Elements Of Chosen Thriller Film

BULLET BOY - TRAILER:

The film I have chosen to evaluate on elements is: Bullet Boy, which was released in cinemas on April 8th, 2005. 

Firstly, throughout this film, there are many different camera shots, which are used to make a certain scene more interesting, and create a certain vibe to it. For example, when Ashley is having a chat with his younger brother towards to end, 4 different shots are used throughout, to show lots of emotion between the two characters. During this scene, there is a also a close up of each characters face, which adds emotion, as it showed how sad they were. In my opinion, it indicated that something bad was going to happen, and it did. It turned out that this was the last time they would see each other, as the older brother went out and was shot. This shows me, that specific camera angles can indicate certain things, and I will certainly take this into consideration for future projects. 

Editing was also used in an extremely clever way. An excellent example of this, is when Ashley's friend is in the shop buying food for himself. It cuts to his car outside, and two people with baseball bats about to smash it up. It keeps cutting between the two scenes, whilst the car is being hit, and the man is paying for his food. I believe this is very clever, as it is showing two opposite emotions. Anger and happiness. However, once the man walks out of the shop, the roles are reversed. He is now the angry one, and the two who destroyed his car are the happy ones. This was all made possible with the clever use of editing. I firmly believe this is something my group will take into consideration when filming our final project, as it is very effective. 

Finally, the use of Mise En Scene is very well constructed. It keeps to the generic stereotypes of things such as: youths, parents and cultures. An example of this, is the youths who begin to smash up the car both have hoods on. This is very stereotypical view of a youth on the streets of London, and the directors have kept to this. It en-captures the viewer, and enables us to think whether other parts of the film are also based on stereotypical views. In my opinion, a film which bases its views on lots of stereotypes can be very interesting, but so can a film which doesn't, as it can keep you guessing. 

All in all, I really enjoyed this films, and the elements in the film enabled me to. It is a big inspiration to me and my own work, and has got me thinking on a lot of things, such as: in my groups short thriller, should we stick to stereotypes or not? It has been very helpful to me.