Holiday task- analysis of a teen film

KIDULTHOOD

Kidulthood is a 2006 British drama film about several teenagers in inner West London. It was written by Noel Clarke who also starred in it as the local 'bad man'. It is set in 2002 following the life of two 15 year olds: Trevor, aka "Trife" (Aml Ameen) and Alisa (Red Madrell), who get caught up in the teenage lifestyle of love, sex, drugs and partying. There was also the school bully Sam (Noel Clarke) is portrated as the antagonist in the film, who has a vendetta against Trife and his best friends.

This is the trailer.

Basic Information

Genre: Indie Film, Teen Film and Drama.

Release Date: March 3rd 2006 (Britain).

Movie certificate: 15.
Movie length: 89 minutes.

Ratings (on IMDb): 6.8/10.


Director: Menhaj Huda.

Writer(s): Noel Clarke.

Cast

Aml Ameen: Trife

Red Madrell: Alisa

Noel Clarke: Sam

Adam Deacon: Jay

Jaime Winston: Becky

Femi Oyeniran: Moony

Cornell John: Uncle Curtis

Conventions

• It is no suprise that the target audience of this film is too teenagers as it contains all the correct content to shock, wow and amazing young people.
• From the word go, the film contained typical conventions you'd see in a teen film, such as, gangs e.g. led by Sam (Noel Clarke), sex e.g. Alisa becomes pregnant with Trife's baby, and drugs e.g. Alisa and her best friend experiment.
• The genre of this film is mainly drama and I do believe it appeals to both girls and boys, as it has the violence and gang culture that would intrest boys and the targedy element of Trife dying (SPOILER ALERT) and his relationship with Alisa that would appeal to girls.