harry brown opening analysis

Harry Brown opening 

the titles begins out of focus zoomed out. we then begin to hear a voice of a male character muted. his use of language clearly shows he is from London due to his use of slang. He begins to talk about drugs showing that this film will be based on criminal activity based around gang related actions.

as we get our first visual we here a young male say ' are you ready to become a man'. this stereotypical behaviour could show how Londoners are seen in society. they are represented as a gang straight away through the mis en scene presented to us. for example, everybody in the scene has their hood up showing they are a gang as they are peer pressuring a male youth to 'become a man'.

the idea of a phone filming the scene gives us a perspective of their age and shows that these boys are late teens. The graffiti on the wall as it means 'gang members are making their mark'(Joshua Teanow). This could show the social issues in and around the area. 

when the man goes to take the drug being given to him his use of vocabulary seems more formal showing he is not use to this type of lifestyle buts he says ' he knows what it is'. as he is taking the substance another member says ' light him up' meaning to light the substance.after he has taken the drug the gang member says ' lets talk about faze two' at this point the audience are aware this is some type of initiation.

we then see the gang member handing over a gun to the boy ' you're a member  for life now ' this underlines the fact that this group of boys is a fact and shows this theme of crime will run throughout the movie. as he takes the gun the rest of the boys begin to celebrate.

shortly after this the scene cuts to a young male riding a dirt bike driving extremely fast swearing. this could show the young man in the last seen reacting to these drugs through the camera technique could be connoting dizziness as it is shaking. the area being presented is a typical gang area as we see a tower block and graffiti everywhere. the bike suddenly haults by a women he then begins to shoot at the women as she trys to escape with her baby but is tragically shot. 

the bike then skids off again and is hit by a van and we notice there was two people on the bike. at this point all the audience here is the impact of the van and the engine after they have fallen.