Attack The Block - Research Task

Attack the block is a basic plot line, about a teen gang in South London, trying to defend their block from an alien invasion. The film was released in 2011, produced by Big Talk Productions, who are well known for producing 'Shaun of the dead' and 'Hot Fuzz'. The bulk of this film was shot in 67 days and was shot across London from March-May in 2010, with six weeks of intense night shoots on the Heygate Estate.

The characters in Attack the Block have to survive their neighborhood on a daily basis. They understand the geography of their vicinity, how to use it to their advantage, how to improvise weapons, and how to survive.

The storyline of 'attack the block' was based on a trauma, that happened to writer and director Joe Cornish. As a few years ago Joe was mugged at his own home in the area of South London, he described this as a very 'traumatic experience', which then gave him the idea to bring his story to life in a sci-fi feel.

Not a lot of problems occured whilst making the film, but after it was being released in the US, riots were taken place in London, with the sort of youngsters that were shown in the film. Also Joe Cornish had to remove fifteen pages of the script prior to the shooting of the film because of budgetary constraints.   

The soundtrack for the film was an original score composed by Simon Ratcliffe and Felix Buxton of the popular electronic dance music group Basement Jaxx, and Steven Price except for the song played during the end credits ("Youths Dem Cold" by Richie Spice).

1. "The Block"
2. "Sam is Mugged"
3. "Round Two Bruv"
4. "It’s Raining Gollums"
5. "Tooling Up"
6. "Moses is Arrested"
7. "Tell Me I’m Dreaming"
8. "Throat Ripper"
9. "Rooftops"
10. "Moses - Ninja"
11. "Just Another Day"
12. "They Want Moses"
13. "Actions Have Consequences"
14. "Eat My Hat"
15. "They Fell Out of the Sky"
16. "I Need to Finish What I Started"
17. "Turn the Gas Up"
18. "Moses vs. The Monsters"
19. "Moses the Hero"
20. "The Ends" - Basement Jaxx