Kidulthood Questions

What representation of young people in London do we see in the opening of Kidulthood? 
-in Kidulthood opening scene we see negative representations of young people. Such as they are being represented as stupid and violent etc. As how in the opening scene we see how a girl is beaten up in the class room and a another young boy working on a gun. This relates to social realism as how the movie is based on a school which is in west London  where shown to have majority working class families living there, it reflects the gritty life style and to get that sense of realism, we see the characters wearing uniform and going to class. Also we can see a sense of post modernist society as how within the high school opening scene there are different types of groups reflecting how society has different types of groups and have their clashes. 

Is it a fair representation?
According to a teenagers perspective it isn't a fair representation as the opening scene really reflects a negative representation of young people. As we see how violent and crazy young people, this can relate to Gramscis theory as we can say the media is controlled by the middle class and how the characters in the movie are working class we can say how the middle class want us to accept this negative reality of the working class. Furthermore also how news channels etc really emphasises on teen crimes older people and working class might think this is a fair representation due to how media institutions has injected this negative image (hypodermic needle) hence them thinking this is a fair representation.

Is it a good example of verisimilitude (think of realism or being true-to-life)?
to some extent we can say it does show a good example of verisimilitude as how the opening scene shows the atmosphere of a high school for example the students wearing uniform and going to class etc. However arguably we can say that it doesn't show a good example of realism as how some people might be able to relate to the situations other people can't showing a generalised image of teenagers, which isn't a good sense of realism. 

Has a process of mediation taken place with the film makers concentrating on one aspect of youth culture?
the process of mediation has taken place, as how the opening scene shows all these different negative interactions between teenagers and has put it in the opening. Furthermore with the use of editing and also camera shots for example low angle shots shows how certain people were shown to be more dominating then others. As how the we are watching and accepting the culture of youth as how the writer director is showing us, which isn't the actual truth its just the directors version of the truth. As overall not all west London youth culture is like this, however we are only seeing one side of it.