Film Language: Mise-en-scene

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

This scene is set outside as a concert is going on and the group is on the stage. They are singing a song for the audience as the concert is midway. The crowd is dancing along to the music being played as hands are raised in the air which indicates they're dancing. We can identify them as the lighting is brighter on them than it is on the crowd making the group more visible for us to see. The group is also identifiable as the clothes they wear are coordinating, as a result this highlights them from the rest of the crowd who aren't in coordinating clothes. The main characters are perceived to dress like thugs and hooligans as they're in all black and wearing snapbacks. It would suggest that they're part of some sort of gang or gang related activity being in America during the late 1980s. From the way they're dressed I can connote that this is a rap concert as the main protagonists are dress in a informal way and dress as if they're from the ghetto. 

YOU'RE NEXT

This scene of the film is where the group of hooligans break into the house of the family where a wedding anniversary is taking place.The scene is set in the house and everyone is particularly well dressed, the female protagonist falls down in shock as the window breaks and drops the knives which are potentially used as weapons. The gang of hooligans that break in have on masks of animals making it easy to identify who they are and give them a more sinister look. The women falls over in shock when the hooligan breaks in and also has the look of terror on her face as she was about to be killed by an axe. 

TRAINING DAY 

In this scene two males are in a car and one is offered drugs, the white male turns down the drugs and gets a gun pulled to his head by the male protagonist. This scene takes place on the road where the car is pulled up in the middle of the road. Other drivers seem to be frustrated by this and at this point the gun is then pointed to them. The white male has casual clothes on where the other male seems to be dressed more formally. 

KICK ASS

In this scene the male protagonist is dressed in a costume of a superhero and goes into someone's flat, the males seem to act more defensive when he walks in and surround him. The male protagonist then gets into a fight with the other males. At the point of defeat another female protagonist who's dressed as a superhero breaks into the apartment and starts to hit the males.