The film Kidulthood follows a conventional narrative structure with a beginning, middle, and end. In the beginning, we are introduced to the characters including Sam, who is established as the villain. The middle of the film shows increasing violence and conflict, as well as a teenage girl becoming pregnant. At the end, the pregnant girl's baby's father is killed by Sam in a revenge attack, providing a climax with extreme violence.

1. Michaela Ives-Kingshott.
Assignment 6; Simple Film
Narrative Structure Analysis.

2. Kidulthood.
• Teenagers from a deprived area of west London attend a
run down state school which is riddled with violence and
bullying.
• A young teenage girl commits suicide due to bullying.
• There is violence and conflict throughout the movie due
to revenge attacks, gang crime and drug issues.
• The teenage girl finds herself pregnant
• She contemplates aborting her unborn child.
• She decides to keep to baby through guilt of not helping
the girl who committed suicide.
• Her babies father is later tragically killed at a party in a
revenge attack , by Sam, who the pregnant girl had
previously engaged In a sexual relationship with.

3. Has the institution created a text with a conventional (stereotypical) narrative
structure?
a) Yes, the institution has created a text with a stereotypical narrative structure of a
beginning, middle and end.
b) The film narrative is implicit
Introduction to characters. Violence and conflict
between main characters.
as you can tell from the amount
Sam is presented as the of violence and conflict involved
Friendship breakups.
villain. in the movie that there is not
Young girl finds herself going to be a happy, peaceful
We are shown what caused pregnant, considers
the teenage girl to commit abortion, later changes her
ending, something is bound to
suicide. mind. have gone wrong.
The pregnant teenage girl
gets back with her babies
father.
The father is later attacked
at a party and beaten to
death with a baseball bat by
Sam in a revenge attack.

4. Implicit Narrative Reason? Evidence.
Reason 1; young pregnant
teenage girl turning to
alcohol as a way of coping
with her issues.
Reason 2; group of boy
turning to violence to get
revenge on there bully Sam.
Reason 3; presence of gun
crime in the movie.
Reason 4; violent end,
involving conflict using
weapons.

5. Conventional Narrative. At the beginning of the movie we are introduced
to the characters and are given an insight into the
Act one. purpose of their character.
Other characters look The young girl who later
uncomfortable and intimidated commits suicide is seen
around him. bruised and cut.
We are shown that Sam is going The girls father looks
to be the villain of the movie. concerned.
The girls father
looks
concerned.

6. In the middle of the movie we are shown some
of the main plots are events that take place
including violence and conflict and teen
Act two. pregnancy.
The teenage girl finds herself The man is tied up and tortured
pregnant and separated from the after ripping off Trover’s drug
babies father. dealer uncle.

7. At the end of the movie we are shown
the climax of the movie, this involves the
Act 3. murder of Trover using extreme violence.
The roles reserve and now its Friends stand and watch,
Sam who looks scared and helpless to do anything to
intimidated by Moony. help or stop the attack.
Moony one of the characters Sam Ending scene where Trover is
used to bully and intimidate turns beaten to death in front of his
on him, and threatens him with a pregnant girlfriend and
weapon. friends.

8. Why have the film makers done this?
• The film makers have used a Narrative structure to make the movie more understandable
and easier to comprehend by the audience.
• The producer has used this Narrative as the movie runs in a sequence of what triggered
the ending and what happens in-between the start and the end, therefore using a
stereotypical Narrative sequence whilst producing the movie makes more sense.
What impact does this have on the audience?
Causes an aspect of satisfaction
as it uses a set up the audience A sense of understanding
will be familiar and comfortable due to chronological order.
with.
Makes it easier for the
audience to understand, it
wouldn’t cause them to feel
confused.

9. What audience expectations have they established or challenged by using this
structure?
Movie doesn’t end Friendships break up
happily. due to conflict.
Girl decides to go Sam later becomes to
through with having victim of bullying
her baby. from the people he
bullied.
Movie is mainstream, Flashbacks take place
no difference in at the end of the
structure. movie.