Green Street

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20otmae7x9c 

Clip starts from 1.00-3.00

Editing- jump cuts are used in the clips shown from the big gang fight focus on every person individually, this emphasises the fight and damage to the people. After a punch is shown the camera quickly moves to another character, although actions are shown in slow motion, making the fight more realistic as it connotes the real life fast pace movement and actual injury.

Sound- there are slow, mellow songs being played in the background. This is unexpected as when the audience view violence, we expect to hear high volume, fast paced music with heavy bass and a very upbeat melody. The use of the slow songs work well with the slow motioned scene. The songs played are in a low tone and saddening themselves with words like- “and I fell to the ground”. These phrases work especially well with the fight as at the same time a person falls to the ground being beaten.

The camerawork- it starts from a long shot and then tracking shots are used to zoom in on the people’s face when they are getting beaten, to focus on facial the expressions. Blood, punches, head butts and kicks are clearly shown in slow motion to connote a real fight and bloody violence.

Mise en scene- costumes worn are normal everyday clothes which you would expect to wear on the weekend, very casual. The most worn garments on this scene are dark coloured jeans and hooded tops.
Lighting in this scene is very low and dark, mainly to connote the dull fighting which is occurring. When someone is injured and bleeding the blood is shown to be a rich red colour. This effect is used to show that in the dark surroundings injury to people is damaging them and all is not tranquil as the environment firstly was.
Acting of all characters is very violent and connotes anger and hatred. This is backed up by the acting when every single character shown is beating some one of the opposite side, demonstrating real hatred.
Make up used in the film is only to highlight bruises on the face and red blood stains along with broken bones. Using make up in this way adds to the effect of people being injured and scared for life.
Setting in this scene is firstly shown to be very tranquil and quiet. Then suddenly very loud and bloody. This highlights that in very short time circumstance can change. The fight itself is shot in a waste land park, this is like real life as police are unlikely to find out about the fight taking place, infecting the outcomes.

This scene causes moral panic as the audience are aware that the fighting is due to football, a well known sport in the country.

Secondly, this leads to catharsis as the audience are watching this violence and are suddenly made to wonder if they would do the same to people if they disagreed with them.

Desensitization also takes place as the audience are watching violence. This last fight I have chosen to analyse does not effect the audience at a great scale as they have witnessed previous fights in the film and also in real life.

The audience are forced in to Moral panic. Anybody watching violence of this kind should be concerned, especially if they are football fans, as the audience are aware that this is a true representation of most of the football team fans, they again question themselves and start to doubt- ‘should I go and watch my team play if I know that this kind of violence takes place, what if I end up dead like these men?’

Media effects may lead to the fans of football not going to watch their team play live in the stadiums as they are shown the real life stories of some hooligans, and what levels they will go to injure someone on the opposite