Adulthood Analysis (2 Mins)

I will be analysing a two minute sequence of the film 'Adulthood'. I will be looking at Part 1 of the film from the timing 2.10 minutess - 3.25.

• In this part of the film, the sound which is being used in the music in the background which is showing that the males are in a club. Also, the males are also talking which gives an idea to the audience about the personalities of the males as they are swearing and behaving immaturely. The dialogue of the males conveys meaning as it allows the audience to be aware of the characters personality and also introduces to the audience the way these characters behave.
• The denotations of this part of the film is that the characters are basically hanging around outside of a club and are acting all superior. However, the connotations of this part of the film would be that the characters are basically looking for a fight as when the man parks his car opposite the club the young males are looking for trouble. This also connotes that these males basically enjoy starting trouble and getting in to fights as it makes them think they are superior.
• This part of the film creates an assumption that the audience is more likely to be males. This is because in this sequence you can see a group of males and one female which connotes that the main characters in the film are males. Also, as the group of males seem to be in a gang this creates an assumption that the audience is more likely to attract male gangs and just simply males. The audience is likely to be males from the age of 15 to people from their early twenties. The audience would react to the text by being intimidated by the film and also may relate to it as males usually go to clubs and spend their time with females.
• In this part of the film, males are being represented as there is a group of males shown. This sequence shows that males are represented as rowdy and always having a negative attitude as they are looking for trouble. The male characters are being represented in this way as typical male teenagers are always on the look out for trouble and believe themselves to be superior than other people. This shows that the film is meeting male teenagers stereotypes as males are usually represented and stereotyped like this. However, I believe that the stereotype is not fair as not all males are actually like that and also by males being stereotyped like this it is allowing males to believe that it is acceptable for them to behave like this.