Ill Manors is a very low-budget film (£100,000) which was directed and written by Ben Drew (also known as Ben Drew). The film is set in the location where Drew had grew up in (Forest Gate, London) and he tries to demonstrate how corrupt the lower-class life is in modern-Britain. This was scripted to fit in multiple lives of people that lived around the area and the characters interpret people that actually would have existed during that time and/or in contemporary London. Plan B wanted the audience to understand that these kind of activities do occur within such a significant city, like London.
The film is based around a lot of characters, however they base it mainly on a character named Aaron (Riz Ahmed), who has links to a lot of other characters which are in the film. The audience is familiar with this type of character due to his previous roles in 'Four Lions' which is a comedic film, also starring Kayvan Novak.
The drug dealers in this film all have a connection with each other, as they are all connected to each other in some way. For example, Aaron finds Chris' gun in a scene which is introduced by a comedic display from Aaron attempting to pull the gun to the mirror, in order to see what he looks like when he is pulling a gun, in an attempt to not make a fool of himself (not shown in film, but Chris goes to look for his gun).
The film features a lot of vulgar things such as drugs, guns and violence which are highly anticipated in this kind of film. The presentation of these things help signify to the audience what kind of harsh acts are carried out on others in this type of London, in the area where Plan B was raised. The use of these certain props also signify it's genre, which fits more into a urban-drama type film, despite there being a lot of action, it fits more into a hybrid film. The film has a lot of different settings and situations going on, which seems to the audience, at the same time, so it starts to cut and switch to the different characters which exist in the film.
The main soundtrack which is used in the film is the song 'Ill Manors' by the Ben Drew, who also starred, wrote and directed the film. The soundtrack is split into different sections according to the scene which is playing in the film at the time, they use the soundtrack to emphasise what is going on in the scene, which is being showed at a speed double then usual. The soundtrack was also used to help promote the film, as this would narrate what is going on in the film and the track also promoted the film by Ben Drew's album, which was being released alongside with the film.
The target audience of this genre of film is mainly aimed at 16-25 year old people, however I think the target audience in which this mainly attracts is 13-21 year old people, as these are people which are still in school or may have just finished their education. This particular target audience are not fully mature yet and may still enjoy watching a urban-drama film like this as it gives a very typical look to London and stereotypes the crimes that currently exist within London, such as drug crime and prostitution, which are heavily featured in the film. This was shown in order to give a very urban reputation to London and for the area in which he was situated in, as a lot of events occur during the period of the film. This kind of film may not attract older citizens or people of high working class as this film presents a lot of lower class citizens within the film.
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