Film Research - Attack the Block

The 2011 film Attack the Block is a satire. The opening credits shown is the films production company. The first two minutes show a woman talking to her mother on the phone through crowded and some rundown streets. The atmospheric music being played is light and suspenseful making the scenes eerie. The lighting is darker due to the time of night. They utilize jump cuts to go through different wide and aerial shots. The first two minutes set the scene for the movie which goes into the deeper inner working of a neighborhood and some underprivileged forgotten children. The production budget is 13 mil. and the box office revenue was x0.5 this number. The movie's awards include the BAFTA Awards, the Austin Film Critics Association, the B-Movie Film Festival, the Black Film Critics Circle Awards, the Black Reel Awards, the British Independent Film Awards, the Central Ohio Film Critics Association, the Empire Awards, UK, the Evening Standard British Film Awards and so on.