My A2 Film (edit)

Film Studies: Split (2018) by Saira Begum

I have taken pictures of my protagonist as a working-class boy
dealing with drugs and gang affiliation.

Here I have taken a picture of my protagonist in a contrasting life, he is working towards
middle-class background by reading, empowering the knowledge he has for
 a delayed gratification.

Meaning:

"Contrasting the lives of a middle class (rich) student who reads in order to gain knowledge for a better future against a working class (poor) student who attempts to read with the means of an escape from gang violence."

The genre of my film is a Crime Drama and the themes of this film are education, gang, violence, poverty, cultural deprivation, class systems and these are expressed throughout the film significantly through the protagonist “Mohammad”. Mohammad (also referred as “Mo”) plays two contrasting roles who also share the similar interests in books, but how their lifestyles determine whether they read it or not.

This scene is significant to show how he tries to escape
the estate by doing his education. 

The first role Mo plays is as a 19 year old teenager of a middle-class background who attends University and is keen to study. He dresses in smart clothes to represent his wealth and indicates that he is middle class. When filming these scenes, Mo will be shot in broad daylight, which gives the significance that there is hope for his future.  Mo is often located in the library reading books, showing he is keen to learn and build his knowledge for delayed gratification.

Here my protagonist is in utter darkness walking into the estate
to signify how he is isolated and trapped in poverty.
The darkness represents lack of hope.

The second contrasting role Mo plays is a 19-year-old boy of a working-class background who isn’t a student but is involved in the gang culture. He wears black puffer jacket, tracksuits, and trainers, which is indicative that his clothing shows he is always outside involved in the nightlife. These scenes will be shown of Mo in the dark walking through the estate that he lives in, the darkness represents how he is trapped in the estate, symbolising he is a trapped in poverty. Mo discovers a book left on the estates' bench and hesitates to touch it.

The use of the books is significant to show both protagonists react to it.

The working class student is unable to gain the patience for reading due to his gang affiliation which brings up the question “if books were illegal, would you read more?”

As he believes reading is irrelevant and tries to escape cultural deprivation, and selling drugs is a better means of gaining his social status in society.