AdULTHOOD (2008)
The film also received some critical success which can draw to audience towards watching the film in cinemas, the reviews come from a well know newspaper ‘The Mirror’.
The title of the film ‘AdULTHOOD’ is in black in capitals ,with the exception of the 'd', this could indicate to the viewer that the characters in this film are related to the genre but are not fully adults. The effect of the title being stylised is a very bold choice which stands out to the viewer, and the fact that the characters on the poster look like in their late teens, the title is powerful to the viewer as it is bold and stands out as on top the title of its prequel ‘Kidulthood’ is written is block capitals. The idea behind this was portrayed by the lower case letter , the 'd' is meant to represent the stage of childhood to adulthood is not yet complete.
In the foreground of the poster there is a wall which comes across as dull, the wall is also grey a very blunt colour which is a hard colour to look through, and in terms of emotions grey is often seen to be a boring colour. But the wall could reflect some of the attitudes of shown by the characters posing up against it showing hard and somewhat aggressive responses to the audiences with some of their facial expressions. This could also link to a stereotype that the young adults are aggressive and anti-social. Also, in front of the characters there is a baseball bat next to the feet of who appears to be the main protagonist, due to the contrast in his pose compared with the others characters. The bat could have a major part in the sequence of events of the film, the colour of the bat is also grey but is a metallic grey which can suggest that it is used for violent because the surroundings that the bat is located in tells the audience that it's not being looked at for it proper purpose in the game it is required for.
In the background there is a golden brown skyline which gradually gets darker as it moves toward the city skyscrapers. The skyscrapers are dark and black, which makes this suburban area look deprived as in to show that the characters don't come from a well off families, which could be the cause of some the issues raised in the film. This deeply links to the theme of social realism showing these urban areas in this way. This darkness of the buildings makes the city look somewhat dark and possibly corrupt from the way that it swirls in the air. This communicates to the target audience that it is much different to a comedy or a romance which could have nice clear blue skies and vibrant colours.
The character on the far right is wearing a black golf hat, black jacket and grey cardigan, undone dungarees and white trainers, this look could be a constant reminder of the films message where these "kids" are turn into adults, seen as the character is in smart casual clothing. The boy on the far left is dressed in binary opposition to the character on the far right, having an all-black tracksuit with a green colour on the inside of his hood, which could show that his character isn't showing any progression. This dress sense is stereotypical of what people would call ‘hoodlums’, this style was threatened by a government ideology which tried to ban it calling it antisocial behaviour. This relates to the theme as teenagers from deprived areas are associated with crime and violence. The characters that are shown are from different ethnic backgrounds which make this film poster appropriate to the target audience showing that this teenage film is based around everybody, as we all live in a multicultural society. The poster does breaks the views of stereotype where the society we live would expect the young black male to be wearing the 'hoodlum' type of clothing as it is the black male wearing the smart casual look on the furthest left and the young white male wearing the tracksuit, posing side on to the camera like he has something to hind from the audience.
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