Teen Opening Scene

The opening scene of Adulthood is very straight forwards and quite original in it's order of titles. It does not stick to the conventions of a title sequence as it has the main titles of the producers and distribution companies behind the movie. It then goes into a flashback from the first part to the prequel "Kidulthood" here  the audience are introduced to the main characters and to a basic idea of the story that follows. Following this is a timelapse entering a party of "6 years later" where we are introduced to a few more of the main cast. At the end of the 3 minute opening the name of the movie appears. The movie then gets straight into the action and at no point are the audience made directly aware of the main cast and crew. However there are different shots which introduce the all if not most of main characters within the first 10 minutes or so.

Costume

The costume in the opening is very effective as it was quite realistic to what the youths of today wear. The costumes included popular pieces of clothing such as hoodies and leather jackets as well as big name brands such as "Adidas" and "Puma" which would attract their target audience and make the movie that bit more relatable. The colours of the costumes also was reflective of the genre of the movie. There was a lot of black,grey, dark green, dark blue, brown which is suggests to the audience that this going to be a dark, gritty movie which are often associated with the British grime thriller/ drama movies.

Other Mise-en-scene

The use of mise-en-scene in the opening was very indicitive of the genre of the movie and immediately portrayed to the audience exactly what the movie would intail. Within the first 10 minutes of the movie props such as guns, knives and drugs appear. This shows to the audience that the movie will contain violent action. A negative of all these props appear so early into the movie is that for someone of the wider audience who is not usually a fan of this genre may be put off, also these images just reinforce the negative stereotypes of teens that are often portrayed in the media. Again these stereotypes are heightened in the scene where the middle class male is being robbed by the young teens in his car and the scene where one of the young male teen characters is being released from jail. That being said, Adulthood was very accurate with the dialogue and body language of the characters. They used dialect which the teens now a days often used and had conversations which were realistic to the target audience. This helps boost the relatablilty of the characters and therefore helping to make the movie more successful.

Camera

Throughough the opening a wide range of shot types and angles are used in order to add to the mood of the opening and therefore entice the audience making them want to continue watching.

Editing

The fast paced editing in the beginning of the opening during the flashback refects the action taking place in the scene  and adds to the suspense of the scene. The cuts to a blank black screen to break up the action also help achieve this effect. The use of the timelapse was suggestive of the fact youths haven't changed much in terms of activites they engage in and how they behave and dress. This was shown through the party in the beginning of the opening going into the party "6 years later".

Sound

The music in the opening scene in particular the party clips is real music for today's grime scene and so will relate to the target audience.