Bullet Boy Opening Sequence

The next clip i am going to be analyzing is the opening sequence to Bullet Boy (Director: Saul Dibb, Date of release: 2004) This film is also a social realist film set in London telling us a story about a man who has just been released from prison, trying to straighten out all the problems he has in life.

The first opening sequence shows his first outings in London after his prison release.

The scene begins with a blurred prison cell door, but then zooms into Ricky, the prisoner, on his backside on a couch. As he is released from the prison cell, he walks towards the camera and a mid-shot is formed to show his emotion as he is almost in the clear. An long-shot is used to show the complete difference of the criminal and the police officer, as one is dressed in an informal dress code, whereas the officers are dressed in an formal manner. The plot changes a driver of the car is shown close up, trying to light a cigarette and finds out there is a youth in his car. As he stops and gets out of the car to open the boot of the car, an extreme long shot is used to show the location of where he is. He opens the boot and in frustration, questions the youth and his intentions of staying inside his car boot. After the extreme long shot is showed of the car going in to the distance, to show the audience the young youth might not make it to the destination he was meant to be at to meet his brother. The driver then stops slowly as he is speeding on an abandoned road and regrets leaving the child alone. He then reverses and tells him to get in the car. As the youth and the driver reach the prison, there is a close up if Ricky stepping outside for the first time in many years. As soon as the dialogue starts between the driver and Ricky, it is clear to the audience that they are close friends and the youth is the little brother of Ricky. When they hug, a wide shot is used to show the relationship of the two people. Afterwards an over the shoulder shot is used to show the relationship between Ricky and his mate, the love they have for each other from the hug we see in that shot.

This extract would help us in recording our clip as it includes all the manoeuvres that we would like to use.

By Keith Lule