mise en scene

 Paid In Full

this scene is from when rico a character from the film finds out whom had got his friend ace boogie set up. before the male in the car said anything about kelvin he wanted some work selling drugs and rico told him to go as they didnt have any.then the male in the car began to make fun of them saying that kelvin has them scared and began to mock the situation and rico didnt like it so he attacked him and pulled him out of his car and stripped him taking all of his belongings. as rico started to approach the car the males behind him came forward which shows their loyalty to him and would defend him. where as at the end of the clip they laugh at the male in car displaying their lack of fear to what the guy said. rico is dressed in gucci clothing showing wealth as the white and red contrast and stand out to everyone else as in the year this was based gucci was an uncommon clothing for someone in harlem. also the males with him are dressed more informally as theyre shown as thugs as everyone else is wearing more regular fit clothes.

Genre:action film, drama, crime fiction

Boyz In Da Hood
in this scene of Boyz In Da Hood the rival gang pushes a male from the other gang as theyre leaning against a car. the male gets aggressive and flips out on him. the other males answer him back as theyre going to fight him as "doughboy" comes around the car questioning them as lots of thugs swam behind him incase a fight broke, he then reaches to his waist a shows a gun scarring them off. also he shows disrespect to one of the females with the rivals by swearing at her. the informal clothing shows that theyre thugs and the loud music shows theyre careless about the people around them. guns are shown as protection but also a threat to others as the people backed off as they were lacking and didnt have any so they didnt try stand their ground along with the loads of people behind "doughboy" protecting him.
Genre: drama, crime fiction, teen film, drama film, coming of age

Kick Ass 2
this is a scene from kick ass 2 where these girls are the popular ones teasing the unknown girls making them do outrageous stuff stuff just to fit in with them and them leave them to look stupid.
the super hero which is an outcast in this society teaches them a lesson and embarrasses them  by making them feel sick on each other in the school lunch hall. she proves to everyone that a certain dress sense doesnt make you popular and anyone can do it.it also shows that people who arent popular arent different from the popular ones and that everyone is the same as shes showing equality.

Genre: action film, comedy, thriller, crime finction

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