iLL Manors is a film produced by Ben Drew also known as Plan B. He produced this to bring attention to how there are events going on in children's lives who live in the deprived areas of London which no one knows about or takes any consideration too. "This is another bit of the country that you don't talk about, you don't see, but nevertheless, large numbers of children and young people are trapped in this life"Drew stated this in an interview showing that he has an understanding of what is going on and the importance to broaden everyones knowledge of what some peoples lives are like.
The film itself has a range of mixed reviews from different audiences. I personally think as a middle classed teen that without any understanding of the context of the film certain audiences ,especially those who have no sort of connection with the characters will have an opinion that all youth's act the way they are shown in iLL Manors which is disrespectful to others, drinking alcohol and doing drugs. One review from Toby Young clearly shows how the film itself has had a different impact on him than what Drew wanted. Young said "people on different sides of the political debate and policymakers of all shade will take what they want from this film. But what i took away from it is that the best way to address broken britain is to support the police and the criminal justice system and to start handling out tougher sentences". This review clearly shows how the youths are represented as criminals and people have made an observation that they deserve to be locked up.
Drew stated when he spoke about iLL Manors at TEDxObserver 'iLL Manors is trying to get to the bottom of why we have these problems in society with our youth, why we constantly keep on reading negative things about our youth". He also said "i believe that there is a demonisation of the youth throughout the media. And people are falling for it, because if you'd had no direct contact with the kids that I'm talking about how the hell can you judge them? because you're only judging them based on something you read in a newspaper, aren't you?" This displays that he knew there would be negative comments such as Young's about the film but to look at the deeper meaning of the film and not to be quick to judge youths identity as a collective opinion.
Many other reporters somewhat connected with the film having a sympathetic review on the youths in the film and how it is a reflection of what today is like. Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of kids company said "this film has that kind of impact, these children are living with such dark secrets, thats why its so important". This demonstrates that the film has opened peoples eyes and everyone lives differently. It also shows that the film has shown the visible divide between the classes in britain and how we don't pay attention to those at the bottom of the hierarchy. It also shows how people have different collective opinions of the youth shown in this film whilst young's is extremely negative, Batmanghelidjh hasn't targeted youths as a whole.
Overall I think the film itself has a deeper meaning than what is shown. After reading and watching what Drew wants us to think about the film that not all youths are like this but depending on your background and upbringing its very easy to get mixed up in situations that have been shown in the film.
The film itself has a range of mixed reviews from different audiences. I personally think as a middle classed teen that without any understanding of the context of the film certain audiences ,especially those who have no sort of connection with the characters will have an opinion that all youth's act the way they are shown in iLL Manors which is disrespectful to others, drinking alcohol and doing drugs. One review from Toby Young clearly shows how the film itself has had a different impact on him than what Drew wanted. Young said "people on different sides of the political debate and policymakers of all shade will take what they want from this film. But what i took away from it is that the best way to address broken britain is to support the police and the criminal justice system and to start handling out tougher sentences". This review clearly shows how the youths are represented as criminals and people have made an observation that they deserve to be locked up.
Drew stated when he spoke about iLL Manors at TEDxObserver 'iLL Manors is trying to get to the bottom of why we have these problems in society with our youth, why we constantly keep on reading negative things about our youth". He also said "i believe that there is a demonisation of the youth throughout the media. And people are falling for it, because if you'd had no direct contact with the kids that I'm talking about how the hell can you judge them? because you're only judging them based on something you read in a newspaper, aren't you?" This displays that he knew there would be negative comments such as Young's about the film but to look at the deeper meaning of the film and not to be quick to judge youths identity as a collective opinion.
Many other reporters somewhat connected with the film having a sympathetic review on the youths in the film and how it is a reflection of what today is like. Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of kids company said "this film has that kind of impact, these children are living with such dark secrets, thats why its so important". This demonstrates that the film has opened peoples eyes and everyone lives differently. It also shows that the film has shown the visible divide between the classes in britain and how we don't pay attention to those at the bottom of the hierarchy. It also shows how people have different collective opinions of the youth shown in this film whilst young's is extremely negative, Batmanghelidjh hasn't targeted youths as a whole.
Overall I think the film itself has a deeper meaning than what is shown. After reading and watching what Drew wants us to think about the film that not all youths are like this but depending on your background and upbringing its very easy to get mixed up in situations that have been shown in the film.
