Research of similar films

1. Bullet boy

An inner-city London boy named Ricky has served time in Prison for a stabbing, however tries to turn his life around. He gets involved in a lot of unavoidable conflict and has no option but to try and save himself and his friend Wisdom.

This narrative is surprisingly very similar to ours as it still portrays prison and unexpected conflict. The character in this film goes through similar events to overcome confrontation through desperation. In the trailer it is clear there are conventions and aspects of that film that are very similar to ours. There is clearly a struggle to keep a relationship going however remains passionate and emotional throughout. The majority of the film is set on the streets just like our scene however with them being in the suburbs, we have used the city centre. 

 

2. Sugarhouse



Tom, a middle class working man finds himself lost of everything when he loses his job and his girlfriend in the same week. Thinking he must end it all, he ventures to a squat in East London in attempt to purchase a gun from a homeless crack addict named D. However the gun doesn't belong to D and the owner Hoodwink wants the gun back. Hoodwink goes on a revenge path and Tom find himself in a lot of trouble and abuse.

This film includes some major conventions that are similar to how we have also tried to portray our film to the audience such as guns, violence, clothing and drug dealing. In the trailer to Sugarhouse, the area in which it is set is a lot more similar to ours as it includes a vast amount of graffiti which is seen in almost every shot of the trailer.  The area also has the neglected look with very low-key lighting which emphasizes danger throughout. Another aspect which is very closely relatable to ours is the amount and type of violence which is portrayed.

3.Kidulthood



Three teenagers and their girlfriends spend two days in London. They struggle to stay on the right side of the law as they grow up in a mixed income area of London. The story follows a pregnancy of one of the girls, drug taking and violence.

This film trailer I have also studied includes the characters wearing hoodies, smoking, fleeing from trouble, being on the streets and violence; which we have also included. This film is probably the most relatable to our film because the characters are of a younger age and so the situations and emotions are very similar to what we experience. Naturally its harder to relate to an older adult as ages deal with situations differently. This film reflects the fact that the young generation are trying to be older than we are and so emotions and physical aspects of this film are very strongly relatable.