KiDULTHOOD

Introduction
The poster image confirms my expectations of Kidulthood as it shows the main characters in a group at different heights and poses to show status, for example - the 'villain' of the film would be Sam, he's stood on his own to the right holding the baseball bat used at the end of the film to kill Trevor.
I think the title 'Kidulthood' is used as the characters are still teenagers but act like adults, thus before entering adulthood, they're going through 'kidulthood'.

Setting the tone
The opening scene is set in a school playground, this contradicts the tradition associations of a playground as you'd think a traditional playground to be friendly, playful and polite. Whereas the opening scene of Kidulthood shows aggression, violence and sorrow.

Tension is conveyed through the body language and facial expressions of each group of characters by them looking angry or scared, and the movement and positioning of their bodies.
It is simple to identify the 'outsiders' of the film, for example, the boy who's to host the house party later on in the film seems to almost be trying to buy friends, he speaks in a better manner than most of the other characters you hear in the dialogue of the film.

The filmmaker builds tension into the story with Sam and Claire by him looking for her at the start and he is portrayed as the person nobody wants to get on the wrong side of, you can clearly see that she is supposed to be 'his girl' however she isn't very loyal to him, and gets with other characters. 


In the opening scene, the first time you see Trife/Trevor he seems very genuine, relaxed and thorough, he is seen as the 'leader' of his little group. In the very first few times you see him, you assume he is doing drill work in a workshop on something that he perhaps shouldn't be, this is shown from it being only him you see and his secretive actions afterwards.
The soundtrack adds tension to the film by each piece suiting the scene, for example in the opening scene it is repetitive and seems to lead to something, it sounds quite ominous.