How far does the impact of the films you have studied for this topic depends on distinctive uses of film techniques?

By using footage of real violence and rioting in the opening scene of the film it gives the film a sense of realism and documentary authenticity.  This lasts for a long time which allows time to show the credits at the start rather than at then end.  The real clips help to show what happened and how they have been ignored by the inner city and left out.  This is the reason of the rioting.   This shows the people living in the outer city and around the city have no identity as they have been forgotten and left, as if no one knows about them and that they are not important.

This forces the people in this area to create their own identity as without this they would not have one.  All three Said, Hubert and Vinz all create ways to have an identity.  At the start they are all introduced through their names which is a way of identity.  Said outsmarts the police by writing his name in graffiti on the back of the police van which introduces him.  The same is done with Vinz when he is first shown the camera zooms into the ring on his hand which has he name on.  Hubert is first introduced through a boxing poster, stating his name.

This shows who they are straight away just by the way the are introduced, which gives you an idea of how they are and how they act throughout the film.  Straight away Said is shown as a bit of a trouble maker and a bit mischievous by writing graffiti on a police van.  This shows how he feels about the police by showing no respect to them and introduces him as a bit mischievous.  Vinz is