How far are the circumstances and choices available to key characters in the films you have studied in this topic relative to their social class?
Both of the British independent films 'Harry Brown' and 'Wild Bill' are imbedded with social class. The British Social structure includes a "class system" which both films focus on, the extreme rich (upperclass) and extreme poor (underclass) - social classes are a convention in the genre of "Living with Crime". The choices available to the key characters due to social class is displayed through miss-en-scene and narrative.
In the opening of Harry Brown the youths are immediately represented as stereotypical 'yobs'; by breaking the law through the use of underage drinking, and dealing/taking drugs. All of the opening sequence is filmed through the use of a handheld camera, possibly with a mobile camera. The use of a mobile camera shows how they like to document things they've done, and that this is a way of entertainment for them and self-appreciation.
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