SKINLAD

Colour- The film uses black and white which captures intimate details, such as the lining of
the shaved head, the shadows behind the actor and the outlines of the character and his
locations. The use of this connotes a show a darkness and perhaps a haunting that is taking
place in Skin lad's mind.

Jumpcut's- There are a lot of jump cuts that come into three sections: pov shots, mid shots
and close up shots. The mid shots mainly focus on the monologue and what Skinlad is saying
to the audience, while the pov shots mainly illuminate what Skinlad is talking about and acts
like a flashback to show the audience skin lads environment. The close-up shots show in
detail parts of skinlad whilst he isn’t performing the monologue and are used to show the
audience skin lads characteristics when not talking. These are put in between each other to
give a developing insight into the monologue.

Race- Skinlads were known to be racist and uninviting of other races. Using an actor who
isn’t white British, allows the audience to see that our Skinlad is going to have to work a lot
harder to earn respect and fit in with the others.

Location- White wall background: Plain for us to focus on the character and his actions
whilst also allowing his shadows to be prominently relevant and tell a back layer story

Suburbs: Showing us skinlads turf and how he has control over it. Also shows how his
personality as we see the kinds of places her hangs out (under bridges, by metal sheds, by
train tracks)

Focus- The camera mainly focuses on either shots of the city or on skinlads body
movements and face, however this slowly changes halfway through as the focus is blurred
and we see his arm (showing us his muscles for strength).

Dialogue- Skinlads dialogue is very solid and punchy, and really relates how skinlads act in
real life. Even when he was telling the audience about him finding ‘the man with diamond
eyes’ and starts meditating, we still see this punchy dialect.

Backwards Filming- Possibly used to show the regrets of his life or how easy it is to revert
back to his own ways. Using a continuous shot of going forwards then backwards, allows the
audience to see how quickly it can happen and connotes for the bigger picture of Road how
 society and the split between the North and the South is going backwards and reverting to
old way.

Double exposure- The use of this connotes a feeling of confusion and displacement, much
like the one Skinlad talks about when he is about to kill a man. The use of double exposure is
a visual representation of what Skinlad saw and a possible development of how he had two
paths to choose.

Camera angles-
Establishing/POV shots: These are used for the audience to see the world in the eyes of
Skinlad and show us his surrounding and how isolated they are. The audience can assume
this is where skinlads hang out.
Extreme close up: Using an extreme close up helps us to see all of the emotions within
skinlads and give the audience an insight to how he is feeling. We also get to see this when
Skinlad is meditating, and it almost helps us to see him clearing his mind.
Mid shot: We can see the characters main features and get to understand what he is telling
us about his life without any distractions from locations or other parts of his body. This
helps to audience to connect with this character.
Long shot: We are allowed to see the different things Skinlad is getting up too. This gives the
audience a brief opportunity to find out more about Skinlad in the flesh and an
understanding of him as a person.

Time period- There is no obvious time period. When we see the establishing shots, we only
see a train and a bridge which could be from any time period, suggesting that the creator
wanted this performance to have a timeless aesthetic to it, showing the message that
history repeats itself and the skinlad gang will always be there.