Director: Joe Cornish
- How are the main characters introduced?
The youths in the opening sequence are represnted typically as working in a pack, again at night time suggesting a demonic and animalistic theme. They are threatening and violent, grouping around the woman and forcing her to give them her phone, purse and ring using a knife as a threat. They are all wearing the sterotypical symbol of hoodies as well as scarves around they faces to hide their identity. They all use coloquial language which is part of their identity as well as their clothing and large group. Even though there is a large explosion inside the car, they still want to take any valuables out of it, which then leads to the gang leader getting attacked by an alien, mocking the representation of British youths. The film sets them up for them to be the monsters, which is then replaced by the actual alien monsters. This is challenging what we would expect from "hoodie horror films" as it is joking about the fact youths are not really monsters by showing them against
actual monsters.
- How does this representation change by the end of the film?
The youths turn out to become heros in the film, fighting the aliens. This is really challenging and mocking the representation we see of British youths as usually they are the enemies within films. The film aims to show a resolution between working and underclass showing an idealology that doesn't fit with the usual representation of the two classes. By having the youths fight against
real monsters this gives us a more positive view and shows us that these youths are not actually how they are represented.
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