Ill Manors (making of)

1. What are Plan B’s intentions in making the film?
   Plan B’s intentions in making the film were to show the way that people live in London, and although there are new  facilities built such as the Olympic stadium, it doesn't mean that the reality of how life is for the youth in London has also changed. He also intends to make people who have a negative view of young people understand why and what makes them do what they do, and how they begin to get into gangs and how hard it is to get out.
   
   
2. What do we learn about the production process?We learn that the production process was low budget as the entire production was at a cost of £100,000. They had achieved this by using young new actors that had no previous acting experience; therefore they could provide a minimum salary towards them. They had also produced the film in the same area; this helped reduce travel fees. Plan B’s friends were involved in the production so that he could gain extra support and help for little/no cost. In the movie, the music that was used was all made by the director and this also helped the budget a lot as sound and music all requires permission and costs if the music was used from another artist.
   
   
3. What can you tell about the target audience?We can tell that the target audience is Plan B’s fan base, however, their ideal target audience are people who are not associated with the kind of behaviour portrayed in the film and people who see the film as disturbing; this is because Plan B wants people who don’t understand why young people do what they do and that it is a continuous cycle. It also is for the people who ignore the fact that these events are a more real portrayal to London and that the events that occur are just a small representation of events compared to how many events occur on a day to day basis. However, the target audience would change and people such as the characters in the film and young people of similar ages would view the film as they may find it more interesting and can relate to characters; this could also help show young people that there are better things to do and once you encounter in one event or join a gang there may be no going back.
   
   
4. Does the film achieve what Plan B set out to achieve? It can be argued whether Plan B achieves what he had set out to achieve, as he tries to inform and show people who have a negative view of young people, why young people go through what they do and what choices they make. Plan B does show how young people get influenced and how events that they face come up, however, he achieves this through typical stereotypes of young people and shows them in a negative way in which may inflict an even more negative view of young people. His aim is to show the life of young people and what is really happening, however the choices that the people make in the movie are poor and show that young people are the reason why the negative things happen to them, not because there’s no help; this is also supported by the fact that in the movie the support worker was trying to help one of the characters, but he refused.