Harry Brown

Codes

Camera
A variety of shot types are used to add emphasis to the storyline. Close ups were used on the teenagers faces when they were being questioned  in prison, and at various other times to represent their fear. Close ups were also used on Harry to represent his sadness and anger at different times within the programme. Long shots were also used, particulary when showing the estate, when Harry was watching the teenagers through his window and also at the end throughout the fight. These helped to emphasise the "dirty" location and mess that the teenagers had made due to their disordely behaviours. Shots were variying and effective throughout to represent characters, feeling and location and helped emphasise the overall storyline that was being told.

Editing
 

Sound
Music used throughout was often very dark and sinister to help portray the story that was being told. Whenever Harry looked out of his window, it become a recognisibile feature that the music would remain the same each time and became louder, faster and more dark as something bad was about to happen. Furthermore, when the two police officers are walking through the estate, loud "dance" music could be heard, a stereotypical feature of the type of music that teenagers would be associated with listening to. 

Mise-en-scene
Mise-en-scene portrays stereotypical features of youth throughout the film.  One main feature is the costumes that are worn by the characters. All of the teenagers are seen wearing hoodies and tracksuit bottoms, portraying the characters as common. Also, by having all of the teenagers in the same clothing, helps to identify them as a "gang", which from the storyline we know is true. Lighting and colours used throughout are all very dull and most scenes happen during night in the dark, which helps add to the sinister tone that the film sets. Props are used in the form of weapons throughout - guns,knifes and so on, which again give the message that teenagers are involved in and "enjoy" physical violence.

Conventions

Characters 
The teenagers that are shown are all represented as villians and their sidekicks within the film. They all play negative roles and have negative attitudes towards society and others within it. Although Harry displays physical violence within the film, we would not necessarily associate his character as being a villan, but in fact a victim and hero as he fights to protect  his friends and what is right within his neighbourhood. 

Narrative/Plot
The narrative helps to emphasise a clear divide between youth and an older generation, and this divide is not questioned at any time throughout the film. It portrays youth in the most negative way possible to the audeince. 

Dialogue
The teenagers within the film use slang throughout such as "bruv", "init", "you get me" and so on, Their accents are also very common which would suggest that they lack intellegence that the older characters display.  

Ethnicity
All characters within the film are white and there are no racial issues represented. 

Reigonal Identity
The location and setting played an important role within the film, all of the characters were from a council estate that looked very run down and poor. Therefore suggesting that the behaviours of the youth are to some extent a result of their regional backgrounds. One of the teenagers mentions that his dad used to "own the estate", therefore representing that the youth consider their estate as their own and they are in the highest power within the estate. 

Gender
Most of the charatcers were males. This portrays the stereotypical assumption that it is more likely to be males displaying violent behaviours and getting into trouble with the police, than it is females. Also the males treat the females in a negative way throughout, referring to them as "bitches" and "slags", and one of the young males even "sells" a girl to others, representing that the males believe they are more superior and females allow them to take this role. 

Class and Status
From the setting, language, costume and several other features we know that all of the teenagers are stereotypical council estate, common people with lack of money and education and this reflects in their agressive behaviours - again, a very stereotypical feature. 

Negative/Positive portrayal
The tone of youth representation throughout is very negative, and the teenagers have been portrayed in some of the worst ways possible, displaying violent attitudes, vulgar language and generally horrific behaviours. However, the storyline also gives us some background information about their upbringing which at times makes us emphathise with the characters as they may not know any other way to behave. For example one of the teenagers gets sexaully abused, and another is trying to follow on his fathers footsteps. Therefore although most of the time the youth are portrayed in negative ways, there is some justification as to why, so therefore audience attitudes may change during these times. 

Use of recognisable stereotyping
The characters within the film are portrayed as stereoypical common teenagers. They take drugs, deal drugs, use vulgar language, display violent behaviours, carry and use weapons, smash cars and properties, vandalise their estate, thieve, are disrespectful towards the police, are dirty, watch porn, wear hoodies, have sex wiith underage girls and so on. All of these are are recognisable stereotypical features that are associated with youth today.