FILM GENRE RESEARCH-CRIME

Are Crime films Succesful?

A number of Crime Movies have been huge hits over the years such as:

Scarface The Italian Job Oceans 11 Kidulthood Public Enemies

An Array of Crime Films have been so popular that re-makes of the originals have been produced such as The Italian Job And Ocean’s 11

Examples of Crime movie Plots

Scarface-Tells the story of Al Pacino, a powerful

Drug king whom came to Miami in the 1980’s with nothing Kidulthood

-Follows the lives of a Group of Gangster youths growing up in Inner West London

Reservoir Dogs -An American film that depicts the before and after events of a Diamond Heist

What Does The audience Expect?

A film revolving around crime, which can come in many forms for example:

Organised Crime The Detection of Crime The ideas and Planning of Crime Bank Heist Focus on the Life of Criminals Urban issues and Culture

Locations

Crime Films typical settings:

Mansions Clubs/Strip Clubs Streets Crowded Cities Warehouses Offices Restaurants

This Mansion was used in the Film Noir in the

1950’s

Prop’s You can expect to see

Weapons And Cars Drugs And Money

Typical Character Roles

Gangsters Mafia Drug Dealers Police Officers Detectives Women portrayed in a voyeuristic

manner Victims

This image is from the very successful film ‘The

Godfather’

General Conventions

The criminal is usually brought to Justice as to send out the message that ‘crime doesn’t pay’ which could easily be misconceived by the audience and have an influential effect

Create enigmas for the audience and cause them to ask questions

Build tension and suspense to add to the realism of the on-screen events through use of fast-paced editing and withholding information from the audience etc.