Fast Paced Montage in Adulthood 0:53-1:04

The montage within for adulthood is extremely effective as it mixes a range of violent and non violent clips together, the purpose of this is to merge the scenes of violence together with the other scenes in order to get a large number of clips together to make the montage fast and last the time that it did. The montage is also effective due to the fact that it goes along with the pace of the soundtrack, building to a climax with an aiding sound effect and also its position in the trailer is at the fastest point of the soundtrack.

0:54-0:55

• The montage begins with a shot where the protagonists younger brother is holding a knife to his brother sam who isn't shown on shot.
• The camera is shooting the younger brother from a low angle due to the position of power he has in this situation as he is wielding the weapon, leaving the victim helpless which makes him the more powerful one.

0:55-0:55

• The next shot is a prisoner being grabbed from behind by his fellow prison mates, the camera angle shifts and soon becomes a high angle shot making the victim powerless as he is evidently in a dangerous position, the speed of this shot doesn't allow the viewer to see this fully.

0:55-0:56

• This shot is a shot used to fill up the montage as it isn't trying to show any violence, no drastic camera angles are used to show any power differences or and struggle, it is simply a shot of a woman touching the protagonists back.

0:56-0:57

• This shot is showing the protagonist running away from someone but as it is in the montage it isnt specified who
• The camera is positioned far from the protagonist as they are not trying to show his  facial expression but more of his body language, as he is hastily escaping.

0:57-0.58 

• This shot is showing a female about to slap the protagonist but hesitating, an over the shoulder the shot is used to show the hesitation in the action of the female.

0:58-0:58

• This shot shows the antagonist approaching another person in a violent matter, the speed of this montage shot also doesnt allow you to take in much of the shot.

0:59-0:59

• This shot is another non violent shot to fill the time, it shows the protagonist within an establishing shot walking away from a run down block of flats.

0:59-1:00

• This shot shows a youth reaching into the car of what appears to be an average white middle class male, who isnt dressed in bad clothes to make him appear as if he is simply a targeted victim.

1:00 - 1:00 

• This shot is a close up shot of the protagonist receiving a slap, the closer this shot is the more effective it is as you can see the power of the slap as well as the reaction of the protagonist as he receives it.
• Even though the violence in this shot isnt as extreme as the other shots, as it is in the montage it still has importance due to the speed of the clips.

1:00 -1:01 

• This low angle shot is showing the protagonist stomping on a victim who isnt shown on shot, like some of the previous montage shots they use a low angle and do not show the victim to make the attacker seem totally powerful and the victim seem powerless.

1:01 - 1:02 

• This is another subtly violent shot, as it shows the protagonist covering the mouth of a female on the roadside
• Once again this shot is effective as a part of the montage as it makes the viewer wonder what will happen to the female after she is apprehended. 

1:02 - 1:03 

• This show is similar to one of the other shots above, this shot is showing a youth breaking a car window of a innocent bystander waiting in his car in the road.

More Montage Shots - Storyboard

This will be a medium shot in darker lighting where our main protagonist is being grabbed violently by two people, as shown by the arms in the picture. This will create a sense of panic for the protagonist.

This is the same shot taken from behind. We could use either the forward facing, or this one. But I think a combination of the two would be very effective. 

Close up shot of our main protagonist looking upset and panting on the ground.

We could use this in combination with this medium shot of our main protagonist on the floor panting. 

This is the second version of the stomp shot, which is being seen from a low angle. We then see the foot and leg going down. 

This is then followed by a close up/medium shot of our main protagonist with a hand being placed over his mouth, as if he is being taken away from another character. 

I want to include more close up and long shots of graffiti on walls around our location.

Planning Montage Shots - Seyi

Planning montage shots

• Tube Shot - The shot within a tube station or an overground station was inspired by a shot within adulthood, this shot will show a train driving away or up to a station at speed, this shot will be effective due to the fact that TFL trains are exclusive to London so by doing shots such as these we can easily associate our urban drama as a production set in London

• Smoking - A shot of people smoking, to make it as effective as possible the people will be in a dark room and you can see them lighting up followed with the smoke leaving their mouths.

