The first sounds we hear in Kidulthood is a non-diegetic soundtrack. At the beginning, the music, which has dubstep elements contrasts to the shots of the school children, which you would relate with innocence. The music seems more suitable to shots of gangs as it gives quite a mysterious feel and grimy vibe yet is quite fast tempo and intense, this is effective as it connotes there may be conflict of gangs or an element of corrupted youth revealed later in the film. However, it shows the type of music the characters might listen to, and the type of music the target audience which is young people as it is a quite popular genre of music amongst the age group being shown to us. The music goes really well with the shots of the playground. (0:02-0:15)
The diegetic sound including the dialogue that can be heard is the voices of the characters who have a strong London accent, which is suitable as the film is set in West London, so shows us where the film is set. The film hints at the age group and social class of the characters through the slang terms used for example, "proper ghetto" and "buff" which shows us the characters to be young and hints at a lower social class. This represents the location to be quite rough, for example one of the characters is heard talking about sexual acts, showing the corruption of youth as they shouldn't really be of an age where that it is a topic of conversation. There is also ambient chatter in the background to the separate conversations between certain characters which helps immerse the audience in the film and sets the scene of a school environment well. (0:19-1:00) There is also another diegetic sound which is the pillar drill, this isn't used for very long which hints at its involvement later in the film. (0:15 and 0:33)
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