Pre-production: Sound Analysis - Opening Sequence

The  film which I will be looking at is the first two minute of.... 'Attack The Block'.

It is produced by Joe Cornish, and unlike most British social realism films, it uses hybrid conventions from Hollywood too, in order, to make it seem unique and appeal to a wider young audience.
         
           

The clip starts off with by using a non-diegesis soundtrack which has a science fiction feel to it. This connotes that something strange is going to happen in the film. This helps to build up suspense and create an enigma because we don't know what to expect. This is further emphasised by the use of an establishing shot of the sky with a strange unknown looking object which signifies that something 

We can also hear some diegetic, ambient sounds of cars moving and of British people talking. This connotes that the the life is very busy. This represents the character to be a normal everyday woman.
Similarly, the use of foley sound of the woman's representative of British people, and their everyday  rushing from and to work.

By the use of dialogue, we can tell that the woman may be middle class as she has a posh British accent. This connotes that she is rich and stable which is representative of the wider set of British individuals.