• Drugs - To mimic cocaine I wanted to use a white powder such as flower, this was inspired by the Top Boy trailer, by mimicking drugs; especially class A drugs such as cocaine you see the intensity of the danger the people within the film are in. 

• Knives - The knife shot will use a 180 degree rule in a very intelligent way, this shot will move around the protagonist and an enemy with either a knife or another weapon pointed at each other, the camera will then move around them using either a smooth motion or jump cuts moving between each position.

• Punch camera - The protagonist is shown punching the camera, the punch will be shown extremely close to the camera to make out as if the protagonist is attacking someone. 

Mise en Scene Used for Effectiveness

Mise en Scene is extremely important within a film, and within a short amount of time during our trailer we are going to have to meet common conventions for our film through Mise en Scene. By having Mise en Scene that is not used effectively, our trailer will not come across successfully.

• In scenes with groups we need to use a variety of drink bottles, both half full as well as empty. This connotes the young and reckless 'binge drinking' lifestyle that troubled teenagers have (as represented by the British media)

• Drugs, recreate blocks as seen in films such as 'Ill Manors'.

• Cigarettes will also create this representation of recklessness and the lower class within the trailer, for the highest effectiveness, we must use the butts of a cigarette that would be found on the floor on the streets.

• Family photos on frames both on bedside tables and on the wall would connote the family strong family element that is present, which would be broken throughout the film - as shown in the trailer.
• Weapons are common conventions used, such as a bat, a gun or a knife. For our filming purposes, a knife will be used.

• Connotations of Urban Drama's are that the family have quite religious values, we will be able to show this from various religious items being subtly placed around the bedroom and 'flat' that we are using for filming.
• Another convention that is used is the sheer amount of money that comes out of drug operations with the dealings. We will therefore need a lot of money to connote this to the audience, and shoot the main protagonist holding this money.
• Subtle features will also be effective, taken as inspiration from Kidulthood, we could use a character reading the Metro in the background. The free newspaper read by those taking public transport in London.

Planning Montage Shots

Speeding Car

• Long angle shot the we see a car chasing through an estate. Needs to be dark and a quiet area.
• High angle shot from the left side of the car so we see the driver chase ahead.

 Drinking 

• Group of people at a mid angle on the table full of empty bottles. Main portagonist in centre. Friends/girls on the left and right. In the mums 'flat'. Photos on wall of family turned around.
• Ariel shots of bottles, zoom in. Or pan around them from a medium angle.
• Jump cuts from bottles/drugs/gang.

Graffiti Walls

• Low and long angle of the wall. Piece of graffiti that represents the struggle. Illuminated at night.

Police Cars

• Panning of a speeding police car through streets of London.

Mum with head in Hands 

• High angle shot (diminishing her), sitting on a single chair with the family photos around, one in her hand, slumped over, depressed.
• Close up of a tea falling down her face.

Montage Inspiration - Adulthood Trailer

• The montage within the Adulthood trailer begins at 0:21 and finishes at 1:03 and in this time gap there is a number of different shots, I will construct a list of the different shots below.

1. Party scene
2. Couple kissing however if you watch the film you know it actually a hidden drug deal
3. Multiple fight scenes from the previous film
4. Graveyard shot
5. Shot within a block of flats
6. Shots showing features of London e.g. overground trains
7. A Punch
8. Teens running away

• The effectiveness of this montage isn't just the shots used but the transitions between them, there are many shots which fade to black or fade into the next shot, as well as certain shots which are edited to the music by including little features such as flashes or key framing to zoom into the shot, this affect was used to do certain things such as add focus to characters reaction.

• The best type of music that helps add suspense to British urban dramas, especially ones set in London are London grime songs themselves, the song used for the montage is Bashy - 'Kidulthood to Adulthood' which is a grime song, by keeping the song local it makes the film tie more into real life due to the fact that the song is real.