Wednesday 9 February 2011

Misfits is the 2009 representation of modern day Britain, due to the rising crime rates of the year, most involving youth as in increased knife crime, and 20,000 young people being electronically tagged this year. Due to the increase in unemployment there is usually an increase in crime that follows, Misfits main focus is young people and crime and most of the youths in the show are unemployed.  The diversity in the group shows how none of them get along and all feel very different to each other.
Mise en scene
The costume of the community service costume is simmilar to the prison outfits people wear when in prison, this is stereotypical prison outfits and shows the current situation with crime rates.
Sound
At the very end of the clip Gary while being held back by the probation worker makes a shooting motion to imtimidate Nathan, when this happens 2 gunshot noises this has a reference to the growing crime in the country at this time.
Cinematography
There is a wide shot showing the whole group this shows the social diversity in Britatin of the time, as there seems to be one person from each group. And each has a different personality and style which represents their group. There is also a lot of voyerism on the female characters, for example the first shot is of Alisha in just her bra. This uses the same style as in Fish Tank where the girls are wearing skimpy outfits and are treated more like sexual objects.

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