Unit 1 - Attack The Block Case Study Analysis

Mise-En-Scène


Setting:
Set in a council estate in South London in the late evening on bonfire night. We follow young teens trying to fight back the alien invaders. It's a very urban setting, being in London, and the general locations filmed at are all built up areas.


Costume:
The main characters we follow in the film are a group of teenage city boys. As seen in the first scene they are somewhat of a gang so wear clothing to match. Quite dark clothes, hoodies, jeans/joggers and trainers. They also have knives on them to add to the sense that they are hooligans. BMX's and other bikes are also a common prop used by the boys to make their gangster likeness more realistic.


Lighting:
A lot of the lighting in the film is very dark. Most of it in a blue and black range giving it that Sci-Fi nature to the film as well as the horror aspect. A lot of bright quick flashes used too which links to the action side of the film.



Sound
The sound in the film spans across a large area of genre. Eerie music and sound effects are used for the horror moments and suspense in the film. Spooky sound effects of creaking and alien noises are commonly used. In the moments of high adrenaline and fast pace action scenes, faster music is used to emphasise the moment and keep the audience transfixed. To make the setting realistic there are a lot of city noises used throughout the film such as sirens, cars horns and crowds.

Editing

Camera