Adulthood

The second opening movie sequence i looked at was Adulthood which was also a movie in the gangster genre. There were more examples of sound, editing, camera and mise en scene used in the opening sequence. 

To start off with i will to talk about sound which was used in the opening sequence which was hip hop music which related with the movie Adulthood as it symbolised the gangster genre. The artists who sing hip hop music are usually also gangster so it mixes in with the Adulthood opening sequence quite well. The dialogue used in the movie is slang which is how gangsters talk which makes the film more realistic because if they have posh accents it wouldn't sound so good.

Next, i will talk about the editing which were in the opening 2 minutes of Adulthood. Their were frequent cuts which appeared in the opening scene showing what was happening and which also shown what type of area it was which was quite clearly an urban area like South London. Their were also scenes which were in slow motion and some scenes which were a little faster to show you around to give you the idea that it was a crazy neighbourhood. Their were also a scene where it shown two different places which gave us the thought that it was a busy place and that alot of things were happening at once.  

Thirdly, i am going to talk about the camera techniques used in the first 2 minutes of Adulthood. Their is an estbalishing shot to show everything which was taking place in the scene. It was shown as a very dangerous area when their were medium shots showing people smoking and drinking alcohol would tell the audience straight away that it was going to be a bad neighbourhood.

The Mise en scene which was used in the movie Adulthood were mostly baggy clothing like long chains, baggy t shirts, hats, branded trainers e.g. nike, adidas, Hoodies and expensive jewellery to clearly state to the audience that they were gangsters. The weapons used in the scene also shown that they were gangsters the way that most of them carried a gun or a knife to protect themselves. Many of the characters in the scene were disrespectful to each other which shown they were mean people. This is shown when in the first two minutes someone is getting robbed and then gets shot on the leg.