Character Profiles

Today in lesson our group brought in our costumes that we are going to be using in our 2 minute film opening. We chose these outfits as it goes along with the classic gangster stereotype with a slightly modern twist which can give our film an interesting hook for people to want to see it.

Our group still need to get a photograph of Harry's costume which will consist of a more modern "Gangster" stereotype as he will be wearing tracksuit bottoms, a hoodie and a new era hat.

Possible Shooting Locations

 This first picture is a possible shooting location of the kitchen used when the boss/don is waking up and making his breakfast. This is a good location as the toaster is easy to see and can easily be filmed from various angles if needed and it gives a modern look to the scene which we want to portray as it shows the boss as having a lot of money.

 This next picture is another possible shooting location of the alleyway used towards the end of our opening. It looks to be a good location because it is dark at night and has street lamps along the pathway which can give a very good atmosphere and helps set the scene at night time which can make the mysterious figure even more inconspicuous.

This picutre is another angle of the alleyway again showing another streetlamp which will enhance the atmosphere of the scene.

Crime Film Release dates

Crime/gangster films are released in the late/early month's of the year usually between the month's of October and January.
Reservoir Dogs was released in January along with other films such as se7en and A Clockwork Orange. In October some great crime/gangster films were released including Goodfellas, Pulp fiction and  The Departed.

Overall our group believe that releasing our film in October will be greater than releasing it now as crime films released in October get much more popularity and higher gross revenue.

Questionaire

I have created a questionnaire about Crime Films, the questionnaire helps use choose a target audience for our film and helps us choose some key features that should or should not be included in our film.

Q1 - Are crime films too violent? 

Q2 - Do you prefer opening credits on a plain background or over film footage?

Q3 - Do accents affect Crime films?

Q4 - Do you prefer traditional "gangster" crime films or more modern crime films?

 

Q5 - Should costumes be stereotypical suits and ties or tracksuits and trainers?

 

Q6 - What sort of music should be played over shots in a crime film?

Prop lists and photos

This is a metal briefcase which we might use in our 2 minute opening. it will be the main focus of our flashback scenes. we have decided to use the metal brief case as it is going against the usaul stereotype of a leather briefcase. the briefcase will protect the valuables inside.

 

This is a baseball bat in which we intend to use in our 2 minute open. The baseball bat will play a key part in our 2 minute opening as it is what the henchman get struck by at the end. A baseball is more violent than the stereotypical gun as it is a malicious weapon. 

Storyboard Animatic

Our group have made the storyboard into an animatic to show our scenes in motion. Kieran has included a music track that could be used in our opening which is copyright free and we also included sound effects to help the viewer visualise the scenes which we might use in the opening.