DVD EXTRAS

DVD extras

1) What does this tell us about Plan B's intentions in making the film?

The dvd extras tell us a numerous of things from watching this behind the scenes DVD extras,we get a better understanding of what Plan B's intention in the making of the film and what he wished to achieve. Plan B is attempts to express his values, morals and opinions about how the media is corrupt and deceiving when they're speaking about the youth in Britain. Also, he wants the media and people who believe the media to understand that if the youth are looked down on and neglected they are going to react in a particular way i.e. the riots which have attracted many critics.


2) What do we learn about the production process for Ill Manors?

Plan B chose to recruit inexperienced actors, choosing teens from the gritty locations to give them an opportunity as well as enhancing the authenticity of the film. His experience as a debut film director was was positively described as he resulted to this role from working on short films with other film-makers who have experienced this before. The documentary also included anecdotes of negative experiences the production crew had to deal with in the project and other issues they had to confront. The process of acquiring a budget and support from a film production company was also highlighted through the credit crunch crisis as well as the difficulty of granting Plan B the directorial responsibility because of his lack of experience

3) What can you tell about the possible target audience from this short documentary?

One of the actors, Ed Skrein states that the target audience should be 'everyone who wasn't rioting' in the 2011 London riots. This is justified with the intention to raise awareness and empathy for young people of the lower social class demographic as they are provoked into rioting because of their insufficient upbringing and lifestyles.

4) Does the film successfully do what director Ben Drew (Plan B) set out to achieve? Explain your answer with reference to both the film and the making of documentary.

Plan b's intentions for this film was to speak out for the youths who are marginalised in society and looked down upon by the media for being the negative people in London, he wanted his film to be as natural as possible by shooting the main scenes in the area he grew up in and local actors, the reason for this is that the film would come out more naturally rather than having other actors having to adapt to this environment.