Film poster one..Kidulthood.

Kidulthood

The film poster to the film 'Kidulthood' doesn’t give away much about the film. However in the picture a young lad is holding a baseball bat . In a normal picture this could look harmless, as someone could be going to play a sport, however the lad holding this bat is wearing all dark with his hood up, standing on the walkway of what looks like a city. The picture also appears in dull black and white with some hint of colour in things such as clothing, however it gives a 'sad' or 'gloomy' feeling as the sky and walls are grey. The picture features seven young teenagers which gives away the target audience for this film. The title also gives this away as 'before adulthood comes ... kidulthood' this is the expression given to the time in someone’s life when they are maturing from children into adults usually known as the teenage years. The word 'Kidulthood' is neologism, which means a word or expression made up from existing words and added to the English language. It’s used because it sounds better than the word 'teenagehood'. All seven youths look like working class and from state school education as they all have a 'rough' look about them. Out of the four lads only one is white, two black and one mixed race. In the media, black and mixed-race boys are stereotyped as trouble-makers and gangsters, which is what this film is about. All four lads are wearing hoodies, which is another type of clothing worn by 'gangsters' and is an ideal type of clothing to cover there faces in times where they don’t want their identity known. The expressions on all of their faces also shows the mood of the film as all seven are either scowling or have a solemn look about them.