Four Lions

Four Lions

 

 

The mis-en-scene in four lions is very simple and subtle, for example the clothing of the main characters is scruffy and cheap, connoting to the kind of clothes a tramp would wear, all except the leader of the Jihadi group who wears denim jeans and a jacket, although still not very expensive clothing that shows that they are still normal people just like everybody else, which can connote to how modern day terrorists are quite poor and scruffy, there are never any rich Jihadi Muslims.

Also there is more mis-en-scene as the actors play on the modern day stereotype that terrorists are dumb muslims from the middle-east, which is followed up in Four lions, the 4 characters have a combined IQ of 170 between them. The incompotent group set out to do their Jihadi in the name of Allah so audiences watching the movie can gain information on terrorist motives, their method and execution.

The lighting in four lions is usually very bright to show that the movie is also comedic and not meant to be taken seriously as its kept lighthearted for the audience to enjoy. This is very important as the movie is mostly about comedy and that's why it's loved by so many. Also the fact that only muslims play the terrorists and that white people play the policemen again goes on typical stereotypes based on race, that white people are the authority and brown people are dangerous terrorists.

The movie is set in  modern day as it uses the modern day threats of terrorism and the modern day stereotypes based on race. Another modern day mis-en-scene is the character Barry, as in the olden day a white muslim would have been considered strange but now it's more accepted as we are more culturally aware in the modern day compared to back then. Also in the modern day Jihadis still use explosives as their weapon of choice just like traditional even though back in the olden days gunpowder was used instead of C4 explosives.

 

Another common stereotype in British Social Realist movies is the facial hair. Most audiences expect the Muslim Jihadists to have lots of facial hair, especially as they are middle eastern men. The audience can personally identify the characers against any real muslim people the aidoence may know or be used for information on what the average muslim looks like