Ill Manors: the making of

1) What does this tell us about Plan B's intentions in making the film?
We learn that Plan B wants to tell people that he isn't just a pop star who's had it all free in life, so he wanted to direct a film- which was successful.  Also He wanted to show how life is in East London- where he lived as a child.  He wanted to show his fan base, Working class urban  teenager who live in the big cities,  that he just doesn't make music- he is multi-talented and can create a movie.  Also the media present East London like the Olympic capital, sporting greatness, But Plan B shows the opposite of east London: Violence, drugs and prostitution. Lastly Plan B wanted to show how he grew up and how life was in East London. Also London is presented like the best place ever and its safe and secure, This movie shows how dangerous London can be, as we see in the movie when Kirby gets shot. Also Plan B wanted to direct this movie himself and wanted to do it himself and had his own vision. 


2) What do we learn about the production process for Ill Manors?
We learn that the production process  had a very low budget, but the low budget mad this movie more realistic as we didn't see well known actors and this movie was set in estates and high streets which brought the narrative alive as the movie is about life in east London- getting these unknown actors who have been in these situations brought it alive and was very successful.  Also we learn how realistic the production process is. If it was a multi million pound movie, Ill manors isn't,we wouldn't see a scene in the crack house it would be in a studio on the green screen. With Ill manors we see them go into a crack house which was a great piece of production. Lastly we hear Riz Ahmed saying that they couldn't film in a location because it was a drug dealers 'turf' so they had to change location. 

3) What can you tell about the possible target audience from this short documentary?
The psychographics group that may watch this could be reformers.This is due tot he fact they are looking to change not only themselves but the society around them.when We first see the movie we believe that the target audience are just teenagers. The primary target audience are teenagers who are in the same situation.  Then we see a interesting piece from Edward saying that this movie isn't just for the people who are thugs- who took part in the riots. It's also aimed at the opposite meaning how these people are brought up and why they come into these situations which is absolutely true. 

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.
In my opinion Plan B does successfully achieve what set out to do.  The movie is about: Drugs, violence and prostitution and he wanted to present this in a movie and he wanted to how the raw parts of London are. He did get the message across with this movie to show people how London is. He used the right location (east London estates) right actors who been brought up in the same environment lastly the right houses (crack house).  He wanted to show how life is in the other parts of London as in the media we don't see them mentioned and Plan B wanted to show everyone how life is being a drug dealer or being around drug dealers.