Essex Boys: How does the director use British locations and colour to establish menace

Establishing locations can be useful to introduce the audience into de film and help them dive into it's tone and style . Terry Winson set Essex Boys into a urban,dark and profane city of Britain when occurs the plot .A brilliant example of setting the menace within locations is in this shot:

The darkness inundate the garage bringing shadows and confusion everywhere setting the tension and the fear to the scene.A chiaroscuro lighting illuminates barely the isolated place letting see a rusty car and a cage.The cage makes the audience think of rape which increase the feeling of danger and claustrophobia while dirtiness and oldness emphasizes an uncomfortable mood .The week light surrounded by shadows could be a metaphor of the shortage of pureness.

The limited palate colour shows a predominant black connoting the sense of madness and isolation, a cold and artificial white contrast with it exaggerating the desaturated difference between the tones.

Being this the first shot of the film suits perfectly for a thriller,it's dark beginning foreshadow the tragic circumstances are about to happen and introduce the audience deeply to the tone of the movie. 

Another example where locations are cleverly established is in this shot. The overwhelming emptiness of the view could be a metaphor of the absence of conciousness of the character.

Road parallels lines taper towards the vanishing point, which captures the viewer's visual attention and brings the feeling of infinite continuity.

The devastating scene is contrasted by the palete colour of nudes greys and browns. All this enforces the isolated soul of the character, where the devastation is everywhere and you cannot scape.