you see Rickys sibling, Kurtis, holding
  a gun, confused and curious. This suggests that
  black people get into the whole criminal vibe at
  a young age.
• Language Bullet Boy uses a lot of modern day
  slang, this is mostly used by teenagers in
  society.
• Target Audience The target audience for this
  film is mainly aimed at people aged between
  15-24, the film itself attempts to represent a
  serious number of issues of what some teenagers
  growing up in today's society have to go through
  this explains why so many people who are in this
  age group may watch it. There is also a very
  realistic approach within this film as most of
  the actors and actresses are within this age
  group and therefore know what others their age go
  through.

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• Sound First scene is shouting the words "Get
  on the floor now" are heard "Hands behind your
  head" and "Is there anything in this room we
  should know about" can also be heard. This has
  already represented Ricky as a criminal for the
  fact that his mothers house has been raided. The
  music doesn't begin until several seconds into
  the trailer. Music begins with a foreboding piano
  until the trailer picks up visual pace, the music
  then escalates into hip hop
• Camera Shots The use of hand-held cameras to
  capture a real flavour of the streets and the
  council estate ambiance. Realism is created
  through the use of camera angles. Close ups and
  establishing shots were mostly used during the
  trailer. The close up shot was used to show the
  emotion of a character, hopefully creating a
  bond, while the establishing shot was used to
  represent the are in which the film was shot.