The document discusses the opening sequences of two films to analyze techniques for establishing setting and tone. For the film "My Brother the Devil," black and white footage of run-down areas in London is used to set the poverty-stricken location and dark themes. Brief clips introduce the two main characters and their current situations. As the sequence continues, the images become more sinister to immerse the viewer in the mood. For the film "Ill Manors," the opening scene shows a man smoking while watching TV in a small bedroom, establishing his lower social class. Shots of the rough neighborhood are accompanied by a narrator saying this film will show "dark shit" in its gritty London setting. Both films use ambient lighting and

1. My genre isgrittyLondon.The reasonwhyI had chosenthisisbecause Ilove the feel of a London
crime drama and the darknessof the story.I alsolike how theyuse ambientlightingtogive that
grittysense.
(My brother the devil)
whenanalysisingthe openingsequence to
my brotherthe devil itisa loadof picturesof
the people livinginroughplacesinlondon
(council estates,backstreetsect) toestablish
where we are and where the locationisset.
It isin blackand white aswell tomaybe
representthe povityanddarktime (evil,
drugs,killing).
It thencuts to twoshort clipsof the two
brothersandwhat the current situationisin
theirlives. Soitsalreadyshowingthe two
maincharitersand a tinybitof a background
story(the olderone likesboxingorhe has
angerissuse andlikestogethisanger out
throughboxingandthe youngerone has just
came outof secondryschool andhas now
finished)
As we geta bit furtheronin the clips,
picturesof the dangersand the people who
live inthatpart starts to get a bitmore
sireousandmore dangeroustoset usin the
moodand to tell uswhatis happeningin
that location.
As the picturesstartto come to a close we
strat to see the relationshipof the two
brothersandwe know theyare brothers
because of themsayingtoeachother
“brother”and mensioningotherfamily
members

2. about2 and a half minuetsinthe openingtitles
come in andshowsup at the endof their(the two
mens) convosation.thisiseffective because itcuts
innormalyand outof the blue soits maybe
representingthatista normal day forthse two.
(Ill manors)
The firstthingwe see inthe opening
scene of ill manorsisthat we see a guy
lightingacigarette (marijuanamaybe?).
he is watchingthe tv abouthow people
are untreatedand how the mothertried
to gether childrenintoschool. The tv isa
small box tv ina small bedroomsowe can
start to geta sense of whatclasshe is.
Whenhe switchesthe channel,itturnsto a
persontalkingabouthow he has a strong
familysupportingandbackinghimupand
whenhe saysthat it turn to the guywatching
the tv and youcan see the paininhiseyesso
we can inferwhathisfamilystatusisby saying
that he isn’tclose to hisfamilybecause of his
reactionto that shortclip.
Establishingshotof the neighbourhood,how
the filmwouldrevolvearoundaworkingclass
as it isof a rough-isharea- maybe linkingtoa
negative backgroundthathe has
There isa narrator inthe back ground saying
“your infor a ride,putyour seatbeltson
because thisisill manorswhere darkshitgoes
down”thisis establishingwhattype of filmitis
and whatthe type of filmis.The accenthe has

3. isa grittyLondonone so we can tell where itissetas well bythat clue.Itsalsotime lapsingtoshow
howbusyit isand howmany people there are inthatarea,and where everyougothere is always
trouble soit maybe showingthatthere istrouble here?
There isalso a mixture of ethnicityshowninthe shortclips,therefore there isnotargetof
representingaspecificethnicbackgroundsoitmaybe tellingusof the whole range of ethnic
backgroundof people thatthere is.
Because there isa lotof phoneswe
normalyconectthiswithdrug
dealerssoitcouldbe representing
the drug usersinthisfilmand
dealers.
It thengoeson to show people
callingaloadof otherpeople soitis
showinghow everyoneknows
everyonesbuisnessandhow you
cant keepanythingsecretinthispartbecause everyone iswell connectedinthispartof london.
Thingsthat I can pull andtake fromthisismaybe usingtime lapsesof where mymovie could
potentiallytake place.Alsothe languagethatthyhave beenusing,shall Iuse some of the dialogthat
theyare using? I am alsothinkingaboutdoingitinthe eveningwhereitsnotdodark yetitsdark
enoughtosee thembut givingagrimyfeel toit.