Ill Manors : The making of ..

1) What does this tell us about Plan B's intentions in making the film?
The intentions we learn about the director are quiet clear, to the audience it is revealed that his intentions are related to personal experience. The director is narrating a story, and this story is his own. We learn from the director that he has been through this and it's not a choice, he also tells us that the people who go through this struggle may not like to do it but have no choice its not just black and white. We also learn how passionate he is about making this movie despite his low budget and not-known characters. The director puts through a challenge to himself and the audience watching that these people need help and should not be neglected just because of the way they are.

2) What do we learn about the production process for Ill Manors?
We learn that before he made this movie he made a short rap with little scenes in it, from this he gets inspired to make something bigger but still with a low budget in his pocket. The production is not professional and it is more realistic so that people watching can relate them to this movie and make a change or walk away from this life just Ben Drew did himself and how we see Aaron ( Riz Ahmed ) walk away. We learn that characters were not big Hollywood stars and the director doesn't know much about media or media terms but sticks to what he wants to do and will achieve it.

3) What can you tell about the possible target audience from this short documentary?
The audience for this movie are possibly the youth, those who are growing up in estates and feel like they have less opportunities. It is also believed that people that rioted are the audience as they were angry and frustrated because of being labelled as 'bad youth and working class people'. I think from the psycho-graphic group Reformers are also amongst those who this movie is aimed at because they are those who want to make a change for themselves and for the society. In the making we hear Ben Drew saying those who did not riot are those who this may be aimed at to show them that these people don't do what they do for the fun of it.

4) Does the film successfully do what director Ben Drew (Plan B) set out to achieve? 
This film does successfully do what the director set out to achieve, the movie made £453,000 which is more than what they spent on the movie. This amount shows that it did get views and people were interested in watching this low budget movie. During the end of the movie we see a positive outcome when Aaron decides to walk away from the struggle life which is an achievement to him and a positive message to those who are going through this, by that scene he is giving hope to millions out there and proving a point to them. The film was a success and he did achieve his goal due to the fact he isn't a professional director and isn't very professional himself.